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A Guide to Writing
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| General Information |
References Johnson Andrews, S.K. 2000. Writing to learn: poster presentations. Writing Center Newsletter 3(1):1-2. McMillan, V.E. 1997. Writing Papers in the Biological Sciences. Boston: Bedford Books. 197 p. Megonigal, J.P, L. Rockwood, M.R. Walbridge, and L. Brown. 2000. Studies in Ecology: a Laboratory Manual for Biology 307. Fairfax, VA: George Mason University. 125 p. Piper and H. Cressey. 2000. General hints on how to write lab reports. Unpublished handout in Animal Behavior course. 4 p. Credits This web-based writing guide (A Guide to Writing in the Biological Sciences) was developed for the Biology Department under the auspices of a General Education Funding Award received by Writing Across the Curriculum. The guide was designed by Jennifer Morse (jmorse2@gmu.edu) in the Biology Department, in collaboration with Dr. J. Patrick Megonigal, Dr. Larry Rockwood, Dr. Terry Zawacki, and Dr. Rebecca B. Wright. |
| An introduction to writing in Biology | |
| Practical tips for scientific writing | |
| Professors' perspectives on student writing | |
| Specific Information for Writing Assignments | |
| Short answers for tests | |
| Summary of a scientific article | |
| Writing a scientific paper | |
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