Scientific Writing Seminar RISE Project Dr. Evelyn Lugo Morales School of Social and Human Sciences Universidad del Este Summer 2009

WWWHWW “I keep six honest serving-men (They taught me all I knew). WhatWhy WhenHowWhereWho Their names are What and Why and When and How and Where and Who” -- Rudyard Kipling ( ). “The Elephant’s Child”

AGENDA DATEACTIVITYRESOURCESTASKS 6/29/2009 Getting started in Writing Writing Prompts based on lIllustrations and topics Individual drafting and revising writing tasks for each day 6/30/2009 Guide to Scientific Writing Guide to Scientific Writing Booklet Discussion and practice of scientific writing activities 7/01/2009 IMRAD Method to scientific Writing Slide presentations and writing Checklist Hands-on activity using the IMRAD Method 7/02/2009 Discussion of Scientific Articles Scientific Articles Organizing, drafting and editing, and revising Reaction Papers 7/03/2009 Presentations of Original reaction Papers Selected research articles Oral presentation of final papers

Day One- Writing Prompt Think about the picture Writing for five minutes Stop at the exactly the time limit Present your ideas to the group

What is IMRAD? I M R A D Introduction Method Results And Discussion

Bradford Hill’s questions In troduction Why did you start? Methods What did you do? Results What did you find? And Discussion What does it all mean?

Guide to Scientific Writing Writing Process Programa

Benefits of IMRaD

Day Two Writing Prompt Think about the picture Writing for five minutes Stop at the exactly the time limit Present your ideas to the group

Day Three Writing Prompt Think about the picture Writing for five minutes Stop at the exactly the time limit Present your ideas to the group

Day Four Writing Prompt Think about the picture Writing for five minutes Stop at the exactly the time limit Present your ideas to the group

Day Five Writing Prompt Think about the picture Writing for five minutes Stop at the exactly the time limit Present your ideas to the group