Jean Heitz, Course Coordinator, Biology 151/152 Why do students plagiarize? A number of recent studies indicate that the vast majority of students admit to having cheated or plagiarized assignments at least once in their …
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Writing an Introduction for a Scientific Paper
Dr. Michelle Harris, Dr. Janet Batzli, Biocore This section provides guidelines on how to construct a solid introduction to a scientific paper including background information, study question, biological rationale, hypothesis, and general approach. If …
Offering Students Encouragement as They Revise
Dr. Ann Burgess, Biocore In the following email sent to all students in a large course, Dr. Ann Burgess—former director of the Biocore program—encourages Biocore students to keep working on their revisions, even when …
Team Poster Projects in Biocore
Dr. Michelle Harris, Dr. Janet Batzli, Biocore Program Posters are large pieces of paper or cardboard which carry text and figures and concisely present ideas or the results and conclusions of experiments. Poster sessions …
Curriculum Scaffolding in Writing for Science Research
Dr. Janet Batzli, Dr. Michelle Harris Biocore Scientific writing and research are central to the learning goals and progression of the three lab courses within the Biology Core Curriculum (Biocore). We have designed a lab …
Explaining to Students Why They Should Write in Your Course
Dr. Michelle Harris Dr. Janet Batzli Biocore Why Write? The Biology Core Curriculum (Biocore) is a four semester, laboratory-intensive, writing-intensive intercollege honors program. Each fall, approximately 160 students enter the sequence through Biocore 301/302. …