About: Best Writing Practices for Graduate Students: Reducing the Discomfort of the Blank Screen

Module by: Carol A. Mullen. E-mail the author

View the content: Best Writing Practices for Graduate Students: Reducing the Discomfort of the Blank Screen

Metadata

Name:	Best Writing Practices for Graduate Students: Reducing the Discomfort of the Blank Screen
ID:	m14054
Language:	English (en)
Summary:	With support and guidance, graduate students can successfully pursue academic writing for publication. In graduate circles, academic writing is presumed to be a solitary activity for which students already are prepared. Yet, the reality is that students tend to find academic writing difficult and stressful, and they often look to university faculty members for guidance. Faculty members, in turn, may provide hands-on practice and other classroom support in an effort to teach writing, even though they have had little or no instruction on how to do so. In this article discussion is provided of what researchers say about writing, challenges of teaching writing, and writing ideas and strategies.
Subject:	Social Sciences
Keywords:	academic writing, Graduate instruction, teaching writing, writing for publication, writing ideas and strategies
Document Type:	-//CNX//DTD CNXML 0.5//EN
License:	Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 2.0

Authors:	Carol A. Mullen (cmullen@uncg.edu)
Copyright Holders:	Carol A. Mullen (cmullen@uncg.edu)
Maintainers:	Carol A. Mullen (cmullen@uncg.edu), National Council of Professors of Educational Administration (tcreigh@vt.edu)

Latest version:	1.2 (history)
First publication date:	Oct 9, 2006 9:45 am GMT-5
Last revision to module:	Oct 25, 2006 2:59 pm GMT-5

Downloads

PDF:	m14054_1.2.pdf	PDF file, for viewing content offline and printing. Learn more.
EPUB:	m14054_1.2.epub	Electronic publication file, for viewing in handheld devices. Learn more.
XML:	m14054_1.2.cnxml	XML that defines the structure and contents of the module, minus any included media files. Can be reimported in the editing interface. Learn more.
Source Export ZIP:	m14054_1.2.zip	ZIP containing the module XML plus any included media files. Can be reimported in the editing interface. Learn more.
Offline ZIP:	m14054_1.2_offline.zip	An offline HTML copy of the content. Also includes XML, included media files, and other support files. Learn more.

Version History

Version:	1.2 Oct 25, 2006 2:59 pm GMT-5 by National Council of Professors of Educational Administration
Changes:	1.2

Version:	1.1 Oct 13, 2006 3:13 pm GMT-5 by National Council of Professors of Educational Administration
Changes:	new

How to Reuse and Attribute This Content

If you derive a copy of this content using a Connexions account and publish your version, proper attribution of the original work will be automatically done for you.

If you reuse this work elsewhere, in order to comply with the attribution requirements of the license (CC-BY 2.0), you must include

the authors' names: Carol Mullen
the title of the work: Best Writing Practices for Graduate Students: Reducing the Discomfort of the Blank Screen
the Connexions URL where the work can be found: http://cnx.org/content/m14054/1.2/

See the citation section below for examples you can copy.

How to Cite and Attribute This Content

The following citation styles comply with the attribution requirements for the license (CC-BY 2.0) of this work:

American Chemical Society (ACS) Style Guide:

Mullen, C. Best Writing Practices for Graduate Students: Reducing the Discomfort of the Blank Screen, Connexions Web site. http://cnx.org/content/m14054/1.2/, Oct 25, 2006.

American Medical Assocation (AMA) Manual of Style:

Mullen C. Best Writing Practices for Graduate Students: Reducing the Discomfort of the Blank Screen [Connexions Web site]. October 25, 2006. Available at: http://cnx.org/content/m14054/1.2/.

American Psychological Assocation (APA) Publication Manual:

Mullen, C. (2006, October 25). Best Writing Practices for Graduate Students: Reducing the Discomfort of the Blank Screen. Retrieved from the Connexions Web site: http://cnx.org/content/m14054/1.2/

Chicago Manual of Style (Bibliography):

Mullen, Carol. "Best Writing Practices for Graduate Students: Reducing the Discomfort of the Blank Screen." Connexions. October 25, 2006. http://cnx.org/content/m14054/1.2/.

Chicago Manual of Style (Note):

Carol Mullen, "Best Writing Practices for Graduate Students: Reducing the Discomfort of the Blank Screen," Connexions, October 25, 2006, http://cnx.org/content/m14054/1.2/.

Chicago Manual of Style (Reference, in Author-Date style):

Mullen, C. 2006. Best Writing Practices for Graduate Students: Reducing the Discomfort of the Blank Screen. Connexions, October 25, 2006. http://cnx.org/content/m14054/1.2/.

Modern Languages Association (MLA) Style Manual:

Mullen, Carol. Best Writing Practices for Graduate Students: Reducing the Discomfort of the Blank Screen. Connexions. 25 Oct. 2006 <http://cnx.org/content/m14054/1.2/>.