Using Thinking Maps to Facilitate Research Writing in Upper Level Undergraduate Classes
Margie Lee Gallagher, East Carolina University
Journal of Family & Consumer Sciences Education, 29(2), Fall/Winter 2011
It is increasingly important that students who intend to become nutrition professionals acquire the skills to routinely read, understand, and critically evaluate the primary research literature in nutrition. American Dietetic Associate (ADA) accreditation standards require that the undergraduate curriculum include evaluation of primary literature. Hierarchical and sequence thinking maps were used to assist students in developing a process for obtaining the necessary skills in critical evaluation of the literature in an increasingly complex area, nutrition sciences.
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Chapter 7: Empowering Students: From Thinking to Writing
Jane Buckner, Ed.S.
It is time for a writing revolution in America. In September 2002, the College Boardcomposed of more than 4,300 schools and collegesestablished the National Commission on Writing in America's Schools and Colleges. The decision to create teh Commission was motivated in part because of a decision by the Board to make a writing assessment part of the new SAT beginning in 2005. However, a greater impetus for the study was due to a growing concern within the education and business communities regarding the quality of student writing.
read excerpts from chapter 7 in Student Successes with Thinking Maps