Hans Zinsser, president of the Society of American Bacteriologists in 1926, was known as much for his literary and textbook writing as for his scientific contributions. He was a widely known scientist and person of letters. His early interests in poetry and other forms of literature were maintained and developed during his career as a microbiologist, and his most enduring legacy is based on his...

The journal article incubator approach to teaching writing skills to researchers and academics involves a series of engaging and inclusive workshops in which best practice writing, reviewing and rewriting skills are modelled by the presenters and practiced by the participants. This paper describes the design and operation of two incubator workshops conducted recently in Australia and South Afri...

The goal of this research is to develop a computational model of the creative process of writing in terms of Engaged and Reflective States, which attempts to complement and extend previous models based on problem solving approach. The Engaged State can be described as a state in which the writer is intensely involved in the production of material related to the task. Such a production guided by...

While the importance of reflective writing is widely acknowledged worldwide, lack exposure to systematic models enhance reflexivity a major concern among in-service teachers in many developing countries. This paper presents qualitative case study that aimed explore elements reflected by group English as Second Language through their writing. Specifically, it explored how wrote reflections befor...