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  1. Apr 2023
    1. e lecture slides and a recording of the lecture.

      I think this is very important for later references, and revision purposes. I had an art history class before in which the professor relied the absorbance rate of knowledge on students' notes taking efficiency by not posting any worded ppts online, which resulted in a devastating scoring in the later exams. I am saying that the test score reflects the low efficiency in transmitting knowledge from professor to the students, which is a direct resulting from not posting lecture contents later after the class. And I absolutely agree with the decision to post lecture slides, and recordings online.

    2. If the rationale for an exercise is not clear, don't just ignore it

      I think it is of priority to deduct the correct information, including independent variables, conditions, and dependent variables from whether a rational, a question, or a set of facts; It is important to get an accurate, and precise presumption or take it as a basis for later construction of details and further questions.

    3. creating vocabulary study lists, creating sketches of molecules and biological processes, specific instructions to review lecture content, sample multiple choice questions that are formatted in exam style,

      I think the ability of providing a lineage of questions that surrounds a specific question, with rational deduction, or an underlying implication should be a crucial part to participate in the lecture's discussion.

    1. experiment must be reasonably accurate.

      accurate, indicating the closeness of a set of data to a standard data; precision, indicating the closeness of two sets of datas' closeness.

    2. A hypothesis is an educated (based on prior knowledge or a new viewpoint) explanation for an event or observation. It is typically most useful if a scientific hypothesis can be tested. This requires that the tools to make informative measurements on the system exist and that the experimenter has sufficient control over the system in question to make the necessary observations.

      This is to say that the experiment's controlled environment limited the variables that the experimenter intended, which is very crucial.

    3. Make an observation about the world. Propose a possible explanation for the observation. Test the explanation by experiment. If the explanation disagrees with experiment, the explanation is wrong.

      I find the process akin to the Socratic method of questioning on a procedure level. Both focuses on testing a statement's objectiveness, and correctness. Both based on a singular question, derives a implication from it, verify the implication, gives solution to the answer. However, we should not see them as distinctive methods to solve a single question, we should use them subsequently. Socratic method is useful in determining a question's independency, fundamentality, and eventually testability. The socratic method requires the question provider's effort in deciding whether the question is basic, or compound in terms of singular or multiple independent variables are involved in the first place. This is verified by further dividing the prior question to more precise and accurate descriptions of a process or a system with clearer statements of independent, and dependent variables. Once the verification step is over, the Socratic Method also implies that the user should rely on the quotations from established sources to first establish the assumed foundations. After that when we incorporate the scientific method to verify the correctness of the original assumed answer to the question. Eventually we need to incorporate Socratic Method again for further development of the question.