CHED 425 |
| This paper describes the use of journals in a general education chemistry course for elementary education majors. The particular structure of the journal involves students' description of their understanding of a topic, its development, and its connection to an aspect of their lives. This becomes the basis of instructor feedback to correct student misunderstandings, validate their efforts to use metacognition, and shape their understanding of the meaning of content for themselves. The ways in which this aligns with principles of student identity development presented by Baxter Magolda and others will be discussed, with a particular understanding of how the writing changes to reflect an improved "voice" in the content domain. |
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Writing to Learn: Using Writing to Engage Students in the Chemistry Classroom
8:30 AM-11:30 AM, Wednesday, August 22, 2007 Seaport -- Plaza A, Oral
Division of Chemical Education |