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Unit 7 Learning StrategiesPassage A Not Just a Job, an Adventure: Undergraduate Research Sophia Stel

Unit 7Learning Strategies Passage ANot Just aJob, an Adventure: Undergraduate Research Sophia Stella, asophomore at Columbia's School of Engineering, is one of many undergraduates who become involved, one way or another, in research performed at the university. Some do it for academic credit, some for money, some just for experience. Students and professors agree that an undergraduate research project can be uniquely beneficial to both parties. Ideally, undergraduate research is an opportunity for the kind of intensive study that can expand the mind in ways traditional courses can't. Economics Professor Ralph Edison says: "To really understand adiscipline you have to get the feeling that knowledge isn't just out there and you passively have to absorb it, but rather that it's constantly being created and we're constantly rethinking things... When students see adiscipline as evolving rather than fixed, they usually get alot more excited about learning because they see that it's an ongoing process." He points out that research can be exciting because "a research project really gives students an opportunity to answer real-life questions that we don't know the answers to." Research also spurs independent thinking and intellectual confidence in students. Amelia, agraduate student in computer science, says, "You had to go out and learn on your own. You weren't going to be spoon-fed." Her