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Chen, Ying-Chih – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of this study was to examine students' understanding of argumentation when talk and writing were provided as learning tools, as well as to explore how talk and writing can best support students' construction of scientific knowledge. Most current studies have examined discourse patterns over a short interval of only a few class periods…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Cognitive Processes, Scientific Literacy, Active Learning
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Kibble, Jonathan; Hansen, Penelope A.; Nelson, Loren – Advances in Physiology Education, 2006
Peer leading of small-group discussion of cases; use of modified subjective, objective, assessment of physiology (SOAP) notes; and opportunities for self-assessment were introduced into a Medical Physiology course to increase students' awareness and practice of professional behaviors. These changes arose from faculty members' understanding of the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Group Discussion, Student Attitudes, Hidden Curriculum