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ERIC Number: EJ757971
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2006
Pages: 4
Abstractor: Author
Reference Count: 1
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0047-231X
Science News and the Science Classroom
McCullough, Laura
Journal of College Science Teaching, v36 n3 p30-33 Nov-Dec 2006
Using "Science News" as a teaching tool promotes writing about science, talking about science, and broadening students' views about what science is. This article describes an ongoing assignment in which students choose one article from "Science News" each week and write a brief summary and explanation of why they picked that article. (Contains 1 figure and 1 resource.)
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Science Activities, Journal Articles, Teaching Methods, Periodicals, Writing Across the Curriculum, College Science
National Science Teachers Association. 1840 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22201-3000. Tel: 800-722-6782; Fax: 703-243-3924; e-mail: membership@nsta.org; Web site: http://www.nsta.org
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
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