Dialogues as Case Studies—A Discussion on Human Cloning: Creating Drama and Controversy in the Science Classroom | NSTA

Dialogues as Case Studies—A Discussion on Human Cloning: Creating Drama and Controversy in the Science Classroom

Journal of College Science Teaching—February 1999

Dialogues are recorded conversations between two or more people, and as an educational device the use of dialogues has been sporadic. This article, to illustrate the several uses of dialogues, includes a dialogue assignment the author gave to a general biology class—writing a dialogue paper on human cloning. Also included is an example of a freshman's paper.

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