Towards a Mastery Understanding of Critical Reading in Biology: The Use of Highlighting by Students to Assess Their Value Judgment of the Importance of Primary Literature

An analysis of critical reading styles of freshmen and senior biology students was compared to that of biology faculty members through the use of highlighting a primary research article. Sentenceby-sentence comparisons were made within each group and the data were analyzed; the composite picture fr...

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Main Authors: Mark Gallo, Vincent Rinaldo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2012-09-01
Series:Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education
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Online Access:http://jmbesubmissions.asm.org/index.php/jmbe/article/view/493