Research and Teaching: Web-Based Student Writing and Reviewing in a Large Lecture Course

by: Arlene A. Russell, Kelly. J. Worden, and R. Dean Gerdeman

Though difficult to implement in large courses, undergraduate science writing and peer review are valuable learning experiences for students and valid mechanisms for student evaluation. This study describes improved writing and reviewing skills of students in introductory biology lecture classes that incorporate a web-based instructional tool, which requires only modest instructor involvement.

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 3/1/2007Stock # jcst07_036_05_46Volume 036Issue 05

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