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Interactive Learning through Web-Mediated Peer Review of Student Science Reports
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Trautmann, Nancy M. – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2009
Two studies analyzed impacts of writing and receiving web-mediated peer reviews on revision of research reports by undergraduate science students. After conducting toxicology experiments, 77 students posted draft reports and exchanged double-blind reviews. The first study randomly assigned students to four groups representing full, partial, or no…
Descriptors: Peer Evaluation, Toxicology, Regression (Statistics), Research Reports
Integrated Inquiry.
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Trautmann, Nancy M.; Carlsen, William S.; Krasny, Marianne E.; Cunningham, Christine M. – Science Teacher, 2000
Introduces the Environmental Inquiry (EI) program which focuses on five topics: watershed dynamics, environmental toxicology, ecology of invasive species, biodegradations, and urban ecosystem modeling. (YDS)
Descriptors: Design, Ecology, Environmental Education, Evaluation
Assessing Toxic Risk. Teacher's Guide [and] Student Edition. Cornell Scientific Inquiry Series.
Trautmann, Nancy M.; Carlsen, William S.; Krasny, Marianne E.; Cunningham, Christine M. – 2001
The teacher's guide of "Assessing Toxic Risk" aims to help students conduct scientific research on relevant environmental topics. Using the research protocols in this book, students learn to carry out experiments known as bioassays. In this way, the toxicity of substances is evaluated by measuring its effect on living things. The text is…
Descriptors: Biology, Chemistry, Data Analysis, Data Collection