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Apr 27, 2024
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PCADE 081 Reading/Writing/Communication for Biology (ESL) (1 to 5 credits)
Course Description
This course will help students develop critical thinking, reading, and writing skills at the high school level. Students will demonstrate their reading for comprehension and reflective thinking as well as writing through explanatory, expository and argumentative writings.
Course Content
• Difference between primary and secondary texts
• Paragraphs, essays, reflective and expository writings, explanatory short answers and argumentative essays
• Reading strategies and routines
• Proper citation style and formats; differentiating among summarizing, paraphrasing and direct quotations; avoiding plagiarism
• Mechanics, punctuation and grammar
Student Outcomes
• Communicate opinions and ideas through writing to support analysis, reflection and research
• Demonstrate critical thinking skills by organizing and analyzing information and reflecting upon its meaning
• Use evidence representing different points of view to support claims
• Apply standard rules of citation to properly format papers and credit sources
• Use a wide range of reading and writing strategies and routines to provide an accurate summary of the text
• Integrate prior knowledge with new information to deepen synthesis of information
• Develop clear and focused sentence and paragraph structures using proper punctuation and mechanics of written English
• Develop and strengthen writing by planning, revising, editing, and rewriting
• Summarize, paraphrase, and quote accurately
• Document and use primary and secondary sources to support main ideas
• Evaluate, summarize, and cite source materials
• Use computer skills/programs for academic purposes such as word processing, email, and learning management systems
• Perform research using technology
• Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices including words on meaning and tone, including words with multiple meanings
Degree Outcomes
Critical, Creative, and Reflective Thinking:
Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations.
Effective Communication:
Graduates will be able to exchange messages in a variety of contexts using multiple methods.
Students will use scientific methods to explore the natural world.
Lecture Contact Hours 10-50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 10-50
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