Peng Song
A handful of bacteria: A simple activity that engages students to think and write like a scientist
nonmajor students taking science courses fulfill degree requirements may show low interest traditional lecturebased classrooms professors may try incorporate handson activities classroom foster enthusiasm development lowcost lowhazard scientific activity engages students challenging moreover teaching evaluating critical thinking scientific literacy quantitative analysis writing skills utilizing activities require asking carefully designed questions introduce tested effective inexpensive 20minute inclassroom microbiology deeplearning activity explain adapted disciplines science one simple exercise students conducted literature research performed statistical analysis made quantitativecausative conclusions students also learned write appreciate critically analyze scientific paper