MEASURING MIDWIFERY UNDERGRADUATE SCIENTIFIC LITERACY AND REASONING: SCIENTIFIC WRITING ON MICROBIOLOGY
Keywords:
: scientific writing, scientific literacy, arguments, rubricsAbstract
Students are encouraged to use critical thinking skills in their current coursework to solve case studies. Students can express their critical thinking through written communication. Scientific writing demonstrates students’ logical reasoning and comprehension of a problem. Proficiency in scientific writing is essential for midwifery students who wish to disseminate best practices or pursue their careers as lecturers or researchers. However, scientific writing is common for students who completing their final projects. In this paper, we assessed first-year undergraduate scientific literacy and argumentation on microbiology. We assessed students’ scientific writing using a rubrics. Based on rubrics criteria, students’ critical thinking skills demonstrated their ability to examine data, but their skills in problem identification and data transformation remain limited
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