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Karina Lorenz Mrakovcich; Christopher L. LaCasse – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2025
This paper describes the collaboration of a Writing Center director and a professor of a Fisheries Biology course in support of a research paper entitled, "The World Without," which asks students to convince readers of the likely ecological consequences associated with the extinction of a finfish species or aquatic habitat. Opportunities…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Laboratories, Biological Sciences, Biodiversity
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Kathy Nomme; Rhea Storlund; Christine Goedhart; Silvia Mazabel; Chin Sun; Bernardita Germano – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2025
We investigated the impact of an assignment wrapper in promoting self-regulation of learning in a series of written assignments for a First-Year Biology laboratory. Students completed a planning survey prior to submitting an Introduction assignment. Upon receipt of the graded Introduction, students completed an assignment wrapper, two more written…
Descriptors: Self Management, Learning Strategies, Biology, Science Instruction
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Otfinowski, Rafael; Silva-Opps, Marina – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2015
Analytical writing enhances retention of science learning and is integral to student-centered classrooms. Despite this, scientific writing in undergraduate programs is often presented as a series of sentence-level conventions of grammar, syntax, and citation formats, reinforcing students' perceptions of its highly prescriptive nature. The authors…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Biology, Scientific Literacy, Content Area Writing
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Prud'homme-Genereux, Annie – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2013
The objective of the project described in this article was to engage nonscience majors in a science communication assignment. Most of these students will not pursue careers in the sciences, so the traditional science communication formats (review papers, poster or oral presentation, lab reports) are not germane to their background, interests, and…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Nonmajors, Writing Assignments, Content Area Writing
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Saint-Hilaire, Line Augustin – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2013
This article describes how the incorporation of a writing assignment, creating a book about culture and science, into the syllabus of methods science course for preservice teachers, was used to foster science content learning. Preservice teachers were actively and purposely engaged in science learning through the generation of a book about a…
Descriptors: Writing Assignments, Preservice Teacher Education, Methods Courses, Science Instruction
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Colton, Jared Sterling; Surasinghe, Thilina Dilan – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2014
Writing has an important role in science education and practice. Emphasizing the interdisciplinary collaboration between English rhetoric studies and biology, seemingly disparate disciplines, we describe a model for a scientific writing and communication course. The goals of the course were to prepare students for science-oriented careers, as well…
Descriptors: English, Biology, Scientific Methodology, Technical Writing
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Reilly, John T.; Strickland, Michael – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2010
A writing-across-the-curriculum and ethics component is presented for a second-semester, physical chemistry course. The activity involves introducing ethical issues pertinent to scientists. Students are asked to read additional material, participate in discussions, and write essays and a paper on an ethical issue. The writing and discussion…
Descriptors: Writing Across the Curriculum, Quantum Mechanics, Chemistry, Ethics
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Kroen, William – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2004
This article describes a series of assignments that models the process of writing a manuscript for publication. While completing the assignments, students worked to improve their writing as they graphed, interpreted, and explained patterns in data from a local river. They reviewed published articles and each other's papers to become more critical…
Descriptors: Writing for Publication, Content Area Writing, Writing Assignments, College Science