Five-Minute Teach (5MT) Database The Five Minute Teach (5MT) Database for writing-intensive courses in STEM was developed as a resource for teaching assistants and includes a variety of short lessons to help build students writing skills. With limited time to teach writing, these active learning lessons are great tools to address a very specific learning objective in approximately five minutes. This database is an Open Educational Resource (OER), which means that contributions to the database will carry a CC BY 4.0 license and can be shared and adapted for any purpose with proper attribution (including credit to creator, link to license, and indication of changes made, if any). Submitting a 5MT Lesson to the Database The database relies on submissions from graduate teaching assistants at the University of Georgia but we welcome submissions from other sources. If you would like to submit a 5MT to be published in the database, please complete the Lesson Plan Template in the main folder. Then, follow the link below for upload. The submission form will be checked periodically for new contributions. Submit here The 5MT Database Link to database From here you can find the corresponding folders and subfolders of the 5MT Database. If no link is provided, please browse the parent folder using the headers to guide you. Choosing Appropriate Literature Sources Identifying Reliable Sources Identifying Scientific Peer Reviewed Articles by Annie Rich Review Articles vs Primary Literature Choosing Appropriate Writing Conventions Paraphrasing vs Quoting Using Paraphrasing vs Quoting to Avoid Plagiarism Voice Creating Emphasis Language Language of Scientific Writing by Shelly Samet Passive vs Active Voice When to Use Passive vs Active Voice in Scientific Writing Word Choice Writing for Your Audience Using Orientation to Improve Mathematical Writing by Jason Joseph Course Design Materials Developing Assessment Questions by Nicole Lynn-Bell Distinguishing Research Study Types Observational vs Experimental Studies by Ashton Griffin Identifying Scientific Paper Sections Distinguishing Sections of a Scientific Paper by Mariel Pfeifer Making Figures and Tables Figures Checklist for Developing Figure Legends Choosing the Appropriate Figure to Highlight Results Identifying Figure Components and Placement Information Needed for Making Clear Figures by Ashley Earley Making Stand Alone Figure Legends by John Vinson Tables Making a Table from Experimental Data Writing an Introduction Identifying Good Introductory Sentences by Ahmed Hikal Identifying Necessary Content for a Scientific Introduction by Hannah Choi Writing Citations Writing Methods Re-Writing Methods to Improve Quality by Tyler Miyawaki Re-Writing Methods to make Concise Statements by Aimee Williams Writing Methods from Bullets to Paragraphs Writing Repeatable Methods by James Goodin Writing Results, Discussion, and Conclusions Choosing the Proper Word Choice for Scientific Results by John McGreevy Distinguishing Conclusions and Results of a Scientific Paper by Aaron DeLeo Writing Topic Writing a Claim Making Claims Based on Evidence by Zachery Jarrell Writing a Hypothesis or Prediction Writing a Clear, Concise, and Testable Hypothesis by Callie Oldfield Writing a Measurable Hypothesis Writing a Scientific Question Writing a Testable Scientific Research Question Writing a Thesis Did you find what you were looking for? We’d love to get your honest feedback to assess the effectiveness of this tool. Any information to help us further develop this resource to better serve our visitors will be much appreciated. Please follow the link below to a short 3-5 minute survey to tell us about your experience. Feedback survey link Database Editors Lindsey Harding, Ph.D.Director of the Writing Intensive ProgramFranklin College of Arts & SciencesUniversity of GeorgiaA. Kelly LaneFormer Ph.D. CandidateDepartment of GeneticsUniversity of GeorgiaNicole Lynn-BellCurrent Ph.D. Candidate Department of MicrobiologyUniversity of Georgia Page authored by Nicole Lynn-Bell, Fall 2018.
