by Huck Bagby As my first semester teaching is coming to a close, I find now an opportune time to reflect. I am writing this just after grading the final version of the large experimental report students were asked to write in their lab groups. As my students were mostly new to scientific writing, it…
by Adam Kazmi, Anthropology Why should we care about how well our undergraduate students can write, so long as they know the material? Ultimately, this question can be quite problematic for many teachers to answer, especially in fields that prioritize writing forms such as articles, reports, and memos. It is difficult enough for professors and…
by Max Barnhart I’d like to think of myself as a good writer and a good writing instructor. Although I don’t engage with long-form student writing regularly in my position as a biology laboratory teaching assistant, I do spend a substantial amount of time each week reading and editing writing from graduate students in my…
by Osvaldo Maldonado As a young boy, I always had a deep interest in the sciences and was an avid reader of scientific books. My interest only gradually grew throughout my educational journey, which transformed into a passion: becoming a scientist. Indubitably, to become a great scientist, one must be able to effectively communicate their…