Writing Across the Chemistry Curriculum: An Instructor's Handbook - Couverture souple

Kovac, Jeffrey; Sherwood, Donna W.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0130292842 ISBN 13 : 9780130292841

Editeur : Pearson, 2001

Synopsis

Useful in all undergraduate and graduate chemistry courses.

• One of the current challenges facing science educators is that of student writing skills. There is a widespread (and correct) impression that science students cannot write and that they need to learn how if they are to succeed as professionals.
• Writing-across-the-curriculum programs, offered at a number of institutions, are designed to improve students' rhetorical and writing skills by requiring written coursework in all or most courses (including courses that have traditionally been more quantitative, like chemistry and physics).
• Designed exclusively for Instructors, this book discusses issues surrounding the implementation of writing-across-the-curriculum programs in physical science, particularly chemistry. For those who are considering or already offering such programs, this book is a rich resource of clear, practical, step-by-step suggestions and other advice.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Educated at Reed College and Yale University, Jeffrey Kovac, is a Professor of Chemistry at the University of Tenessee where he has taught both undergraduate and graduate courses in chemistry since 1976. Since 1995 he has also been Director of the Tennessee Governor's School for the Sciences, a four-week summer residential program for high school students. His interdisciplinary scholarly interests include statistical mechanics and thermodynamics, history and philosophy of science, especially scientific ethics, and chemical education. As a scientist and a writer, he has long believed that writing is both and effective learning tool and an essential professional skill and has used it in his courses whenever possible.

Donna W. Sherwood is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of English at Knoxville College and teaches women's studies at the University of Tennessee. Donna also directs the writing program in the annual Tennessee Governor's School for the Sciences and assists civil environmental engineering students in producing professional papers. "Writing Across the Chemistry Curriculum" is the final product of her work with Professor Kovac to develop materials and present workshops for undergraduate chemistry teaches who want to teach writing in their courses.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pearson
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0130292842
• ISBN 13: 9780130292841
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 91
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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