In 2009, the Chemistry Department at SUNY Cortland designed a writing-intensive advanced laboratory sequence that focuses on developing students’ communication skills through both oral presentations and written assignments. Scaffolding these assignments appropriately emphasizes the iterative nature of writing, as we work with our students to develop their grasp of writing as a process. Students progress through modules aimed at developing different laboratory skills; in parallel, they successively explore ways in which they can organize and share their resulting analyses. Oral presentations function as early drafts" in which students offer and receive peer feedback regarding their choices of how to prioritize and present their scientific approaches and conclusions. These activities, combined with scaffolded writing assignments and detailed instructor feedback, provide emerging writers with repeated opportunities to engage with writing as a process. Students practice writing journal-style articles and small-scope research proposals and learn how to offer and accept peer review and critique.<br/>

Writing in the discipline: Advanced laboratory as incubator for science communication

Macromolecular Chemistry: The Second Century

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