Directed Self-Inquiry: A Scaffold for Teaching Laboratory Report Writing

Deiner, L. Jay; Newsome, D.; Samaroo, Diana

doi:10.1021/ed300169g

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“…Division of the complete report into small writing assignments is referred to as a scaffolding approach. A similar approach has been previously implemented in lower level undergraduate laboratories and shown to improve development of proper lab report writing skills (1).…”

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“…In order to achieve these goals, a scaffolding approach (1,9) was adopted to instruct students to write each section of a formal lab report. Along with the scaffolded writing assignments, peer review was added.…”

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“…draw conclusions from these data, and communicate these conclusions in a concise and logical fashion (1). "When we make students struggle with their writing, we are making them struggle with thought itself" (2).…”

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An Integrated Approach for Development of Scientific Writing Skills in Undergraduate Organic Lab

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Duran

Nikles

2014

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Scaffolding and peer review methods were combined on an online platform to develop scientific writing skills in an undergraduate organic chemistry lab.Collaboration was encouraged throughout the semester.First students anonymously critiqued lab report sections from their peers through the online platform. Later, small groups produced complete reports built up from the sections covered by peer review. Each student served a different role in the group, moving from a collaborative approach towards independent writing. The culmination of the semester was a complete report, produced independent of peer or instructor guidance. Implementation was accomplished through a series of rubrics, worksheets, and instructor feedback. Preliminary assessment of these curriculum changes indicates that student writing skills improved and that student feedback is mixed, but generally positive. The ultimate goal is the development of writing skills in lower-level chemistry labs in preparation for writing-intensive upper-level labs.

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2014

ACS Symposium Series

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“…Since students perform experiments to learn science in science laboratories, teaching can be more effective with respect to other learning environments such as classrooms. Laboratory activities in science education provide opportunities to develop scientific concepts, improve interest and motivation, and acquire problem solving and scientific practical skills, scientific habits of mind and understanding of nature of science (Bopegedera, 2011;Deiner et al, 2012;Roth, 2013;Walker & Sampson, 2013).…”

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Analysis of Laboratory Videos of Science Teacher Candidates with Many-Facet Rasch Measurement Model

Yüzüak¹,

Erten²,

Kara³

2019

Journal of Education in Science, Environment and Health

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Aim of the present study is to analyze science teacher candidates' laboratory videos by using Many-facet Rasch model. Survey method was used in the study. The study was conducted in 2017-2018 academic year spring semester. Rasch model's surfaces are respectively: 9 juries, 13 science activities and 19 criteria. FACETS program was used for data analysis. Findings reveal that laboratory video, which was coded as SA8, was found to be the most successful and SA1 coded video was found the most unsuccessful with respect to criteria. The simplest articles which science teacher candidates were subjected are -introducing yourself‖, -using proper costume‖, -appropriate time‖ and the articles for which the science teacher candidates are constrained mostly -soundsupporting effect‖, -writing effect‖, -warning for security precautions‖. Jury numbered 3 or coded as J3 is -the most lenient‖ and scorer numbered 2 is -the severest‖ when juries are sequenced from the most lenient. Moreover, it could be said that, some of the jury members were extremely severe or lenient against some science activities according to bias analysis.

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“…Other guidelines for the preparation of lab reports are available online [4][5][6]. There is an extensive educational literature on laboratory reports and how they can be best used to facilitate learning for both secondary school and university students [7][8][9][10][11][12].…”

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Biochemistry laboratory reports: Filling in the introduction and discussion

Deutch

2018

Biochem Molecular Bio Educ

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Laboratory reports written in the style of a standard scientific article are commonly used to assess student learning in biochemistry laboratory courses. While most students can complete the Materials and Methods or Results sections successfully, many have difficulty with the Introduction and Discussion. They fail to place their data in a larger experimental context or to compare their results to those previously published. To address this issue in a laboratory course focusing on l‐lactate dehydrogenase, a new exercise was introduced that was designed 1) to provide more background information about l‐lactate dehydrogenase; 2) to give students additional experience in using PubMed and Web of Science to locate specific papers about l‐lactate dehydrogenase; 3) to introduce the major bioinformatics databases at the National Center for Biological Information, ExPASy (Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics), BRENDA (Braunschweig Enzyme Database), and the Protein Data Bank; 4) to allow students to recover detailed information about l‐lactate dehydrogenases; and 5) to provide practice in reading a research article that is similar to what they do in the lab. The students completed a data sheet summarizing these activities and then prepared three laboratory reports. The lab reports improved over the course of the semester and were qualitatively better than in past years. The materials developed for this laboratory course can be adapted to similar projects that use another protein as a model system. They could also be modified for use in Course‐based Undergraduate Research Experiences or research projects for undergraduate or graduate students. © 2018 International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 46(6):619–622, 2018.

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Directed Self-Inquiry: A Scaffold for Teaching Laboratory Report Writing

Cited by 47 publications

References 7 publications

An Integrated Approach for Development of Scientific Writing Skills in Undergraduate Organic Lab

An Integrated Approach for Development of Scientific Writing Skills in Undergraduate Organic Lab

Analysis of Laboratory Videos of Science Teacher Candidates with Many-Facet Rasch Measurement Model

Biochemistry laboratory reports: Filling in the introduction and discussion

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