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Hauptverfasser: Reynolds, Julie, Moskovitz, Cary
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Sprache:en
Veröffentlicht: 2008
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Online-Zugang:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ824992
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contents Calibrated Peer Review Assignments in Science Courses: Are They Designed to Promote Critical Thinking and Writing Skills? Reynolds, Julie Moskovitz, Cary Writing Assignments Critical Thinking Writing Skills Peer Evaluation Science Curriculum Science Teachers Undergraduate Study Higher Education Outcomes of Education Calibrated Peer Review (CPR), an online program that purportedly helps students develop as writers and critical thinkers, is being increasingly used by science educators. CPR is an enticing tool since it does not require instructors to grade student writing, and instructors can adopt assignments directly from a library. To determine the extent to which CPR is being used to foster the development of critical thinking and writing skills, the authors analyzed a sample from the CPR assignment library. They found that approximately two-thirds of assignments were designed to engage students in some type of critical thinking, but less than one-third were designed to promote higher-order writing skills. They recommend that the current library be used with caution, a CPR user manual be written (with detailed instructions for creating high-quality writing assignments), and that a new CPR library be created to include only assignments that have been reviewed by experts in critical thinking or writing pedagogy. (Contains 3 tables and 1 figure.)
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spellingShingle Calibrated Peer Review Assignments in Science Courses: Are They Designed to Promote Critical Thinking and Writing Skills?
Reynolds, Julie
Moskovitz, Cary
Writing Assignments
Critical Thinking
Writing Skills
Peer Evaluation
Science Curriculum
Science Teachers
Undergraduate Study
Higher Education
Outcomes of Education
Calibrated Peer Review Assignments in Science Courses: Are They Designed to Promote Critical Thinking and Writing Skills? Reynolds, Julie Moskovitz, Cary Writing Assignments Critical Thinking Writing Skills Peer Evaluation Science Curriculum Science Teachers Undergraduate Study Higher Education Outcomes of Education Calibrated Peer Review (CPR), an online program that purportedly helps students develop as writers and critical thinkers, is being increasingly used by science educators. CPR is an enticing tool since it does not require instructors to grade student writing, and instructors can adopt assignments directly from a library. To determine the extent to which CPR is being used to foster the development of critical thinking and writing skills, the authors analyzed a sample from the CPR assignment library. They found that approximately two-thirds of assignments were designed to engage students in some type of critical thinking, but less than one-third were designed to promote higher-order writing skills. They recommend that the current library be used with caution, a CPR user manual be written (with detailed instructions for creating high-quality writing assignments), and that a new CPR library be created to include only assignments that have been reviewed by experts in critical thinking or writing pedagogy. (Contains 3 tables and 1 figure.)
title Calibrated Peer Review Assignments in Science Courses: Are They Designed to Promote Critical Thinking and Writing Skills?
topic Writing Assignments
Critical Thinking
Writing Skills
Peer Evaluation
Science Curriculum
Science Teachers
Undergraduate Study
Higher Education
Outcomes of Education
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ824992