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OnLine Lessons on Scientific Writing
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For Engineering and Science. Online Lessons on Scientific Writing. These online learning lessons are designed to help engineers and scientists communicate their technical work more effectively. Sponsored by the Leonhard Center in the College of Engineering at Penn State, these lessons contain teaching films and online exercises. The chapter numbers given below refer to chapters in the The Craft of Scientific Writing (CSW),. Which provides the foundation for these lessons. CSW: Ch. 1. CSW: Ch. 12.
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Teaching Scientific Writing
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For Engineering and Science. Resources to Teach Scientific Writing. These resources are intended to help instructors teach writing to engineering and science students. You are more than welcome to download, use, and link to these resources as long as you credit the website and its principal reference: The Craft of Scientific Writing. Leonhard Center, Penn State. University Park, PA 16802. Content Editor: Michael Alley.
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The Craft of Scientific Writing
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For Engineering and Science. The Craft of Scientific Writing. 3rd edition is designed to help scientists and engineers write about their work clearly and effectively. Using scores of examples from a wide variety of disciplines, the book demonstrates the differences between strong scientific writing and weak scientific writing. In essence, this book shows you how to bring your ideas across to your intended audience. In addition, it contains advice on how to draft, revise, and finish documents.
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Student Exercises
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For Engineering and Science Students. Writing Exercises for Engineering and Science Students. Parts of Speech (1). Parts of Speech (2). Key for Skills Tests. These exercises are designed to help you, the engineer or scientist, master various mechanical and stylistic aspects of engineering writing and scientific writing. For these exercises to work, please do not have your browser override the selection of colors. Grammar #1: Run-Ons and Fragments (Basic). Grammar #2: Modifiers, Pronouns, and Parallelism.
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Scientific Presentations
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Has found that an AE approach leads to presentations that are better comprehended, remembered, and believed. You are more than welcome to link to these pages, films, and files. In addition, you are welcome to print and distribute these materials, as long as you credit the website and its principal reference: The Craft of Scientific Presentations. Rethinking scientific presentations: the assertion-evidence approach. Our website is the home for this approach). Leonhard Center, Penn State.
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Formal Reports
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For Engineering and Science Students. For reference, this discussion includes a sample report. Bassett, 1998]. Also available is a short discussion of laboratory reports. And theses and dissertations. That you can use during the revision stage of your report writing. The table of contents includes the names of all the headings and subheadings for the main text. In addition, the table of contents includes names of all headings (but not subheadings) in the front matter and back matter. For instance...The t...
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Writing Guidelines for Engineering and Science
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For Engineering and Science. My initial experience of writing in engineering and science. More videos are available in Online Lessons. Leonhard Center, Penn State. University Park, PA 16802. Content Editor: Michael Alley.
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Correspondence
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For Engineering and Science Students. Sample Résumé. In your correspondence, you should concentrate on being clear and precise. Because audiences tend to read letters and memos quickly, opt for shorter sentences and paragraphs than you would use in a formal report or journal article. Also, in correspondence, you should consider carefully the tone. The Craft of Scientific Writing. To gain practice in identifying common problems in correspondence, perform the following exercises. And a sample memo. Electro...
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Sample Format
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For Engineering and Science Students. Appendix A: Sample Professional Format. One reason that professionals use sans serif typefaces for these situations is that they contrast nicely with the serif text. A, an, and, as, but, for, in, nor, of, on, or, out, the, to, up,. Layout includes such things as the type of paper chosen, the margins, the line spacing, the pagination, and the incorporation of equations, illustrations, and references. Table 1 presents general specifications for the page layouts. For a ...
