scholarly journals The black hole in science journalism: A study of journalism students’ accommodation strategies of scientific writing

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-32
Author(s):  
Wincharles Coker ◽  
Richmond S. Ngula
Keyword(s):  
Black Hole ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
Scientific Communication ◽  
Active Participation ◽  
Scientific Writing ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
Science Journalism ◽  
News Reports ◽  
Journalism Students

This study examined strategies employed by journalism students to accommodate scientific communication into public news. Data were collected from news articles of 130 journalism students, 130 science-based research articles, 3,990 minutes of interviews between scientists and trainees, and among 25 focal participants. We found that some journalism students could not adequately accommodate scientific articles into news reports due to their passive knowledge of newswriting journalese. We also observed that journalism students had difficulty in interpreting scientific research claims, and showed less resilience to cope with the angst of scientists about the journalistic profession and the humanities. The paper concluded that the accommodation of scientific communication into public news is a rigorous process that requires the active participation and praxis of journalism students.

Scientific Research Articles

2021 ◽  
pp. 195-219
Author(s):  
John Blake
Keyword(s):  
Community Of Practice ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
Scientific Writing ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
Common Language ◽  
Systematic Analysis ◽  
Internal Review ◽  
Publication Success ◽  
Scientific Research Articles ◽  
Research Institute

Error-free scientific research articles are more likely to be accepted for publication than those permeated with errors. This chapter identifies, describes, and explains how to avoid 22 common language errors. Scientists need to master the genre of scientific writing to conform to the generic expectations of the community of practice. Based on a systematic analysis of the pedagogic literature, five categories of errors were identified in scientific research articles namely accuracy, brevity, clarity, objectivity, and formality. To gain a more in-depth understanding of the errors, a corpus investigation of scientific articles was conducted. A corpus of 200 draft research articles submitted for internal review at a research institute with university status was compiled, annotated, and analyzed. This investigation showed empirically the types of errors within these categories that may impinge on publication success. In total, 22 specific types of language errors were identified. These errors are explained, and ways for overcoming each of them are described.

scholarly journals The passive voice in scientific writing. The current norm in science journals

2014 ◽  
Vol 13 (01) ◽  
pp. A03 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leong Ping Alvin
Keyword(s):  
Canonical Form ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
Scientific Writing ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
Passive Voice ◽  
Adverbial Clauses ◽  
Scientific Research Articles

In contrast to past consensus, many authors now feel that the passive voice compromises the quality of scientific writing. However, studies involving scientific articles are rare. Using a corpus of 60 scientific research articles from six journals, this study examined the proportion of passives used, and the contexts and forms in which they occurred. The results revealed that about 30% of all clauses were passive clauses. The canonical form was most pervasive, followed by the bare passive; together, they constituted more than a quarter of all clauses analyzed. Passives were typically used in main clauses, followed by relative and adverbial clauses. Roughly 29% of all passives were located in the methodology section. Based on the results, the proportion of passives in scientific writing may stabilize at about 30%. It is unlikely to dramatically drop any further since the trend suggests that passives are still widely used in the methodology section.

Examining Structure in Scientific Research Articles: A Study of Thematic Progression and Thematic Density

2018 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 286-314 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alvin Ping Leong ◽  
Audrey Lin Lin Toh ◽  
Soo Fun Chin
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Research ◽  
Writing Studies ◽  
Scientific Writing ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
Research Writing ◽  
Multiple Perspectives ◽  
Thematic Structure ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Scientific Research Articles ◽  
Thematic Pattern

While scholars in the field of writing studies have examined scientific writing from multiple perspectives, interest in its thematic structure has been modest. Recent studies suggest that the themes in scientific writing tend to be anchored on one or a few points of departure. There has also been an attempt at quantification using the thematic-density index (TDI), although this has only been tested on abstracts. In this study, we investigated the thematic structure and TDIs of 30 research articles in biology. The results revealed a progressive thematic pattern in the introduction section, followed by an anchored development in the subsequent sections. The anchoring was realized by the pervasive use of the first-person pronoun “we.” The mean TDI was lowest in the introduction section (2.593) and highest in the results section (7.095). The results were consistent across the articles in the corpus, underscoring the uniform way in which the articles were thematically structured, and in turn suggesting a core thematic pattern for scientific research writing in general. Based on these findings, the authors suggest that future studies compare the thematic structure of the introduction section vis-à-vis the other sections, and investigate the possible factors resulting in such a structure.

scholarly journals Students’ perceptions of a scientific writing course: SFL Genre Pedagogy in an EFL context

Signo ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 46 (86) ◽  
pp. 86-102
Author(s):  
Carolina Andrea Mirallas
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Research ◽  
Scientific Writing ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
Approaches To Teaching ◽  
Weekly Basis ◽  
Efl Context ◽  
Writing Course ◽  
Reading To Learn ◽  
Scientific Research Articles ◽  
The One

Genre approaches to teaching have long been applied to improve students’ skills, and their effect has usually been assessed by looking into students’ productions. In this work, we examine students’ perceptions of the implementation of a genre-based writing course that incorporated tasks developed by the Reading to Learn Pedagogy (R2LP) (Rose & Martin, 2008) for the teaching of Scientific Research Articles (SRA) in an EFL context. A scientific writing course in English was offered for 8 weeks on a weekly basis to researchers and Ph.D. students in Argentina. They were asked to answer surveys after every class and once the course finished. Surveys were analysed considering ATTITUDE of the System of Appraisal (Martin & White, 2005), polarity and the entities evaluated. Joint writing and Detailed reading were entities frequently evaluated positively, mainly in terms of usefulness. Negatively appraised entities include contents and exercises, which were perceived as “difficult”. Our evidence suggests that the teaching of SRA writing to researchers through the R2LP in an EFL context is effective. More precisely, teacher-guided activities which were jointly carried out with students were found to be the most useful, making them suitable for a highly specialised audience like the one that participated in this study.

scholarly journals The Design and Implementation of an Undergraduate Health Professional Degree Elective Course on Scientific Writing, Peer Assessment and Critical Appraisal

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aisha Osman ◽  
Daoud Al-Badriyeh ◽  
Farhat Naz Hussain ◽  
Sadaf Riaz ◽  
Hazem Elewa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Critical Appraisal ◽  
Journal Club ◽  
Peer Assessment ◽  
Writing Skills ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
Scientific Writing ◽  
Assessment Process ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
Scientific Research Articles ◽  
Critical Appraisal Skills

Abstract Background. Describe the design, delivery and impact of a course delivered in an undergraduate pharmacy program with students whose first language is not English. The aim of this course is to develop pharmacy students’ scientific writing, peer assessment and critical appraisal skills. Methods. The course is offered in the final year of an undergraduate pharmacy program. In this course, students wrote two structured pharmacy review articles (PRA) based on assigned scientific research articles and peer assessed each others’ written PRAs. Students also critically appraised scientific research articles on a weekly basis, completed one pre-journal club written reflective critique based on a assigned scientific research article and moderated one journal club session. Results. Course rubrics were developed and validated by the course coordinators. A survey that was administered to students enrolled in the course identified that 85% of the students perceived that they gained adequate writing skills in the course. More than 70% of the students indicated they had the necessary skills to evaluate their peers’ written assessments and 93% felt comfortable providing and receiving feedback from peers. More than 90% of the students indicated that their understanding of the primary research articles assigned improved as a result of their contribution to the peer assessment process and writing of PRAs. Conclusion. This course improved students scientific writing, peer assessment and critical appraisal skills. Further practice is required to reinforce the skills learned and to strengthen the writing skills of students.

Developing the culture and discipline of conducting and publishing scientific research: Guiding principles

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Daniel Obeng-Ofori
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
Scientific Writing ◽  
Weekly Schedule ◽  
Academic Activities ◽  
Heavy Workload ◽  
Guiding Principles ◽  
Mentoring System ◽  
Critical Constraints

The pressure to publish is a fact of life in academia. Academics are expected to demonstrate that they are active researchersand that their work has been vetted by peers and disseminated in reputable scholarly forums. In practice, however, a numberof critical constraints hamper effective publication of scientific research in most developing countries. These include lackof effective mentoring system, poor facilities and inadequate funding for effective research and heavy workload where toomuch time and effort are spent in teaching, grading, meetings and other non-academic activities. In spite of these seeminglyinsurmountable challenges, with proper planning and commitment, one can still conduct research and publish to advanceones career and exchange of knowledge. The paper discusses the critical guiding principles in scientific writing and publishingin an unfriendly research environment as pertains in most universities in the developing world. The overriding principle isto cultivate the discipline of scientific writing consciously and follow it through religiously. This could be achieved if time isallocated for scientific writing in the scheme of weekly schedule of activities and made to be functional through meticulousplanning and commitment. Equally important is to avoid procedural mistakes in scientific writing. While the quality of theresearch is the single most important factor in determining whether an article will be published, a number of proceduralmistakes can help tip the balance against its publication. It should also be noted that when a manuscript is submitted to ascholarly journal, there are two audiences to satisfy: first the editor and external reviewers, and then the journal’s readers.That first group must be satisfied to create the opportunity to appeal to the second. Thus, familiarity with the style and tone ofthe specific journal is crucial.

International Journal of Engineering, IT and Scientific Research (IJEISR)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS ◽  
IJEISR ISJ
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
Cutting Edge ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
Original Research ◽  
Edge Information

International Journal of Engineering, IT and Scientific Research (IJEISR) is an Open Access international journal. We publish original research articles that are peer reviewed, and contain latest innovative cutting edge information articles on all aspects of Engineering, IT and Scientific Research. The coverage ranges across the research at various levels in connection with innovative tools for the development of advanced Engineering, IT and Scientific Research. Available online at https://int-scientific-journals.com

scholarly journals Compreensão textual de artigos originais de pesquisa por graduandos em química

2020 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
pp. e8
Author(s):  
Flávia Gabriele Sacchi ◽  
Salete Linhares Queiroz
Keyword(s):  
Oral Presentation ◽  
Text Comprehension ◽  
Scientific Communication ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
Chemistry Students ◽  
Undergraduate Chemistry ◽  
The Subject

Reading and comprehension of research articles (RA) by undergraduate chemistry students provides a greater ability to develop criticism and establish links between scientific contents. Even being such a relevant skill, research on the subject is scarce, especially in the Brazilian context. From this perspective, this paper aims to investigate the text comprehension of RA about the topic of biofuel, extracted from the “Química Nova” journal, by undergraduates from the area, in the context of a scientific communication discipline.  Therefore, we initially analyzed the retextualization carried out by a group of students from RA for corresponding oral presentation, and then established links between retextualization operations and text comprehension. The analysis was based on studies on retextualization operations and text comprehension, from the perspective proposed by Marcuschi.  The results indicated that the development of the oral presentation component slides took place without impairing the communicative purpose established by the RA authors, suggesting the undergraduates understood it.

scholarly journals KORUPSI DAN PERTUMBUHAN EKONOMI

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 154-165
Author(s):  
Amin Haqiqi ◽  
◽  
Husaeri Putra ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Economic Freedom ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Scientific Research Articles ◽  
High Level ◽  
Positive Effect

This study analyzes corruption and economic growth. The method of analysis uses literature studies. This literature study was carried out by searching scientific research articles about corruption through Google Scholar and journals about corruption. After the identification of several articles, the results show different results about the effect of corruption on economic growth. From each journal shows Corruption has a negative effect on economic growth in Indonesia and those that have a positive effect. This shows several factors that underlie the influence of corruption on economic growth, namely due to cultural differences, policies, economic freedom and the rules of each region. The diversity of each region in Indonesia makes a different level of influence of corruption so that if a region has a high level of economic freedom and rules and bureaucracy that are not difficult, corruption has a positive effect on economic growth. In general, the effect of corruption on economic growth is negative, where the cleaner the region or region is from corruption, the more it will encourage the growth of the region.

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