- Enhances understanding of topic
- Increases research-related skills
- Personalized attention from teacher to student

Grinnell College

Georgetown University

When a student designs and carries out a research project under the guidance of a teacher or instructor.

Directed Research

Hvenegaard, G., Link, A. M. L., Moore, S. E., & Wesselius, J. C. (2013). Exploring the Dynamics of Directed Studies Courses: Student, Instructor, and Administrator Perspectives. Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 4(2), 5.

- Increased workload and time
- Can be challenging if student does not have prior research experience
- Lack of consistent standards between programs/research projects

Cons of Directed Research

- Primary/Original
- Scientific 
- Humanities
- Artistic/Practice-based

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