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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"Communication in science"”.
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In praise of carbon: Genre and the 1996 Nobel lectures in chemistry by Christian Fredrick Casper
<p>Using genre theory along with the hierarchy of scientific statement types of Latour and Woolgar (1979) and the scientific <em>stases</em> and scientific <em>topoi</em> of Prelli (1989), this thesis analyzes the three Nobel lectures in chemistry from 1996 to discern the characteristics of …
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Genre exploration: alternatives to expository writing in seventh grade life science
… this thesis is to explore the use of genre writing as an alternative to commonly used expository writing in the seventh grade life science classroom. My research includes student surveys and educator interviews. I surveyed 44 seventh grade science students using a Likert scale. The participating …
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Cultivating the civic scientist: Science communication & tertiary biotechnology education
Biotechnology is one of the most rapidly growing industries of the 21st Century and governments worldwide have invested significant funds to support research and development in this area. The belief that the commercialisation of biotechnology will offer significant social and economic benefits to …