Written Assignment Sessions

Sessions are authored by Wesley S. Boberg. Published journal resources provided by Discovermagazine.com.
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Summary

Provide students an opportunity to read scientific literature, express understanding of scientific content and write a summary of the written work.

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Learning Goals

  1. Use an online resource to access a specific scientific article.
  2. Read the specified article.
  3. Express understanding of the content through a "quiz" in D2L.
  4. Evaluate understanding of the content based on class discussion of the quiz results
  5. Further express understanding of content with a follow-up writing activity.
  6. Repeat assignment with other assigned articles.

Context for Use

This activity is an example of Just-in-Time Teaching.

Description and Teaching Materials

Assignment directions and rubric (Microsoft Word 2007 (.docx) 18kB Feb25 10)

Assessment

Out of a possible 32 points:

  1. The quiz will count for 8 possible points (2 points for each of the 4 answers).
  • Answers must be clearly written, thoughtful and in complete sentences
  • Accuracy of the answer is not as important as the effort.
  1. The written paper will count as 24 possible points (see rubric) and based and the procedures listed above.

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