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Van Lacum, Edwin B.; Ossevoort, Miriam A.; Goedhart, Martin J. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2014
The aim of this study is to evaluate a teaching strategy designed to teach first-year undergraduate life sciences students at a research university how to learn to read authentic research articles. Our approach--based on the work done in the field of genre analysis and argumentation theory--means that we teach students to read research articles by…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Teaching Methods, Reading Motivation, Journal Articles
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McDonald, James E.; Robinson, Rosanna L. – Bioscience Education, 2014
The transition to undergraduate study is often a challenging step for students as they progress from relatively smaller school/college classes with a high degree of contact time with familiar staff to a university department where one-on-one interaction with staff members is significantly reduced. The first year tutorials module offers one of the…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Learning Modules, Undergraduate Students, College Freshmen