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Writing in Chemistry: An Effective Learning Tool
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Writing is both a powerful learning tool and an important professional skill for chemists. We have developed a systematic approach to the integration of writing into the chemistry curriculum, which is described in detail in Writing Across the Chemistry Curriculum: A Faculty Handbook, available from the authors in a preliminary edition. The approach has been tested in high-enrollment sections of general chemistry at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, with considerable success. This paper describes both the general approach and the specific implementation in the classroom.
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- Received: August 03, 2009
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