Learning through writing

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Learning through writing

Most students retain the knowledge we provide them with instead of using what we teach them to create their own knowledge. I characterize this by saying that students learn passively rather than actively. But active students are more innovative and adapt better to changes. I have developed a method based on the writing process to promote active learning. It has been used in a computer architecture course with good results. Although this teaching method cannot be universally applied, its benefits are profound and long-lasting.

Published papers related to this research

The method and the obtained results are described in the following papers

Aprendizaje a través de la escritura. Presented at the V Jornadas de Enseñanza Universitaria de la Informática, Jenui'99 (V Congress on Informatics Education at the University).
Aprendizaje a través de la escritura. Experiencias Presented at the VI Jornadas de Enseñanza Universitaria de la Informática, Jenui'00 (VI Congress on Informatics Education at the University).
Learning through writing. Unpublished.

Some of the reports created by my students

Following you can find reports created by my students during the course. They are written in Spanish or catalan.