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CREATES

Created by Dr. Jordan Moberg Parker, Kian Ravaei, Doug Worsham, Xinyi(Alex) Yan

CREATES is a set of 6 steps to help you read, analyze, and fully understand the narrative of scientific papers!

The homepage of the CREATES website

The CREATES website guides you through all six steps of the CREATES process, providing helpful examples and tips from both teachers and students along the way. You'll find detailed annotations of authentic student work to help you get the most out of the CREATES process!

Concept Map the Introduction Read and Annotate the Methods and Results Elucidate the Hypothesis for each Experiment Analyze and Interpret the Data Think of the Next Experiment Synthesize the Entire Paper to Illustrate the Scientific Narrative

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About this tutorial

Authors

Dr. Jordan Moberg Parker, Kian Ravaei, Doug Worsham, Xinyi(Alex) Yan

Contributors

Salma Abumeeiz, Giselle Burns, Juan Díaz, Taylor Harper, Royson Lin, Chris Lopez, Renee Romero, Hannah Sutherland, April Zhou

Learning Outcomes

  • critically read and analyze scientific literature
  • create a concept map based on a scientific article
  • sketch the methods and annotate the figures of a scientific article
  • analyze and interpret scientific data
  • predict subsequent experiments and research questions following a scientific article

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