Share Paper: An online learner participatory project: a constructivist approach to the learning of research report writing

1. Ying Yang, National University of Singapore, Singapore
2. Jinge Li, Simon Fraser University, Canada

Abstract: This presentation introduces an online learner participatory project set up for the international post-graduate students in the National University of Singapore (NUS). The main aim of the project is two fold: 1) to help the students learn research report writing through engaging them in making their own discoveries about the organizational structure and language use in research papers in their own discipline and 2) to create and expand a shared online resource for research report writing. The tenets of the constructivist approach are the rationale for the use of the learner participatory project, where scaffolding was provided through peer support ...