introduction

this blog is part of a journal assignment for a course i am taking called 'teaching with writing'.

as a laboratory instructor, the main deliverable for my students is the laboratory report. one of the biggest concerns i have is that i am not teaching writing in my courses--i am only having students practice writing. there are currently no (well, very little) revision opportunities offered to my students in the 7 week lab course i teach in. and i think this equates to them not actually learning how to write in the sciences.

some things i'd like to explore in this course:

is it pedagogically sound to NOT have revision opportunities? and if so, how can i re-think a 7week course where we do the labs but also learn some writing?

what other types of writing can i have my students do in order for them to become better scientific writers?

can content be taught with writing? how?