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Browsing by Subject "Writing"
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Memory and learning for a novel written style.
(Mem Cognit, 1998-07)Subjects read and recalled a series of five short stories in one of four plot and style combinations. The stories were written in one of two styles that consisted of opposing clause orders (i.e., independent-dependent vs. ... -
Postsecondary Faculty Attitudes and Beliefs about Writing-Based Pedagogies in the STEM Classroom.
(CBE life sciences education, 2022-09)Writing is an important skill for communicating knowledge in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and an aid to developing students' communication skills, content knowledge, and disciplinary thinking. ... -
Scientific writing: a randomized controlled trial comparing standard and on-line instruction.
(BMC Med Educ, 2009-05-27)BACKGROUND: Writing plays a central role in the communication of scientific ideas and is therefore a key aspect in researcher education, ultimately determining the success and long-term sustainability of their careers. Despite ... -
Student Learning Dispositions: Multidimensional Profiles Highlight Important Differences among Undergraduate STEM Honors Thesis Writers.
(CBE life sciences education, 2019-06)Various personal dimensions of students-particularly motivation, self-efficacy beliefs, and epistemic beliefs-can change in response to teaching, affect student learning, and be conceptualized as learning dispositions. We ... -
Understanding the Complex Relationship between Critical Thinking and Science Reasoning among Undergraduate Thesis Writers.
(CBE life sciences education, 2018-01)Developing critical-thinking and scientific reasoning skills are core learning objectives of science education, but little empirical evidence exists regarding the interrelationships between these constructs. Writing effectively ... -
Want to improve undergraduate thesis writing? Engage students and their faculty readers in scientific peer review.
(CBE life sciences education, 2011-01)One of the best opportunities that undergraduates have to learn to write like a scientist is to write a thesis after participating in faculty-mentored undergraduate research. But developing writing skills doesn't happen ... -
WriteSim TCExam--an open source text simulation environment for training novice researchers in scientific writing.
(BMC Med Educ, 2010-05-28)BACKGROUND: The ability to write clearly and effectively is of central importance to the scientific enterprise. Encouraged by the success of simulation environments in other biomedical sciences, we developed WriteSim TCExam, ...
