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Using Writing to Enhance the Undergraduate Research Experience
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The use of writing as a tool to achieve active learning in the undergraduate research experience is described. Every student participating in undergraduate research is required to submit a journal-quality paper to our in-house publication, The Berry College Journal of Chemistry.
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- Received: August 03, 2009
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