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Hoover, Terry E.; Lyon, Lucinda J. – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2011
This essay examines the collateral benefits to faculty from a guided learning literature review project for students. We describe a 3-year continuum of project creation and refinement designed to foster critical thinking and writing for second year dental students at the University of the Pacific Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry. We discuss…
Descriptors: Productivity, Dental Schools, Writing Exercises, Critical Thinking
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Boyer, Tara L. – Social Studies, 2006
One of the best ways to enrich students' social studies experience is to include assignments in which students interact with social studies content and skills. In this article, the author explains how teachers can use writing exercises to encourage such interaction. She describes the following writing activities: (1) acrostics; (2) haiku; (3)…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Learning Activities, Writing Exercises, Diaries