Case Study: Involving Freshmen Nonscience Majors in Case Writing: Lessons Learned

by: Annie Prud'homme-Genereux

This column provides original articles on innovations in case study teaching, assessment of the method, as well as case studies with teaching notes. This month’s issue describes a project that engages nonscience majors in a science communication assignment. Freshmen nonscience majors in a molecular biology class were mentored through the process of writing a case as an output to an individual research project.

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Asking questions Communicating ENCdl Hypothesizing Observing Predicting Science as Inquiry Science process skills Scientific habits of mind

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 7/1/2013Stock # jcst13_042_06_58Volume 042Issue 06

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