Using Writing to Promote Thinking in a First Year Agriculture Course at the University of the West Indies

From: NACTA Journal | Date: December 1, 2004| Author: Roberts-Nkrumah, L B | Copyright information

One learning objective of AG16B Introduction to Agriculture, a first year course in the B. Sc. Agriculture and B.Sc. Agribusiness programs at the University of the West Indies, is that the students will be able to prepare written discussions on topics presented in the course. In 2003/2004, 145 students enrolled for this course were divided into groups and were assigned a research paper as coursework. The criteria for assessing students' thinking were the selection of factual content, the anal...

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