Lecture 19: Reviewing Science Articles

Today Pam will guest lecture and lead us on how to review a science article.

She will have a powerpoint which will be posted here.

Peer Review: Guest Lecture by Pam

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Lecture 18: Science Article Writing

Today we have a guest lecture from Kaustav! Please remember to send three tweets to @JessL about what you're learning from Kaustav's lecture. Please also tweet back to a fellow student - start a discussion about what you're learning.

Ales 204: Kaustav Guest Lecture on Academic Writing in Science

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Remember, next week is e-portfolio week! It's your chance to work on your own topic of a blog post and perhaps start drafting your reflective blog post. You can add your twitter feed and in general spruce up your e-portfolios!

Science Article Assignment

This week in labs you will be given the Science Article Assignment and you will have the duration of the lab to discussion the options with the TA. By the end of the lab, you will let your TA know which option you will be doing.

You can always check the google doc of the assignment too.

Note: Sometimes the google doc seems to have some issues with Option 1. So here is a google doc JUST of Option 1:.

Remember there are four options, you just need to pick one.

Some Requirements:

Due: Friday, November 18th, 17:00;
Length: 750-1250 words;
Format: Memorandum (single-spaced text; double-spaced between headings and paragraphs);
Publication: Via E-mail to Dr. Laccetti (laccettiATualberta.ca) AND to your TA;

Lecture 17: Science Journal Articles

In today's lecture we will review the elements of a scientific paper:

Abstract

Introduction

Methods

Results

Discussion

Works Cited/References

The second example of an abstract comes from this article: 

Green Tea Consumption Is Inversely Associated with the Incidence of Influenza Infection among Schoolchildren in a Tea Plantation Area of Japan

you can read the abstract here or the entire paper here.

Also very useful is this article: Writing the Empirical Journal Article by

Daryl J. Bem
He gives some very useful examples of opening statements and how to present your findings.

Lecture 17: Elements of an Academic Paper

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For further reading, check this out: HOW TO WRITE A SCIENTIFIC PAPER FOR A PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL by PHIL LANG