Educators often try to implement new methods and approaches into their teaching but, when faced with inevitable challenges, tend to either abandon the new approach or �tweak� it to something more comfortable, but also, not much different from what they were doing before. This presentation will discuss the basic tenets of the Science Writing Heuristic (SWH) that make it what it is (and consequently, should not be �tweaked�), what elements afford a bit more flexibility, and how they fit together. Specific strategies for modifying existing lab experiments, report format, and student tasks while in laboratory will be presented.

Making the Science Writing Heuristic work

245th National Meeting (2013)

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