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Finkenstaedt-Quinn, Solaire A.; Watts, Field M.; Shultz, Ginger V.; Gere, Anne Ruggles – International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2023
The writing-to-learn (WTL) literature is varied in how assignments are structured and implemented in the classroom, making it difficult for instructors to identify how to incorporate writing effectively. Drawing on the WTL literature, the MWrite program was established to work with STEM faculty to design, implement, and assess evidence-based WTL…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Content Area Writing, Instructional Design, Concept Formation
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Finkenstaedt-Quinn, Solaire A.; Petterson, Michael; Gere, Anne; Shultz, Ginger – Journal of Chemical Education, 2021
Writing is a key disciplinary practice in STEM used to construct scientific knowledge and communicate research findings. With its role in the scientific process, writing is often incorporated into STEM classrooms to train students in scientific writing. The importance of incorporating writing in STEM classrooms is heightened by the role it can…
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, STEM Education, Introductory Courses, Writing Assignments
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Cavdar, Gamze; Doe, Sue – PS: Political Science and Politics, 2012
Traditional writing assignments often fall short in addressing problems in college students' writing as too often these assignments fail to help students develop critical thinking skills and comprehension of course content. This article reports the use of a two-part (staged) writing assignment with postscript as a strategy for improving critical…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Political Science, Critical Thinking, Course Content
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Brockman, Elizabeth; Taylor, Marcy; Kreth, Melinda; Crawford, MaryAnn K. – English Journal, 2011
In the authors' January 2010 "English Journal" article, "Helping Students Cross the Threshold: Implications from a University Writing Assessment," they showcase results of a large-scale writing assessment conducted at Central Michigan University, arguing that some of these results are especially relevant to English teachers…
Descriptors: Writing Assignments, College Faculty, Focus Groups, College Preparation
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Kebede, Alem – Teaching Sociology, 2009
Sociological imagination is a quality of mind that cannot be adopted by simply teaching students its discursive assumptions. Rather, it is a disposition, in competition with other forms of sensibility, which can be acquired only when it is practiced. Adhering to this important pedagogical assumption, students were assigned to write their…
Descriptors: Social History, Imagination, Autobiographies, Sociology
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Liang, Jyh-Chong; Tsai, Chin-Chung – Internet and Higher Education, 2010
This study used an online peer assessment activity to help 47 college students to learn biology through writing. Each student submitted a biology writing report to an online system and then experienced three rounds of peer assessment. During the online peer assessment process, self, peer and expert evaluation scores for the writing were gathered…
Descriptors: Peer Evaluation, Validity, Biology, Science Instruction
Gonder, Jennifer, Ed.; Howell-Carter, Marya, Ed.; Anderson, Jessica, Ed. – Online Submission, 2013
Included herein is the conference proceedings of the 27th Annual Conference on the Teaching of Psychology: Ideas and Innovations, sponsored by the Psychology Department of the State University of New York at Farmingdale. The conference theme for 2013 was: The Science of Learning. The Conference featured a keynote address by Victor Benassi, Ph.D.…
Descriptors: Psychology, College Instruction, Conferences (Gatherings), Undergraduate Students
Cooper, Charles R. – 1990
A study used comparison-group methods to examine the effectiveness of dialogic journal writing in a content area classroom. Subjects were students in a sophomore-level course in Chinese literature at the University of California, San Diego. Students were divided into three comparison groups each of which was further divided into sections. Four…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Comparative Analysis, Content Area Writing, Dialog Journals