Metatalk: Enabling metalinguistic discussion about writing

Metaconversations: Ongoing discussion about teaching research writing

This article is a follow up to an earlier publication that developed the rationale for using conversation as a metaphor to teach research writing. We presented this proposed teaching approach at several conferences, including WILU in May 2005 at Guelph, Canada. The discussions with participants in these presentations validated the tenets of the conversational metaphor for research writing. Here...

Writing the Discussion

Some residents and junior staff members have asked me how to write the 'discussion part' of a scientific paper. In reviewing the manuscripts of original articles and case reports submitted to journals including the Archives of Plastic Surgery, I don't infrequently find or I frequently find that the authors have written summaries of references cited that are not directly related to the topic the...

Writing Web Documents about Films

This paper describes our experiences our experience in building and using a Web-based video library designed for educational use. The CAETI Internet Multimedia Library’s initial audience is K-12 schools; most of the content of our library comes from news and politics-related historical footage. The video library is a good tool not just for content but also for acquiring visual literacy. Politic...

Self-efficacy for Metalinguistic Control and Its Relationship to Writing Quality

It’s About the Science: Students Writing and Thinking About Data In a Scientific Writing Course