BioTAP: A systematic approach to teaching scientific writing and evaluating undergraduate theses

BioScience

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 896-903

  Reynolds, Julie ^a,d   Smith, Robin ^b,d   Moskovitz, Cary ^c,d   Sayle, Amy ^d,e  

^a Teaching College Biology   (United States)

^b Thompson Writing Program   (United States)

^c Writing in the Disciplines Program   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Faculty mentored undergraduate research; Formative and summative assessment; Honors thesis; Learning community; Writing in the Disciplines program

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649228489     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/bio.2009.59.10.11     Document Type: Article

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