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Presentation:Week 3: Intensive Course in Research Writing

By | Jul. 22, 2012

Main slides from third week of 3-week intensive course given at Texas A&M University in summer 2012. Major topics include preparing curricula vitae (CVs), preparing grant proposals and progress reports, writing review articles, writing book chapters and books, being a peer reviewer, and presenting specialized information to the public. There also is train-the-trainer material on basics of teaching technique.

Presentation:Week 2: 2012 Intensive Course in Research Writing

By | Jul. 09, 2012
Main slides from second week of 3-week intensive course given at Texas A&M University in summer 2012. Major topics include writing the introduction, some aspects of writing style, ethical and other issues, writing an abstract, and publishing a paper.

Presentation:Week 1: 2012 Intensive Course in Research Writing

By | Jul. 01, 2012

Main slides from first week of 3-week intensive course given at Texas A&M University in summer 2012. Major topics include deciding when and where to submit a paper, approaching a writing project, writing the methods section, writing the results section, preparing tables and figures, citing references, preparing and giving poster presentations and oral presentations, and writing the discussion section.

A Poster-Evaluation Form

By | Jun. 05, 2012

A form for evaluating poster presentations. From Dr. Fazal Ghani, Peshawar, Pakistan. Feedback on this form is welcome; it can be sent to the e-mail address on the bottom of the form.

Some Common Editing Symbols

By | Jun. 01, 2012
Some symbols commonly used in editing text (class handout prepared by by Barbara Gastel).