Scientific writing, in the form of lab notebooks, proposals, and reports, is a common element of physics lab classes. Multiweek student-designed projects are growing in popularity, especially in advanced lab courses, and writing may play a unique role in these types of courses. In prior work, we developed a framework of possible goals for writing in physics lab classes. Here, we use that framework as a lens through which to view three different advanced lab courses that include student-designed projects. We conduct a multiple case-study analysis to investigate how these courses incorporate writing to address various goals. We find that both the timescale and the open-ended nature of projects present unique opportunities for having students engage in authentic writing practices.

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将写作纳入高级实验室项目：多个案例研究分析

以实验室笔记本，建议书和报告的形式进行的科学写作是物理实验室课程的常见要素。由学生设计的多周项目越来越受欢迎，尤其是在高级实验室课程中，写作在这些类型的课程中可能扮演着独特的角色。在以前的工作中，我们开发了一个可能的目标框架，用于在物理实验室课程中写作。在这里，我们以该框架为视角，通过它可以查看三门不同的高级实验室课程，其中包括学生设计的项目。我们进行了多个案例研究分析，以研究这些课程如何结合写作来解决各种目标。我们发现，时间尺度和项目的开放性都为让学生从事地道的写作实践提供了独特的机会。