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Freitas, Kripa – Journal of Economic Education, 2023
Evidence suggests that active engagement with material as it is being taught improves learning. In-class multiple choice questions are a common way to introduce active learning. Low-stakes writing is another. The author of this article provides evidence that using a content-based low-stakes writing prompt with immediate group feedback during the…
Descriptors: Writing Assignments, Active Learning, Feedback (Response), Instructional Effectiveness
Pritchard, Peggy; Thomas, Dan – Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 2010
Most faculty will agree that students must learn to write well (Emerson, MacKay, MacKay, & Funnell, 2006), and in the sciences, a variety of approaches have been taken. In the College of Physical and Engineering Science at the University of Guelph, we have developed a way of embedding research, writing, and analytical skills into an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Content Area Writing, Physical Sciences, Engineering Education
Paszkowski, Cynthia; Haag, Margaret – Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 2008
In 2006-2007, we established a writing exercise in two large first-year biology courses. Overall, our exercise, which consisted of multiple drafts of a 500-word essay, offered students a good introduction to how editorial feedback can improve content and style in scientific writing. We discuss our goals, procedures, outcome, and students'…
Descriptors: Biology, Science Instruction, Essays, Writing Assignments