The specific three articles will be assigned by the instructor at least one week prior to an evaluation week. The Thursday before the evaluation week, at the latest, the instructor will make available a schedule for the meetings, and each student must 'sign-up' for a particular 20 minute time slot to be evaluated. The instructor will distribute a zoom link prior to the set of meetings.
The evaluations are open-ended, but will focus on 1) students' comprehension of the results and conclusions of the work, 2) students' understanding of the methodology and how it supports the conclusions, 3) students' critique of the work's shortcomings and ideas for subsequent research.
Students are not required to prepare any written documentation for the one-on-one evaluation. However, student should fully comprehend and critique the assigned article. To facilitate understanding and organization, students can prepare Powerpoint/Word summaries of the article. Students are also encouraged to seek other works in the scientific literature to supply any definitions, to put the assigned work into context, or more generally to assist in their critique of the work.
| Assignment | Evaluation Week | |
| Article Review #1 | February 2 - February 5 | |
| Article Review #2 | March 16 - March 19 | |
| Article Review #3 | April 13 - April 16 |