Staff Resources

Research Methods — Demonstrator Guide

Demonstrator Guide

Start here if you are a teaching assistant:

• Demonstrator guide — Weekly summary, common problems, when to help vs. wait, key phrases

Session Plans

Detailed session-by-session scripts with timings, activity types, and facilitation notes. Each session is 110 minutes.

• Weeks 1–4 — Phase 1: Biomass mini-project
• Weeks 5–10 — Phase 2: Summative group projects

Teaching Materials

Week 4: Faithful vs Traitor Reveal

• Teaching notes — Discussion guide for the Week 4 reveal session
• Traitor briefing sheet — Confidential instructions given to traitor students

HolmesCo Handouts

Each handout includes instructor notes with expected student responses and discussion prompts. Student-facing versions (without instructor notes) are available in the Exercises nav.

• Site investigation — Selection bias (Week 5)
• Gold assay — Base rate neglect (Week 6)
• Mineral survey — Multiple comparisons (Week 7)
• Report card — Effect sizes vs p-values (Week 7)
• Groundwater assessment — Regression and extrapolation (Week 8)