As science teachers at a suburban California high school, the authors were concerned about the lab report conclusions written by their upper-level chemistry, biology, and ecology students—which were consistently of poor quality. Their work lacked inferences derived from data and support for their concluding statements. Working as part of a collaborative project with the University of California at Davis, they formed a teacher research group to investigate this matter. This article describes the group’s efforts and its implications for the classroom.

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 1/1/2010Stock # tst10_077_01_43Volume 077Issue 01

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