CHED 474 |
| Writing formal "journal-style" lab reports is often one of the requirements in the physical chemistry laboratory. Helping students develop technical writing skills is one of the reasons writing is required in the p-chem lab. The approach we have adopted at Cal Poly not only fosters development in technical writing, but also focuses on learning data manipulation and mathematical computation software. In doing this we have developed assignments for physical chemistry lab that emphasize and assess writing as well as proficiency with data manipulation programs such as Excel and mathematical computation software such as Maple. We will present these assignments, how student progress is assessed, and how everything fits together in the grand scheme of improving student abilities in each of these areas. |
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Writing in the Undergraduate Chemistry Curriculum
1:30 PM-4:20 PM, Wednesday, 13 September 2006 San Francisco Marriott -- Salon 10, Oral
Division of Chemical Education |