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Teaching Science Writing in an Introductory Lab Course #MMPMID25838801
Holstein SE; Mickley Steinmetz KR; Miles JD
J Undergrad Neurosci Educ 2015[Spr]; 13 (2): A101-9 PMID25838801show ga
One challenge that many neuroscience instructors face is how to teach students to communicate within the field. The goal of this project was to improve students? scientific writing in an introductory psychology laboratory course that serves as a feeder course into the neuroscience curriculum. This course included a scaffolded approach - breaking assignments into different sections that build upon each other to allow for more direction and feedback on each section. Students were also provided with examples of scientific writing, given direction on finding and reading journal articles, and were taught how to effectively peer review a paper. Research papers were assessed before (Year 1) and after (Year 2) this scaffolded approach was instituted. The assessment included measures of ?Genre Knowledge? for each section of a research paper (abstract, introduction, method, results, discussion) as well as measures of ?Writing Elements? (grammar, formatting, clarity, transitions, building to the hypothesis, using evidence). The results indicated that there was an improvement for Genre Knowledge scores when comparing Year 1 to Year 2. However, there was no systematic improvement in Writing Elements. This suggests that this teaching technique was most effective in improving students? ability to write within the scientific genre. The logistics of implementing such an approach are discussed.
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J+Undergrad+Neurosci+Educ 2015 ; 13 (2): A101-9
