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For courses in Writing Across the Curriculum or Writing About
Biology. Developing the tools to effectively write about biology
Teaching biology and strong writing skills simultaneously is a
challenge, especially when students exhibit a range of abilities.
The 9th Edition of A Short Guide to Writing about Biology provides
tools to strengthen student writing and reinforce critical
thinking. Written by a prominent biologist, this best-selling guide
teaches students to express ideas clearly and concisely. It
emphasizes writing as a way of examining, evaluating, and refining
ideas: students learn to read critically, study, evaluate and
report data, and communicate with clarity. Using a narrative style,
the text is its own example of good analytical writing. In this new
edition, students learn how to avoid plagiarism (Ch. 1 and 3), read
and interpret data (Ch. 3, 4 and 9), prepare effective Materials
and Methods sections in research reports and more (Ch. 9), and
prepare manuscripts for submission (Ch 9). The text also provides
advice on locating useful sources (Ch. 2), maintaining laboratory
and field notebooks (Ch. 9), communicating with different audiences
(Ch. 6 and 10), and crafting research proposals (Ch. 10), poster
presentations (Ch. 11), and letters of application (Ch. 12).
This writing guide, by the author of Pearson's best-selling "Short
Guide to Writing about Biology "along with two well-known chemists,
teaches readers to think as chemists and to express ideas clearly
and concisely through their writing. Providing readers with the
tools they'll need to be successful writers, "A Short Guide to
Writing about Chemistry" emphasizes writing as a way of examining,
evaluating, and sharing ideas. The book teaches readers how to read
critically, study, evaluate and report data, and how to communicate
information clearly and logically. Readers are also given detailed
advice on locating, evaluating, and citing useful sources within
the discipline; maintaining effective laboratory notebooks and
writing laboratory reports; writing effective research proposals
and reports; and communicating information to both professional and
general audiences.
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