From Five Practical Approaches to One STEM-asterful Paper
From Five Practical Approaches to One STEM-asterful Paper
From Five Practical Approaches to One STEM-asterful Paper sets sail with the conviction that to foster impactful science, we must treat scientific thinking as a form of reflection; to cultivate a reflective mind, we must use writing as a medium for thought; to grow thinking-through writing, we must offer concrete resources as a facilitator of learning. Built on the success of a writing course offered by the Academic Writing Education Center, National Taiwan University, this book blends thinking-through writing with actionable guidance to foster confidence and competence in navigating the complexities of STEM research paper writing. The first ever of its kind in Taiwan, From Five Practical Approaches to One STEM-asterful Paper is a proven resource for both STEM students striving to sharpen their writing skills and writing instructors seeking to strengthen their STEM-related instruction.
Highlights:
- A conventional structuring model — The model provides novice STEM research paper writers with a reliable foundation for understanding disciplinary norms and making meaningful alterations.
- A five-approach framework — The framework ensures that the five paper sections are each conceptually grounded as a meaningful unit and together functionally integrated as a conceptual totality.
- Authentic material — Carefully chosen excerpts from STEM research papers illustrate how writers perform communicative tasks.
- Full-text analyses — End-of-unit paper analyses test the five approaches and promote critical reading and strategic thinking.
- Contextualized language instruction — Short language lessons are closely tied to communicative tasks to demonstrate how writers make purposeful linguistic choices.
