Scientific Writing SeminarScientific Writing SeminarRISE ProjectRISE Project

Dr. Evelyn Lugo Morales

School of Social and Human Sciences

Universidad del Este

Summer 2009

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“I keep six honest serving-men (They taught me all I knew). Their names are WhatWhat and WhyWhy and WhenWhen and HowHow and WhereWhere and WhoWho”

-- Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936). “The Elephant’s Child”

AGENDA

DATE ACTIVITY RESOURCES TASKS

6/29/2009 Getting started in Writing

Writing Prompts based on lIllustrations and topics

Individual drafting and revising writing tasks for each day

6/30/2009Guide to Scientific Writing

Guide to Scientific Writing Booklet

Discussion and practice of scientific writing activities

7/01/2009IMRAD Method to scientific Writing

Slide presentations and writing Checklist

Hands-on activity using the IMRAD Method

7/02/2009Discussion of Scientific Articles

Scientific Articles Organizing , drafting and editing, and revising Reaction Papers

7/03/2009Presentations of Original reaction Papers

Selected research articles

Oral presentation of final papers

Day One- Writing Prompt

• Think about the picture

• Writing for five minutes

• Stop at the exactly the time limit

• Present your ideas to the group

What is IMRAD?

• I • M• R• A• D

• Introduction• Method• Results• And• Discussion

Bradford Hill’s questions

Introduction Why did you start?

Methods What did you do?

Results What did you find?

And

Discussion What does it all mean?

Guide to Scientific Writing

Writing Process

Programa

Benefits of IMRaD

Day Two Writing Prompt

• Think about the picture

• Writing for five minutes

• Stop at the exactly the time limit

• Present your ideas to the group

Day Three Writing Prompt

• Think about the picture

• Writing for five minutes

• Stop at the exactly the time limit

• Present your ideas to the group

Day Four Writing Prompt

• Think about the picture

• Writing for five minutes

• Stop at the exactly the time limit

• Present your ideas to the group

Day Five Writing Prompt

• Think about the picture

• Writing for five minutes

• Stop at the exactly the time limit

• Present your ideas to the group