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Balancing simplicity and complexity in doctoral writing. Asymp; Leave a comment. However, it took many years before I started to recognise that sometimes when I couldn’t understand a piece of writing, the problem lay in the writing rather than me. There are plenty of jokes about how obscure academic writing can be. Many readers will be familiar with the Bad Writing Contest. From the 1990s; or have read Steven Pinker’s diatribe. Continue reading →. How long does it take to write a thesis? Asymp; 6 Comments.
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The last word in doctoral writing: mechanics of last sentence rhetoric | DoctoralWriting SIG
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The last word in doctoral writing: mechanics of last sentence rhetoric. In 3 Writing Practices. Asymp; 2 Comments. In a recent writing class, we gathered the last sentences of journal articles that participants thought were really strong, and analysed why they seemed to work so well. This is one group exercise that focuses on the mechanics of language for rhetorical force, something that takes doctoral students into a healthy space as they develop their writing’s style and voice. In contrast, another las...
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Supervisory Feedback: Revising the writer and the writing | DoctoralWriting SIG
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Supervisory Feedback: Revising the writer and the writing. Asymp; 1 Comment. Becoming a disciplinary writer. This post comes from. Of McGill University, Canada, where he studies academic and professional writing. His recent research has focussed on doctoral writing, in particular the role of supervision in the writing process. When supervisors provide feedback to doctoral students on their writing, what are they doing? In what voice do they speak, and for what purpose? Do they speak as teachers? Minds, t...
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How long is a thesis introduction? Changing thesis structures | DoctoralWriting SIG
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How long is a thesis introduction? In 1 The Thesis/Dissertation. Asymp; 2 Comments. Take the first chapter of a thesis, for example. This is usually labelled as the ‘Introduction’, but what that means can be surprisingly varied in terms of length and what is included. In the past, I’ve worked with a list of components that could (should? For example, where do they sit in relation to the literature review? Do you find that the conventional advice is still working effectively in your field, or is there a m...
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So you want people to read your thesis? | DoctoralWriting SIG
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So you want people to read your thesis? Asymp; Leave a comment. The Australian Open Access Support Group (AOASG) has some interesting ideas here to get PhD students thinking about the pros and cons of making their work available to a broader range of readers. Australasian Open Access Strategy Group. After three, four ( seven) years of hard slog, of course you do. There’s a ‘joke’ around that the. 1,402 more words. Larr; Previous post. Next post →. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here.
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Peer review of writing: the mechanics of how | DoctoralWriting SIG
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Peer review of writing: the mechanics of how. In 3 Writing Practices. 5 Identity and Emotion. Asymp; 2 Comments. Doctoral peer review of writing. Setting up a group recently where there was some initial uncertainty about how to give helpful feedback to colleagues, I set out some criteria. Since no one could think of more to add, we set out with this as guidance:. Watch out for emotions. Can ask for specific areas to be given thought:. Is the structure ok? Are you convinced by the X section? Are there any...
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We hope you enjoy browsing our DoctoralWritingSIG library. If you would like your publications included in the library or you have suggestions for additional references, please contact us on doctoralwriting@gmail.com. You might also like to visit Inger’s Mendeley Library on Research Education. Here we have listed our favourite texts on doctoral writing. We invite you to help grow the list by adding comments and recommending other good reads. They are in no particular order. I found this a very good launc...
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Peer review: what’s the fuss? | DoctoralWriting SIG
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Peer review: what’s the fuss? Asymp; 3 Comments. We’ve posted a few blogs on this site relating to doctoral candidates giving and receiving peer review in writing groups. And the feedback that supervisors. Provide on writing. Another kind of peer review that PhD students can receive is that generated by journal reviewers, which raises a different set of concerns from those we’ve discussed elsewhere. Of course she is being tongue in cheek, but there is more than a hint of truth in what she says here.
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