An online classroom can be an effective place where the learners study about journal of research in science teaching. A writing class needs less interactive communication. It focuses on the writing instruction and practice. Thus, the online classroom can be a great class to guide the learners to learn about several things related to journal writings, such as
- Academic writing style
The first thing that the online learners can easily study is the academic writing style such as the vocabularies that can be less familiar since they are different from the casual conversation. Another aspect is the academic writing general structure that usually consists an argumentative text. In general the journals are written to publish reports of particular research. So they are usually written in argumentative style that has an introduction with a thesis statement at the end of the introduction, the explanation of the research method, and how the research answer the thesis question. The learners would have more time to read and study the materials and the example. Once, there is an interactive communication, it will be easier for them to ask any question about things they don’t know or to talk about their opinion about the academic writing style.
- Citations
The second thing to learn may sound simple, it is citation. In fact, most learners find that citations is one of the most complicated things in writing a journal. There are several citation styles that are commonly used in academic writing such as APA style and MLA style. It can be pretty difficult to learn it in a conventional classroom. But, the online classroom make it possible for the learners to study each instruction due to their need. It is also easier for them to look back the instruction and the example at any time while writing their own journal. Based on the philosophical foundation of education, the online classroom provides more individually work and environment that makes it possible for the learners to perform any kind of learning style. It is a great situation to start learning about writing journals in educational and science research.
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- Finding a topic
It is true that finding a topic of science research is not easy. It can be easier when the learners have a group discussion with their friends and the teacher. However, it still can be part of the online classroom goal. The method is a little bit different from the real classroom. The teacher can start a discussion by creating platform where she or he can post something to get the discussion started. Then, let the learner to post their idea, link some sources and comment to the others idea or sources. It can be a great idea to bring the current science research to get all learners inspired.
- Get the journals published
Since it is an online classroom, the teacher should create a real goal to motivate the learners. The best thing the teacher can do is to help the learners to get their research journal on science published. There are numerous online journal of research in science teaching that allows people to send their CV and journals.
