给编辑的信是民主社会的重要组成部分。在学术期刊上,信件作为一种形式的出版后审查,因此允许继续讨论和辩论的科学思想。然而,信件及其重要性很少被教给大学生。因此,本文的目的是提出一个讲座和一个作业,向运动生理学学生介绍字母。讲座包括对信件历史的概述,字母的定义和目的,字母主题,在运动生理学期刊上发表的信件的例子,以及发现字母的搜索方法。然后为学生分配一个由两部分组成的项目。第1部分要求学生在科学期刊上独立发现信件交换,包括原始的研究文章,这封信评论了这篇文章,以及对这封信的答复。然后,学生写一份总结交流的报告。该报告包括对信函主题和论点有效性的分析。作业的第2部分要求学生独立发现他们认为需要评论的过去一年中发表的文章。然后学生写了一封信,评论文章。可以鼓励写有说服力的信的学生将他们的信提交给期刊。这项任务应该有助于为下一代期刊编辑做好准备,审稿人,和读者的任务是保存和参与有助于提炼知识的实践。给编辑的NEW&NOTEWORTHYLetters是一种发表后评论的形式,因此有助于通过讨论和辩论来完善知识,然而,运动生理学学生在正规教育中很少被介绍给信件。这里,作者提出了一个讲座和一个任务,大学教育者可以用它来帮助学生理解信件的重要性。在作业中,学生,在其他任务中,批评现有的信件交换,并为潜在的出版物写一封信。
Letters to the editor are an important part of democratic societies. In academic journals, letters serve as a form of postpublication review and thus permit continued discussion and debate of scientific ideas. However,
letters and their importance are rarely taught to university students. Therefore, the aim of the present paper is to propose a lecture and an assignment that introduce the exercise physiology student to
letters. The lecture includes an overview of the history of
letters, the definition and purposes of
letters, letter themes, examples of letters published in exercise physiology journals, and a search method for discovering
letters. The student is then assigned a project comprised of two parts. Part 1 requires the student to independently discover a letter exchange in a scientific journal, including the original research article, the letter commenting on the article, and the reply to the letter. The student then writes a report that summarizes the exchange. The report includes an analysis of the letter\'s themes and the validity of the arguments made. Part 2 of the assignment requires the student to independently discover an article published in the past year that they believe requires comment. The student then writes a letter, commenting on the article. Students who write convincing
letters can be encouraged to submit their letter to the journal. The assignment should help prepare the next generation of journal editors, reviewers, and readers for the task of preserving and participating in a practice that serves to refine knowledge.NEW & NOTEWORTHY Letters to the editor are a form of postpublication review and thus help to refine knowledge through discussion and debate, yet exercise physiology students are rarely introduced to letters in their formal education. Here, the author proposes a lecture and an assignment that the university educator can use to help students understand the importance of
letters. In the assignment, the student, among other tasks, critiques an existing letter exchange and writes a letter for potential publication.