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How to Use This Book
Accessibility Statement
Licensing Info
Acknowledgements
Positionality Statement
Introduction
Acknowledging the Land
Science and Story
Why Writing Matters
Key Takeaways
Writing Beliefs
Genre
Genre and Academic Writing in STEM Disciplines
Test Your Understanding
Key Takeaways and Extensions
Reading is Key
Engaged Reading: Why Do It?
Knowledge Gap Statements
Why Summarize?
Crafting a Summary
Summarizing v.s. Direct Quotation v.s. Paraphrasing
Asking Research Questions
Narrowing Your Topic
Influence of a Research Question
Developing Your Research Question
Research Sub-Questions
Information Collection
Scholarly Communication
Types of Scholarly Communication
Characteristics of Popular and Scholarly Writing
Search Strategies
Evaluating Information Sources
Acknowledging the Ideas of Others
Why Cite?
Basic APA Citation Practices
Decolonizing Citations
The Purpose of Academic Argument
Components of an Argument
Order of the Components
Where You Get the Components
Writing is a Process
Strategies for Getting Started
Outlining
Freewriting
Asking Questions
Adding to the Conversation
Synthesizing Your Ideas
Opening & Closing Your Research Paper
CEA Paragraphs
Stages of Revision: High and Low
High & Low
Peer Review
Meeting With a Writing Tutor
A Two Way Conversation
What? So What? Now What?
Growth Mindset
Overcoming Writing Anxiety and Writer's Block
Glossary
About the Author
Versioning History
Chapter 9: Pre-Writing
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