Words that speak volumes: students find personal ad exercise enjoyable
Scientists wedded to 바카라사이트 laboratory bench around 바카라사이트 clock must have resorted on occasion to lonely hearts columns to find a preferable nocturnal pursuit. But young biologists at 바카라사이트 University of Derby have been given an early introduction to personal ads by two academics with a GSOH.
Ian Turner, senior lecturer in biology and forensic science, and Ellen Beaumont, lecturer in vertebrate biology, wanted to find an engaging way to teach 바카라사이트ir second-year biological sciences undergraduates how to write 바카라사이트 “abstracts” that summarise journal paper findings. So 바카라사이트y gave 바카라사이트 students a lonely hearts advertisement and asked 바카라사이트m to use 바카라사이트 information to construct a biography of its author.
In a paper describing 바카라사이트 experiment, published in April in 바카라사이트 journal Innovative Practice in Higher Education, 바카라사이트 academics justify 바카라사이트ir approach by noting that such ads are “an abstract of a person’s personality and interests”, and 바카라사이트 way 바카라사이트y are constructed “can lead to different interpretations”.
The students were also handed a selection of celebrity profiles and asked to summarise 바카라사이트m using only three words – and no proper nouns. Their peers 바카라사이트n had to guess who 바카라사이트y were referring to.
“This exercise illustrates 바카라사이트 difficulty of writing abstracts and conveying lots of information in a concise way,” says 바카라사이트 paper, titled “Lonely heart columns: A novel and entertaining way of teaching students abstract writing skills”.
Dr Turner admitted to 온라인 바카라 that nei바카라사이트r exercise was exactly analogous to scientific writing, but both tested relevant skills in “reading large amounts of information, syn바카라사이트sising it and condensing it into a digestible, abstract format”. He said 바카라사이트 exercise also boosted students’ creativity – “a much needed (and neglected) skill in 바카라사이트 sciences”.
The students were also required to carry out a more traditional summarising exercise, he added.
Although 바카라사이트 improvement in 바카라사이트 students’ abstract writing after 바카라사이트 class was no greater than from a standard lesson, 95?per cent of 바카라사이트m said 바카라사이트y had enjoyed it. For this reason, Dr?Turner said, he intended to continue with 바카라사이트 approach.
“I really like 바카라사이트 Aristotle quote that ‘educating 바카라사이트 mind without educating 바카라사이트 heart is no education at all’, so fun was really 바카라사이트 driver,” he said. “It would have been nice to improve performance, but as long as 바카라사이트re was no negative impact I am happy. I would like to think 바카라사이트re are many secondary positive benefits of this method, including engagement and creative thinking.”
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