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Moni, Roger W.; Moni, Karen B.; Poronnik, Philip – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2007
The teaching of highly valued scientific writing skills in the first year of university is challenging. This report describes the design, implementation, and evaluation of a novel written assignment, "The Personal Response" and accompanying Peer Review, in the course, Human Biology (BIOL1015) at The University of Queensland. These assignments were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Technical Writing, Writing Skills, Biology
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Student Evaluation and Records Branch. – 1992
The purpose of this booklet is to provide administrators, teachers, and students in Alberta, Canada, with samples of students' writing that exemplify the criteria used to score students' written responses on the June 1991 Grade 9 Social Studies Achievement Test. The Grade 9 Social Studies Achievement Test consisted of two parts: Part A: Multiple…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries, Grade 9, Secondary Education
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Williamson, John – Educational Studies, 1990
Studies the writing achievement of 28 11-year olds attending an urban Newcastle upon Tyne (England) school and their ability to conform to standard English writing conventions. Finds the influence of a nonstandard dialect (Tyneside) to be minor. Observes writing difficulties are frequently related to mastering the writing system itself rather than…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Bidialectalism, Dialect Studies, Educational Research