DISCUSSION WORKSHEET

Name ____________________________________

Author __________________________________

Title ___________________________________

Please complete the worksheet before class in a color or ink or pencil different from that you will in class. You may use additional sheets. During the discussion you may want to add to or modify what you have written on the worksheet. Please do not scratch out anything; indicate additions you make in class by using a different color pen or pencil.

PHASE I - What The Author Said

1. Definitions: List key new terms and concepts. Define those you don't already know. Circle those you feel need to be discussed. (Don't use class time to define terms that are clear to all.)

2. Summarize the author's general point in 3 or 4 sentences (in a manner similar to an abstract). State points directly rather than "he says" or "it's about". (Don't evaluate the material here!)

3. Identify Major Themes and Key Points. This is best done by a point outline. Note and Circle questions and points you feel need discussion. Your outline should cover the entire assignment, but your discussion should deal only with areas that group members feel it would be most profitable to discuss.

4. Allocate Time for Discussion (in class only)

5. Discuss the Article :What The Author Said (in class only)

PHASE II - What I Think About This

Develop your ideas for integration, application, and evaluation into short paragraphs.

6. Integration: with other course materials? with your other knowledge of science? to the nature and limits of scientific knowledge? With ideas outside science?

7. Applications and Implications: for basic science? for applied science? for science education? for society?

8. Evaluate Article on the following points:

Adequate Presentation (clear, consistent, evidence, analysis) Contextual Evaluation (alternatives, other data)

Consequences (positive, negative, credulity or skepticism)

Your Position (key ideas, accept or reject, why?)

Impact (effective, interesting, tone, terse or wordy, other)