A Written assignment for Foundation Students

Information Gathering from Electronic Library

– Why?

• Lack of emphasis on writing in science courses.

• Detachment of freshman chemistry and physics principles from real world issues.

• Tendency to organise knowledge into unrelated “chapters” of materials.

– What?

• To reflect upon the materials.

• Provides a clearer understanding of the subject.

• Active learning.

• Writing to learn, to organize and to understand course materials and to communicate.

Dictionary

Encyclopedia

Database (index)

Items containing the term gasohol

Click on the hyperlink takes you to the topic

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Click on the topic

Takes you to the authoritative Web Site

A detailed description of gasohol

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2.

To the database Current Contents

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1. Information in current literature