Research and Teaching: Undergraduate Science Students’ Attitudes Toward and Approaches to Scientific Reading and Writing

by: Heather Verkade and Saw Hoon Lim

In this study, a cohort of final-year undergraduate science students were surveyed to examine whether they fully read journal articles, including whether they seek to understand how the results support the conclusions. Their writing was also examined to see if they use deep or surface approaches to scientific writing.

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 3/1/2016Stock # jcst16_045_04_83Volume 045Issue 04

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