{"217641":{"#nid":"217641","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Engaging Conversations (Technical writing) (Test)","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIt is easy for students to slip into a \u201cplug and chug\u201d mentality when the focus of coursework is on quantitative and analytical problem solving and testing is geared toward numeric answers.\u0026nbsp; What can you do to help students develop the conceptual understanding that is key to mastering a content area?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis session will highlight how two faculty are incorporating writing in homework assignments, exam questions, and out-of-class experiments in order to promote learning.\u0026nbsp; Come join the conversation about the strategies they\u2019re using, the grading rubric they\u2019ve developed, and what their research findings suggest.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EUsing Technical Writing as a Tool to Promote Conceptual Understanding\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELakeshia Taite, Assistant Professor\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECarsten Sievers, Assistant Professor\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBrown bag lunch for faculty on what gets their students involved in their courses, there will be cookies, too!\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Brown bag faculty lunch on student involvement."}],"uid":"27573","created_gmt":"2013-06-14 10:04:24","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:03:46","author":"Adelle Frank","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2013-09-26T13:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2013-09-26T14:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2013-09-26T14:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2013-09-26 17:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2013-09-26 18:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2013-09-26 18:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"217591","name":"Clough Test Calendar"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFelicia Turner, \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:cetlhelp@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ecetlhelp@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}