A Cognitive-Apprenticeship-Inspired Instructional Approach for Teaching Scientific Writing and Reading

by: Yifat Ben-David Kolikant, David W. Gatchell, Penny L. Hirsch, and Robert A. Linsenmeier

This article presents an approach for integrating instruction of scientific writing and reading into undergraduate science courses, inspired by the pedagogical theory of cognitive apprenticeship. Included, is a demonstration of its implementation and a description of a study of students’ feedback that enabled developers to elicit students’ difficulties and fine-tune the next application accordingly.

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 11/1/2006Stock # jcst06_036_03_20Volume 036Issue 03

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