National Collegiate Honors Council
Honors in Practice Online Archive
Date of this Version
2006
Document Type
Article
Abstract
Students explore the logic of science by examining the language and writing about science, using various thinking-writing exercises to stimulate their research. While hearing lectures about fundamental scientific principles and analyzing knowledge structures of scientific discourse, students write cause-and- effect explanations of a variety of phenomena by building them up from first principles; science essays are developed using standard rhetorical devices of scientific discourse. Small-group exercises include “work shopping” each student’s writing regarding tone, clarity, fluidity, and accuracy. Twenty-three students enroll in this course.
Comments
Published in Honors in Practice, volume 2. Copyright 2006 National Collegiate Honors Council.