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Birol, Gülnur; Han, Andrea; Welsh, Ashley; Fox, Joanne – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2013
We designed and implemented a first-year seminar in science course at the University of British Columbia to allow students to develop and improve their scientific writing and argumentation skills. To evaluate the efficacy of the course, we examined the progression that students made between the beginning and the end of the course as assessed by…
Descriptors: Student Writing Models, College Science, Writing Skills, Persuasive Discourse
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Kloser, Matthew J.; Brownell, Sara E.; Shavelson, Richard J.; Fukami, Tadashi – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2013
Undergraduate biology lab courses have long been criticized for engaging students in "cookbook" experiences in which students follow a given protocol to collect data that help answer a predetermined question. Recent reform documents in biology education have suggested that students should engage in lab courses that provide more authentic…
Descriptors: Ecology, Laboratory Experiments, Learning Experience, Introductory Courses