...Solutions to Avoiding Bad Academic Writing By Jason Beneby Northcentral University Abstract This paper will assess the writing process and offer an explanation of how academic professionals process what is good academic writing, what are common mistakes made by academic writers, common criticisms against poor academic writing, and solutions how to avoid poor academic writing. The paper will discuss how academic professionals develop ideas, and go about expressing those ideas to their peers. The paper will also explain how academic professionals use complex information to explain simple ideas and phenomena, and how the use of such complex words, is often perceived as unnecessary jargon and nonsensical to those outside the scientific community. The paper will also provide an example of how writing has become so predictable, that one author purposely submitted a flawed paper, just to have the published as proof that academic writing had fallen to new lows. Finally the paper will offer possible solutions that would help writers avoid the pitfalls that lead to poor academic writing. Keywords: jargon, academic, incomprehensible, phenomena Solutions to Avoiding Bad Academic Writing The practice of academic professional writing revolves around the principle of presenting researched studied information to peers for review in the academic community. It is this mindset that allows researched or theoretical information, to be presented in a context...
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...communicating PhD research to others, and interacting with the academic community. We also give an introduction to some of the basic tasks, responsibilities and duties of being a PhD student and then, subsequently, an academic economist. Finally, the courses are intended to support students in the first stages of their written PhD work which leads to the transfer seminar, by providing structured advice and discussion, and by stimulating discussion among students about their work. Courses (dates subject to confirmation) 1: Introduction to PhD research in Economics at UCL Dates: 7, 21 October What is this set of workshops about? Brief introduction of everybody What does UCL Economics department expect from its research students? What does UCL Economics expect from its Teaching Assistants? What does it mean to be an Economist? Professional Etiquette Readings: Don Davis’s guide to choosing a research topic http://tinyurl.com/brsfv8 Richard Hamming, “You and Your Research” http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~robins/YouAndYourResearch.pdf Dan Hamermesh’s website: http://www.eco.utexas.edu/faculty/Hamermesh/AdviceforEconomists.htm Dan Hamermesh , A Young Economist's Guide to Professional Etiquette (Journ. Econ Persps., Winter 1992) Dan Hamermesh, Professional Etiquette for the Mature Economist, AER papers and proceedings, May 1993, 34-38 Hal Varian: “How to Build an Economic Model in your Spare Time”, http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/~hal/Papers/how.pdf...
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...Plagiarism in the Academic Environment Linda Williams Liberty University Abstract This paper discusses plagiarism in an academic environment. Intentional as well as unintentional plagiarism is rampant throughout academia. Plagiarism may be unintentional, such as an improperly cited source or an over abundance of paraphrasing, or intentional, such as presenting another’s work as one’s own. Due to the availability of works online plagiarism is a much greater problem and harder than ever to prove. Sites such as TurnItIn assist educators and students ensure work is original. The program produces an originality report after comparing the submitted work against millions of other submitted works. The penalty for plagiarism can range from a failing grade on the submitted work to expulsion from the academic institution. Liberty University has strict academic honesty policies in place. Any accusation of academic dishonesty will be thoroughly investigated. If proven the student will receive a failing grade in the course. Two failing grades for academic dishonesty will result in expulsion from the University as a violation of the Code of Conduct. Written appeals must be submitted within five business days. The Department Chair will compare all evidence from the instructor and student and make a decision as to whether the student can proceed in the course. Keywords: Plagiarism, academic dishonesty, prevention of plagiarism Plagiarism in the Academic Environment ...
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...University of LaVerne Point Mugu, California COURSE: Management Information Systems – BUS 410 INSTRUCTOR: Eric Weinstein Phone: (805) 208-4533 E-mail: eweinstein@laverne.edu URL: http://www.ericsoftwaresolutions.com CLASS TIME: Wednesdays 5:00-10:00p.m. (10 sessions) COURSE DESCRIPTION: Provides an end user an overview of information systems viewed from the needs of management. Covers different aspects of system design and implementation including: data processing, collection, storage, updating and retrieval. “Real world” cases will be used to illustrate concepts described in class. COURSE MATERIALS: TEXT: Information Technology for Management. Advancing Sustainable, Profitable Business Growth. Ninth Edition. Efraim Turban, Linda Volonino, Gregory R. Wood. COURSE EVALUATION: Course Grades: This class uses the + / - grading system. The following breakout depicts how grades will be assigned under this system. Please note that final letter grade assignment is subjective. I will not necessarily assign the grade represented by your weighted score. |Grades |Percentage | |A |93 up to 100 | |A- |90 up to 93 | |B+ |87 up to 90 | |B |83 up to 87 | |B- |80 up to 83 ...
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...UNIVERSITY OF SUNderland Department OF COMPUTING, Engineering AND TECHNOLOGY |MODULE CODE: |CITM03 | |MODULE TITLE: |Electronic Commerce | |MODULE ASSESSOR: |Albert Bokma | |ASSESSMENT: |1 of 2 | |TITLE OF ASSESSMENT: |The Challenges of Cloud Computing for Enterprises | |MODERATED: |February 2011 | | |(pending) | PLEASE READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION CAREFULLY. This assignment contributes 50% to your final module mark. Please ensure that you retain a duplicate of your assignment. We are required to send samples of student work to the external examiners for moderation purposes. It will also safeguard in the unlikely event of your work going astray. THE FOLLOWING LEARNING OUTCOMES WILL BE ASSESSED: | |Knowledge of: ...
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...Research paper may refer to: * Academic paper (also called scholarly paper), which is published in academic journals and contains original research results or reviews existing results * Term paper, written by high school or college students * Thesis or dissertation, a document submitted in support of a candidature for a degree or professional qualification, presenting the author's research and findings A thesis or dissertation[1] is a document submitted in support of candidature for anacademic degree or professional qualification presenting the author's research and findings.[2] In some contexts, the word "thesis" or a cognate is used for part of abachelor's or master's course, while "dissertation" is normally applied to a doctorate, while in others, the reverse is true.[3] Dissertations and theses may be considered asgrey literature. The word dissertation can at times be used to describe a treatise without relation to obtaining an academic degree. The term thesis is also used to refer to the general claim of an essay or similar work. ------------------------------------------------- Etymology[edit] The term "thesis" comes from the Greek θέσις, meaning "something put forth", and refers to an intellectual proposition. "Dissertation" comes from the Latin dissertātiō, meaning "path". ------------------------------------------------- Structure and presentation style[edit] Structure[edit] A thesis (or dissertation) may be arranged as a thesis by publication or...
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...Evaluating the Proposal) and describing the technology you have selected . Please include a cover page (does not count towards the 2 to 3 page minimum). Please use the course lecture this week which describes fully the different aspects of a good RFP. Please also check our Webliography which gives you a list of industry magazines that provide examples of RFPs submitted on different technologies Point Value (towards final grade)== 60 Points Submission Instructions: Click on the “Dropbox” tab at the top of your screen and place the assignment in the “Week4:RFP” dropbasket. Grading RUBRIC for Request for Proposal (RFP) Grade Value Gradable Elements/Assessments for RFP High Value (50-60) points Research: Student’s paper was well researched and involved thoughtful and detailed analysis Identification/Use of Terms: Student clearly identified/spotted advanced networking technology concepts within the Telecommunications, Networking and Information Technology industry. Textbook Incorporation/Definitions/Concepts: Student utilized definitions and advanced networking concepts from textbook and others sources, and incorporated/ applied them to the specific technology being discussed. Discussed Pros & Cons of Technology: Student...
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...Academic dishonesty Name: University: Course: Tutor: Date: Academic dishonesty refers deliberate attempt to falsify, fabricate or interfere with information, data, records or any other material relevant to student’s participation to any academic exercise or function. It broadly includes cheating, copying, reusing papers and reports, unauthorized assistance from other writers and plagiarism. This describes one trying to find an easier way to complete assignments. The pervasiveness of academic dishonesty has increased and as up to 80-90% of students admit having cheated prior to graduation from high school (Dupre, Mackey & Smith, 2005). This is because, the pressure for high test scores is so extreme, and students feel the need to be at the same level of academic excellence with their peers and also maintain the national emphasis on excellent performance in the classroom. Plagiarism is one form of academic dishonesty. Plagiarism can be described as the act of using the creative works of another as your own work, without appropriate acknowledgment of the author or source. It encompasses the deliberate use of words, phrase, sentences, arguments, and ideas of other authors without proper citing and acknowledgement. Plagiarism ranges from copying another person’s work word for word to rewriting else’s work with only minor word changes. This is highly punishable in academic writing (University of Iowa, n.d.). In order to avoid it, one should clearly indicate the source...
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...By definition, plagiarism is the act of presenting the words, ideas, images, sounds, or other creative expression of others as your own. If you have included the words and ideas of others in your work that you neglected to cite, or you have had help you wouldn’t want your teacher to know about, you have plagiarized. There are two types of plagiarism, intentional and unintentional plagiarism. Intentional Copying a friend’s work Buying or borrowing papers Cutting and pasting blocks of text from electronic sources without documenting Media “borrowing” Uninformed Web publishing Unintentional Careless paraphrasing Poor documentation Quoting excessively Failure to use your own “voice” Collaboration is when you work with one or more people on a task assigned in class. It is plagiarism if all members of the group have the exact same answers. If you do not credit your group members on your assignment, then your paper is considered plagiarized. You can answer the questions together, but understand that not everyone writes or words things the same, so add your own personal flare to the work! Students should be aware that Academic Integrity is of great importance at Chandler High School. Each violation of Academic Integrity will result in escalating disciplinary action as outlined below: Violations of Academic Integrity = Cheating, Plagiarism, and Academic Dishonesty including, but not limited to: Copying or sharing questions or answers...
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... In this age of electronic communications, people always use cell phones, text messaging, and e-mail every day. The communication through e-mail and text messages is not formal writing because people often use basic language or symbols in quick and simple way to exchange a few words with each other. These communications will limit the ability to perform formal writing in both the academic and profession environments. During the writing process, people tend to make errors such as misspell words, no punctuation, and grammar. These errors will make the reader confuse and unable to understand the main point of the paper. In conclusion, people should practice writing proper English in the daily electronic communications. It will help them success in both the academic and profession environments. 2. How do you think presenting information differs from writing a paper on that same information? Although the information for the research stays the same, the writing paper and the presentation are different by the way of individual deliver the information to the audiences. Writing paper provides the sources to show how reliable of information and helps determine the bias based for it. On other hand, presentation cannot be easy to verify the reliability of information. Presentation is a way to show and help the audiences understand the information in certain time frame. During presentation, try make the audiences involve and start questions about the information. Overall...
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...assignments for you. Working with us, you may rest assured that you will get an absolutely customized paper written on high academic level, which will secure your successful degree completion with no hustle. * As for the Higher National Diploma in realm of business administration, this program is focused on developing student’s professional skills in the domain of urgent management and business. In their diploma work, students of the program are expected to prove their knowledge and practical skills in this particular discipline. However, excellent knowledge itself does not guarantee high scores, to achieve them you need to have a good command of expressing your thoughts in a written form. Business administration study requires students to be able to consider objectives of an organization and available resources to elaborate a balanced plan in compliance with changing market conditions. Students have to present their concept of the solution in the writing paper, which is namely their HND Assignment. If you are not sure you can cope with the task, you may apply to our HND Assignment Help. It consists of professional academic writers and researchers with strong management and business background. So, we can guarantee that you will be satisfied with the resulting paper you get from us, in regard to both contents and a method of presenting. Our confidence is based on our wide experience in academic writing. Get Assignment help at hndassignmenthelp@gmail.com or assignmenthelpuk@yahoo.com...
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...MUET/RSQ800 MALAYSIAN UNIVERSITY ENGLISH TEST (MUET) REGULATIONS, TEST SPECIFICATIONS, TEST FORMAT AND SAMPLE QUESTIONS The information in this booklet applies to the end-2008 MUET and thereafter until further notice. 1 MAJLIS PEPERIKSAAN MALAYSIA (MALAYSIAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL) CHIEF EXECUTIVE MALAYSIAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL BANGUNAN MPM, PERSIARAN 1 BANDAR BARU SELAYANG 68100 BATU CAVES SELANGOR DARUL EHSAN MALAYSIA Telephone: 03-6136 9663 Facsimile: 03-6136 1488 Email: ceo@mpm.edu.my Website: www.mpm.edu.my © Malaysian Examinations Council 2006 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopied, recorded or otherwise without prior permission in writing to the Chief Executive, Malaysian Examinations Council. 2 NATIONAL EDUCATION PHILOSOPHY Education in Malaysia is an on-going effort towards further developing the potential of individuals in a holistic and integrated manner, so as to produce individuals who are intellectually, spiritually, emotionally and physically balanced and harmonious, based on a belief in and devotion to God. Such effort is designed to produce Malaysian citizens who are knowledgeable and competent, who possess high moral standards, and who are responsible and capable of achieving a high level of personal wellbeing as well as being able to contribute to the betterment of the family, the society and...
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...Discipline Research Articles Qing Tian I. Introduction Business and economics papers have made a significant contribution to the development of the corporations and economics growth. However, it may be difficult for the readers to fully understand the materials if the structure of the papers is very complicated. In recent decades, there is an increasing trend in the complicacy of business and economics papers (Ellison, 2000). This phenomenon will induce more complexity in comprehending profound research papers. Regarding it, some basic models have been invented to give a general guideline of the building blocks of the research papers. For example, for writing an introduction of an article, Swales (1990) introduced a rhetorical pattern called create-a-research-space (CARS) which segments the introduction into three major parts, namely move 1, 2 and 3. The move 1 aims to give a background information of the topic of the research paper, depicting a general picture of which area the paper will fall into. The next move known as niche basically serves to connect move 1 and 3, illustrating the motive and inspiration of the paper (Swales & Feak, 2012). Followed by niche is the main purpose of the article. By presenting in either a purposive or descriptive way, the author can show a ultimate goal of the article. However, although some kinds of standardizations have been made to formalize the research papers, the construction of journals articles may vary extremely across different disciplines...
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...OBJECTIVE Seeking a responsible and challenging position within a growth oriented progressive environment where my experience and skills will significantly contribute to the overall success of the organization and provide opportunities for my career growth. PROFILE * Attention to detail, analytical approach to documentation and record keeping * Ability to multi-task with ease in fast-paced, deadline-driven environment * Proven track record of process improvements to enhance productivity, cost efficiency, and overall program effectiveness * Loyalty and strong work ethic; ability to work well independently or collaboratively EXPERIENCE Human Resource Associate (2014-present) American Chemical Society, Washington, DC * Actively recruits new employees to include sourcing, screening, and interviewing candidates. * Makes recommendations to hiring managers regarding where externally to post job vacancies and then posts accordingly. * Schedules candidate interviews to include booking travel and processing travel expenses. * Facilitates comprehensive onboarding process for new employees, including background screening process. * Manages and conducts New Employee Orientation program. * Manages compliance activities related to Form I-9 and immigration cases. * Compiles and analyzes EEO data for annual reports. * Administers Summer Intern program, to include all candidate sourcing and coordination with external vendor and internal managers...
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...automated review system that recognizes errors most commonly made by university students in academic essays. The system embeds comments into your paper and suggests possible changes in grammar and style. Please evaluate each comment carefully to ensure that the suggested change is appropriate for your paper, but remember that your instructor's preferences for style and format prevail. You will also need to review your own citations and references since WritePoint capability in this area is limited. NOTE: WritePoint comments are computer-generated writing and grammar suggestions inviting the consideration and analysis of the writer; they are not infallible statements of right/wrong, and they should not be used as grading elements. Also, at present, WritePoint cannot detect quotations or block-quotes, so comments in those areas should be ignored. Please see the other helpful writing resources in the Tutorials and Guides section of the Center for Writing Excellence. Thank you for using WritePoint. Knowing Your [Eliminate second person (you, your) in academic documents and avoid addressing the reader directly. Use third-person pronouns (he, she, it, they)] Audience Paper and Communication Release John Baker BCOM/275 ...
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