A Short Course on Scientific Writing - Swinburne University of ...
A Short Course on Scientific Writing - Swinburne University of ...
A Short Course on Scientific Writing - Swinburne University of ...
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a short course <strong>on</strong><br />
<strong>Scientific</strong> <strong>Writing</strong><br />
Assoc. Pr<strong>of</strong>. Clem kuek<br />
BSc(Agric)(H<strong>on</strong>s); PhD; U W Aust<br />
Coverage<br />
• Science/scientists<br />
• The <strong>Scientific</strong> Method<br />
• The <strong>Scientific</strong> Paper<br />
• Some aspects <strong>of</strong> English in technical writing<br />
• Authorship and publishing<br />
Scientists<br />
The Mert<strong>on</strong>-Ziman norms (Anderberg, 1998)<br />
Shared by members <strong>of</strong> the scientific community.<br />
Communalism<br />
Universalism<br />
Disinterestedness<br />
Originality<br />
Organized Skepticism<br />
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Critical Thinking<br />
(ScrivenScriven & Paul, 1996)<br />
The intellectually disciplined process <strong>of</strong><br />
actively and skillfully c<strong>on</strong>ceptualizing, applying,<br />
analyzing, synthesizing,<br />
and/or<br />
The <strong>Scientific</strong> Method<br />
(based <strong>on</strong> material from Wilkins<strong>on</strong>, 1991 and others)<br />
Observati<strong>on</strong>, hypothesis, and experimentati<strong>on</strong><br />
• Observati<strong>on</strong>s are fundamental to the <strong>Scientific</strong> Method.<br />
• Formulati<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> hypotheses is fundamental to making<br />
sense <strong>of</strong> observati<strong>on</strong>s.<br />
evaluating informati<strong>on</strong> gathered from, or generated<br />
by, observati<strong>on</strong>, experience, reflecti<strong>on</strong>, reas<strong>on</strong>ing,<br />
or communicati<strong>on</strong>,<br />
as a guide to belief and acti<strong>on</strong>.<br />
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