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In the Classroom: Writing
Writing in an Advanced Undergraduate Chemistry Course: An Assignment Exploring the Development of Scientific Ideas
Francis M. Rossi
Dept. of Chemistry, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara CA 95053. frossi@mailer.scu.edu.
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April 1997
Vol. 74 No. 4
p. 395
Abstract
A writing assignment designed for an upper-division organic chemistry course is described. Students were asked to write a paper describing the evolution of a particular scientists research. The paper had three parts. The first described the work of others in the field at the time the researcher's findings were first reported. The second traced how the researcher further developed those initial findings. Finally, the students presented a discussion of how the findings were used by others. The assignment is flexible and is easily adapted to other subject areas.
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 Rossi, Francis M. J. Chem. Educ. 1997 74 395.
*  Keywords
 writing, major courses, organic chemistry, chemical information
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June 23, 2005
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