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Title: Developing a course in report writing skills
Related: Celebrating teaching at Macquarie (28 - 29 November, 2002 : Macquarie University, NSW)
Related: Celebrating teaching at Macquarie
Publisher: North Ryde, NSW : Macquarie University
Date: 2002
Author/Creator: Freeman, Terence E
Author/Creator: Jones, Alan
Description: In order to meet the pressing problem of training first year students to write competent science reports, a course in Report Writing has been integrated into the undergraduate practical laboratories of a physics unit. This course uses a functional approach and was designed by language specialists to meet the requirements of the Physics department. At the commencement of the course less than 50% of the students were able to demonstrate a desirable level of competency; this figure rose to 80% by the end of the course. The surveys showed that the overall laboratory course was outstandingly popular with both the students and the staff who administered the course. Much of this popularity has been attributed to the clear, effective and simple marking procedures used for assessment.
Subject Keyword: undergraduate laboratories
Subject Keyword: assessment marking criteria
Subject Keyword: interdisciplinary teaching
Subject Keyword: educational course effectiveness
Resource Type: conference paper
Resource Type: Celebrating Teaching At Macquarie Collection
Organisation: Macquarie University. Dept. of Physics
Organisation: Macquarie University. National Centre for English Language Teaching and Research

Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/13843
Identifier: ISBN:1864087935
Identifier: mq-rm-2002015929
Language: eng
Rights: Publisher PDF allowed as per publisher agreement.
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