A Simple Approach to Improving Student Writing: An Example From Hydrology

by: Catherine A. Carlson

Using the simple approach described in this article, college science instructors can help students become independent thinkers and writers in science. The unique character of this approach is that it shows students how to formulate the questions they need to answer in their writing, as well as how to answer them. Rather than using a cookbook approach, role modeling teaches students that writing is a process and helps them to engage the science.

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 5/1/2007Stock # jcst07_036_06_48Volume 036Issue 06

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