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Using Journal Articles to Teach Writing Skills for Laboratory Reports in General Chemistry
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A strategy for helping students develop technical writing skills through laboratory report assignments is described. The students begin by examining a recent journal article, writing a citation for it, and listing the sections the article contains. Students are given guidelines for constructing one specific section and are assigned the task of writing or creating that section for a specific laboratory experiment they have completed. The process is repeated so that each laboratory report focuses on a different part of a journal article. This approach to laboratory reports gives students an introduction to techniques necessary for good technical writing, yet is simple enough for a general chemistry course. Because each laboratory report is just one section of a full, formal laboratory report, grading is structured and straightforward.
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High School / Introductory ChemistryKeywords (Domain):
Laboratory InstructionKeywords (Pedagogy):
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- Received: August 03, 2009
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