Marrying the<i>Muse</i>and the Thinker<i>Poetry as Scientific Writing</i>

Marcum-Dietrich, Nanette; Byrne, Eileen M.; O'Hern, Brenda

doi:10.3200/sats.45.4.14-18

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“…The students have recognized, nonetheless, that the interdisciplinarity of the project could be improved (question 7). Thus, we agree with several authors (Furlan et al, 2007;Marcum-Dietich et al, 2009;Herrick and Cording, 2012) who point to the advantages of the collaboration with other school subjects, such as languages. The collaboration with the Portuguese language class could help the interpretation of the poem and the collaboration with the English language class could have the advantage of taking care of the translation process, allowing the students to develop skills in a foreign language as they learn chemistry.…”

Section: Hydrogensupporting

confidence: 92%

“…That way the students learn how to recognize patterns, how to interconnect ideas, and how to build their own knowledge. Marcum-Dietich et al (2009), warn us that teachers ''often ignore the close ties between writing and thinking, and treat writing as merely a form of assessment'' (p. 14), and defend the idea that ''when students write, whether in English or chemistry class, they transform their thoughts into concrete form'' (p. 14) and that, therefore, ''writing in creative genres, although unusual in science classrooms, can help students absorb scientific knowledge by allowing them to express scientific thought in their own voices' ' (p. 15).…”

Section: Chemistry Education and Poetrymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Poetry and alkali metals: building bridges to the study of atomic radius and ionization energy

Araújo

Morais

Paiva

2015

Chem. Educ. Res. Pract.

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Exploring chemistry through its presence in the literature in general, and poetry in particular, may increase students' curiosity, may enhance several basic skills, such as writing, reading comprehension and argumentative skills, as well as may improve the understanding of the chemistry topics covered. Nevertheless, the pedagogical potential of the link between poetry and chemistry has not yet been fully explored in school. This article describes a study during which a teaching strategy was used with pre-university students of introductory chemistry in order to explore the topics atomic radius and ionization energy by resorting to a poem about alkali metals. The study resulted in new poems and cartoons of chemical elements created by the students, which, together with the results of a questionnaire survey, were positive indicators of the impact of poetry in the motivation and learning of the chemistry topics explored. While the students showed some difficulties interpreting the poem, they considered that teaching chemistry with poetry is a motivating strategy that should be used more often, and that it enhances the students' engagement in the construction of significant learning.

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Section: Hydrogensupporting

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Section: Chemistry Education and Poetrymentioning

confidence: 99%

Poetry and alkali metals: building bridges to the study of atomic radius and ionization energy

Araújo

Morais

Paiva

2015

Chem. Educ. Res. Pract.

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“…Similarly, Marcum-Dietrich and colleagues implemented and reported positive outcomes on engaging chemistry students in creative writing. The project resulted from the cooperation between an English teacher and a science teacher.…”

Section: Bringing Poetry To Chemistry Classesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Specialization, Chemistry, and Poetry: Challenging Chemistry Boundaries

2013

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Modern societies moved towards academic and professional specialization, and human activity has been rigidly structured and split. The enduring gap between science and art, which academic curricula mirror and sustain, reproduces rather than changes the patterns of social inclusion and exclusion. In this commentary, we review some empirical endeavors to merge poetry with chemistry from an ecological, developmental, and constructivist perspective. It seems important to involve students in structured activities promoting a socio-historical understanding of the opportunities and constraints acting on chemistry, the significance of chemistry theories and methods, and a holistic approach to chemistry as a field of self-expression and social commitment. By merging poetry with chemistry, we expect not only that students learn chemistry, but also that they develop scientific literacy skills as well as a more critical view on the co-extensiveness of modern challenges.

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“…An example of a simple assignment and rubric, provided by Linda Martin-Morris of the University of Washington, is shown in Table 2 . Other examples of rubrics for grading scientific songs and poems have been published previously ( Waters and Straits, 2008 ; Marcum-Dietrich et al , 2009 ).…”

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Using Science Songs to Enhance Learning: An Interdisciplinary Approach

Crowther

2012

LSE

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Music is recognized as an effective mode of teaching young children but is rarely used in university-level science courses. This article reviews the somewhat limited evidence on whether and how content-rich music might affect college students' understanding of science and offers practical suggestions for incorporating music into courses. Aside from aiding memorization, songs may potentially improve learning by helping students feel relaxed and welcome in stressful settings, engaging students through multiple modes (verbal vs. nonverbal) and modalities (auditory vs. visual vs. kinesthetic) simultaneously, challenging students to integrate and “own” the material through the medium of song lyrics, and increasing students' time on task outside of class through enjoyable listening or songwriting assignments. Students may produce content-rich songs of good quality if given sufficient assistance and encouragement by instructors and peers. The challenges ahead include 1) defining the circumstances in which music is most likely to promote learning and 2) developing rubrics for evaluating the quality of songs.

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Marrying theMuseand the ThinkerPoetry as Scientific Writing

Cited by 4 publications

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Poetry and alkali metals: building bridges to the study of atomic radius and ionization energy

Poetry and alkali metals: building bridges to the study of atomic radius and ionization energy

Specialization, Chemistry, and Poetry: Challenging Chemistry Boundaries

Using Science Songs to Enhance Learning: An Interdisciplinary Approach

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