Using Writing for Alternative Audiences in a College Integrated Science Course

by: Mark McDermott and Mason Kuhn

Two separate writing-to-learn activities in which students wrote to authentic audiences outside of the instructor were used in a college integrated science course, Science of Water. An overview of students' tasks is presented along with student feedback describing participation in the tasks.

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 9/1/2011Stock # jcst11_041_01_40Volume 041Issue 01

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