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Doing it again, thoughtfully : using feedback on draft reports to improve learning outcomes

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posted on 2010-01-01, 00:00 authored by Kieran LimKieran Lim
A lack of communication skills is one of the graduate skill deficiencies most commonly cited by employers. Although the writing of laboratory and other scientific reports is a common teaching-and-learning task in university chemistry curricula, this skill is not fully developed in most Australian undergraduate science degrees. Usually, there is no opportunity for practice and feedback before the reports are used for summative assessment. This paper describes a system whereby students are given the opportunity to submit draft reports. After feedback, they can “do it again, thoughtfully”: only the final report is assessed. Student evaluations of the effectiveness of this approach are reported.

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Journal

Australian journal of education in chemistry

Volume

70

Pagination

11 - 16

Publisher

Royal Australian Chemical Institute, Chemical Education Division

Location

[Perth, W.A.]

ISSN

1445-9698

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal; C Journal article

Copyright notice

2010, Royal Australian Chemical Institute, Chemical Education Division

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