Scientific Writing Research Articles

Scientific Writing—An Academic Imperative for Us Social Scientists

Scientific Writing—An Academic Imperative for Us Social Scientists

Register as a Language Variation: A Linguistics Study of Advertising, Scientific and Official Writing

This paper considered register as a language variation in English Language. The register of civil service also known as official writing, advertisement and scientific writing are discussed in great details. The study was based on the premise that language is used in different ways to achieve set goals. The achievement of this set goal of a society results to growth and development of that given society. The paper considered language register as an important element of linguistic style used by different writers in different fields to effectively pass their message across to their readers. This paper equally discusses the scientific writing and advertisement register as the different registers used while elaborately paying attention to their differences in diction, sentence variety, clarity and conciseness. The style of writing in the civil service register is seen as being peculiar to the officialese and therefore is restricted to the officialdom. Poetic devices as a linguistic style were also identified as language register of advertisement. A good understanding of the Standard English will enhance a better appropriation of register in different fields of learning. The researcher used a descriptive research approach to collect data. Data collected were interpreted based on the context of the different sentences. The researcher recommends amongst other things that the officialese, scientific and advertisement writers go through proper training and retraining on the use of English language at its standard status.

Postgraduate Students Skills in Scientific and Methodological Writing for Master Thesis

يهدف البحث الحالي الى الكشف عن مهارات الكتابة العلمية للبحث العلمي .لاشك في ان مهارة الكتابة العلمية الاكاديمية هي المهارة اللغوية المهمة لأساتذة الجامعات وطلبة الدراسات العليا الذين يشكل البحث العلمي والانتاج العلمي علامة فارقة في شخصياتهم ،ومعيار يحكم به لهم او عليهم، مما دعا بالباحثة الى البحث عن اهم مهارات التي تسهم في رفع مستوى الكتابة العلمية للطالب دراسات العليا، وقد اعدت الباحثة استبانة مكونة من (35) فقرة موزعة على اربع محاور هي (مهارة بحثية، ومهارة الافكار، ومهارة الاسلوب، ومهارة التوثيق) بعد التأكد من صدقها وثباتها، تم تطبيقها على طلبة الدراسات العليا/الماجستير في قسم العلوم التربوية والنفسية البالغ عددهم (24) ذكور (43) اناث، واستخدمت الباحثة الوسائل الاحصائية مربع كاي، الوسط المرجح، معامل بيرسون للكشف عن نتائج بحثها اذ ان هناك (16) فقرة تمثل جوانب متحققة و(14) تمثل جوانب غير متحققة، وقد كشفت نتائج البحث ان اعلى المحاور مهارات من حيث الاوساط المرجحة الوزن المئوي للأهمية هي مهارة الاسلوب ،ومهارات البحثية ،ومهارة الافكار، مهارة التوثيق وان تكامل هذه المهارات يسهم في تحسين وجودة النتاج الكتابة العلمية ومما يؤدي الى الازدهار الأمة.
 التوصيات: اعداد دليل يلخص أبرز مهارات ومبادئ كتابة العلمية للبحث التربوي.
 المقترحات: بناء برنامج تدريبي لتنمية مهارات الكتابة العلمية لدى طلبة الجامعة.

STUDENTS PERCEPTION OF SCIENTIFIC WRITING CLASS ON THEIR LEARNING GAINS

The research was carried out in order to know the students perception of scientific writing class on their learning gains. The sample were taken based on random technique. This research used quantitative approach. The research design of this study was survey research. These reserach subjects were 105 participants in semester 6th and 8th students English Education study program. The data were analyzed using Ms. Excel and SPSS 24 Program. The data in this research collected by using questionnaire as main instrument. The result of the study got 90% integrate sources, 89% research 86% structure, 91% feedback, 85% technique, 87% review, 81% research plan. This research showed that students gave positive responses with very good category of the scientific writing course on their learning gains to improve students writing skills. Most of the students in the scientific writing class have studied all the materials, strategies, and students are able to understand the writing tasks that have been given by the lecturer in improving scientific writing skills such as writing essays, abstracts, and thesis proposals. The respondents agree that the scientific writing is a learning material that affects the progress student of learning gains in writing scientific papers. Keywords : Students Perception, Scientific Writing, Learning Gains

STUDY ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ENGLISH SONGS IN TEACHING VOCABULARY MASTERY

A song is a type of teaching media that can be used to teach any subject. It can also be used to teach vocabulary because song lyrics contain a variety of vocabularies. The goals of this study are to describe the steps of the implementation of English Song in teaching vocabulary mastery and to describe how successful the implementation of English Song in teaching vocabulary mastery was. The study applied qualitative design that implemented Library Research Method. The data were collected from scientific writing on the implementation of English songs in teaching vocabulary between 2011 and 2021. The scientific writing were found from the library and internet. The data were analyzed using content analysis based on Dale (1992). The results reveal that there are five scientific writings from Widhiastuti (2012), Febria (2015), Gushendra (2017), Bahri (2018), and Sari (2019). The results of the data analyzed show that the implementation of English Song in five different studies by five different experts used different steps in implementing the procedure. One of them was followed the procedure suggested by Dale (1992) which is play the song with no preparation and no hand-outs. Three of them give the materials before the listening selection, and other researcher play the video or singing the song by the teacher. Based on second research question, the vocabulary mastery of students’ improve after the implementation of English Song in the classroom. The researcher conclude that the implementation of English Song in teaching vocabulary mastery has a positive effect because the students’ vocabulary has improved as a result of the research.

Lesson Study: Improving Madrasah Teachers’ Ability in Writing a Scientific Paper in Banten

This study aims to describe the lesson study mentoring activities carried out by the Teacher work Group (KKG) in improving the writing skills of madrasah teachers' scientific papers. There are three research questions: the first, What is the role of KKG in improving madrasah teacher's scientific paper writing skills?, the Second, What are the teacher's obstacles in writing a scientific paper?, and the last, How is the effectiveness of the Lesson Study (LS) carried out by the KKG in improving the writing skills of Ibtidaiyah Madrasah teachers?The subject of this research is lesson study activities which are held in two districts/cities: Tangerang and Serang City. Qualitative research methods were used in this study to describe the LS assistance carried out by the KKG in improving the writing skills of madrasah teachers' scientific papers. In collecting data used interview instruments, questionnaires, observations, and documentation. The results of this study concluded that the implementation of lesson study held at the KKG in Tangerang City and Serang City run well and was effective in improving teachers’ ability to write scientific papers. This assistance is carried out by involving madrasah supervisors and the Banten Province Madrasah Development Center. In addition, the teacher gave a positive response to the lesson study of scientific writing carried out at the KKG. Most of the teachers wereoptimistic that this lesson study of scientific writings can improve their knowledge and ability in writing, besides that they hope to get assistance to publish scientific papers both presented in scientific activities and scientific journals.

Evaluation Instrument Development for Scientific Writing Instruction with A Constructivism Approach

This study was conducted to develop evaluation instruments for scientific writing instruction with a constructivism approach. The development of evaluation instruments is important to provide valid and reliable measurement to measure the success rate of scientific writing instruction with a constructivism approach. In order to achieve these objectives, the combined models of development, i.e. 4D and RDR were used. The implementation of the development consisted of four stages, namely the preliminary study, define, design, and product development. The research data were in the form of quantitative and qualitative data and the data sources were the students, lecturers, practitioners, and experts in relevant fields of study. Data analysis technique was the domain technique and t test statistical technique for related samples. Based on the results, the obtained development product in the form of the evaluation of the instruction of writing scientific papers were valid and reliable. The development product consisted of four types of evaluation devices, the assessment rubrics, portfolios, observation sheets, and learning journal. Based on the results of the four development products, the effectiveness test was valid and reliable so that it can be used to conduct evaluation of learning to write scientific papers with constructivism approach, both for the evaluation of the process and the evaluation of the learning outcomes.

Synthesis Skills and Student Thinking Patterns in Scientific Writing

Clutter in thinking is the basis for innovation and creation. Coherent thinking can be realized if one's knowledge base is properly constructed and harmonious. To hone this, universities exist through their demands of students by requiring scientific writing products to be graduated. The problem is, do students have a tendency to think coherently in writing scientific papers? To find out, this study comes with the aim of exploring and describing the synthesis ability and thinking patterns of Jambi University students from the introduction of the approved thesis proposal. Synthesis and thinking patterns are considered two aspects that support systematic thinking in the activity of creating new knowledge. That way, this research is qualitative descriptive with snow ball sampling. Then, it was analyzed by referring to the model of Miles and Huberman. The results showed 1) 27.9% (the highest number) of paragraphs contained one reference, 2) 70% found the essence of each argument that supports the main idea, 3) on average, arguments were found in the form of examples, illustrations or supporting data, 4) 75% of students functioned the counter arguments, 5) on average the students had explained and confirmed their position in research, 6) there were 16 transitional words between sentences and 1 transition word between sentences that were used, and 7) Students showed a tendency to use deductive thinking patterns (causality, for example , enumeration, process, and contrast) in deciphering the arguments.
 
 Keywords: scientific writing, synthesis skills, thinking patterns
 
 
 Abstrak
 
 Keruntutan dalam berpikir menjadi dasar munculnya inovasi dan kreasi. Berpikir secara runtut dapat diwujudkan bila basis pengetahuan seseorang terkonstruksi dengan tepat juga harmonis. Untuk mengasah hal itu, perguruan tinggi hadir melalui tuntutannya kepada mahasaiswa dengan mempersyaratkan produk karya tulis ilmiah sebagai kelulusan. Persoalannya, apakah mahasiswa telah memiliki kecenderungan berpikir runtut dalam menulis karya ilmiah? Untuk mengetahuinya, penelitian ini hadir dengan tujuan mengeksplorasi dan mendeskripsikan kemampuan sintesis dan pola berpikir mahasiswa Universitas Jambi dari bagian pendahuluan proposal skripsi yang telah disetujui. Sintesis dan pola berpikir dianggap dua aspek penyokong kesistematisan berpikir dalam aktivitas penciptaan pengetahuan baru. Dengan begitu, penelitian ini bersifat kualitatif deskriptif dengan pengambilan data secara snow ball sampling. Kemudian, dianalisis dengan merujuk model Miles dan Huberman. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan 1) 27,9 % (jumlah terbanyak) paragraf mengandung satu referensi, 2) 70% ditemukan intisari setiap argumen yang sudah mendukung gagasan utama, 3) rata-rata telah ditemukan argumen berupa contoh, ilustrasi atau data pendukung, 4) 75 % mahasiswa memfungsikan kontra argumen, 5) rata-rata mahasiswa telah memaparkan dan menegaskan posisinya dalam penelitan, 6) ada 16 kata transisi antarkalimat dan 1 kata transisi antarpargraf yang difungsikan, dan 7) Mahasiswa menunjukkan kecenderungan menggunakan pola berpikir deduktif (kausalitas, contoh, enumerasi, proses, dan kontras) dalam menguraikan argumennya.
 
 Kata kunci: karya tulis ilmiah, keterampilan sintesis, pola berpikir

PENERAPAN METODE SIMPLE ADDITIVE WEIGHTING PADA SISTEM PENDUKUNG KEPUTUSAN PENENTUAN BEASISWA DAN REKOMENDASI MAGANG

In educational institutions such as universities, scholarships and apprenticeship programs are mandatory, likewise at Trisakti University. Students who receive scholarships must meet predetermined criteria. The problem that often occurs is the provision of scholarships and inappropriate apprenticeship opportunities. The application of the decision support system used is Simple Additive Weighting (SAW) with Multiple Attribute Decision Making (FMADM) is expected to help the university in determining outstanding students who are entitled to receive scholarships and internship recommendations by assessing each student, looking for a weighted addition of the rating performance on each alternative on all attributes. This is useful for making it easier for decision makers related to the problem of selecting outstanding students, so that students who are most worthy of an award will be found in the form of scholarships or recommendations for internships using the criteria for Student Activity Portfolio Aspects, Mastery of English, Creative Ideas Scientific Writing, and National Insights. Based on the results of calculations using the Simple Additive Weighting method by taking into account the existing criteria, students who get the highest score will be selected for scholarships and internship recommendations.

Examining Dentistry College Students' Recognition of the Semantic/Pragmatic Function of Hedges in English Scientific Writing

One of the most importantcharacteristics of English scientific writing is the use of cautious language, known as “hedging”. A proper awareness of their use and function is crucial to scientific precision, scientific integrity, and author-reader relationship. However, EFL college students face difficulties in recognizing hedging devices in academic writing. The present study aimed at examining the recognition of a scientific college final year students of the semantic/ pragmatic function of hedges in scientific English writing to answer the research question of whether they are able to perform satisfactorily in such a sensitive area as that of science, bearing in mind that they are supposed to be advanced students who have been instructed in scientific English for five years.For that purpose, final year students of the academic year 2020-2021, from the College of Dentistry were chosen. The total number of participants was 71 students. The study followed the quantitative method for its design, used as its instrument a close-ended questionnaire, and employed the SPSS for data analysis.The study showed that the students did not perform satisfactorily; a finding which calls for concern and implies that an explicit instruction in English scientific writing is needed. The study concluded that more attention should be directed towards teaching this aspect in scientific English in order to prepare the students to better deal with the requirements of academic/ scientific writing.

Material Design for Teaching Citations Skills in Scientific Writing

Citations are important rhetorical devices that when properly and strategically employed, allow writers to promote their current research findings persuasively and efficiently. As knowledge construction is progressive and cumulative, specifically in scientific disciplines, it is evident that acquiring skills for adequate and effective application of citations is essential for success. Scientific writers are required to possess advanced academic literacy skills in order to ably position their study within the framework of existing knowledge, and strategically employ citations to advance the acceptability of their research findings. This paper endeavors to propose materials for teaching the rhetorical functions of citations in advanced academic writing courses. The tasks are designed specifically to raise students’ awareness of citation norms, especially in their own specific disciplines. Since the practice of citing the work of others ethically is highly challenging for emerging research writers, materials suggested in this paper can be beneficial to instructors who are involved in developing advanced discipline-specific writing courses, or short-term academic writing workshops.

科学論文における主観性:アカデミック・ディスコース概念の再考

科学論文における主観性:アカデミック・ディスコース概念の再考

Style Guides and the Garlic, Shallots, and Butter of Scientific Writing

Style Guides and the Garlic, Shallots, and Butter of Scientific Writing

Pengembangan Bahan Ajar Menulis Ilmiah Berbasis Teks Melalui ADDIE Model pada Mahasiswa Prodi Pendidikan Bahasa dan Sastra Indonesia FKIP Universitas Jambi 2017/2018

The purpose of this research is to describe; (1) Text-based Scientific Writing syllabus model, and (2) Text-based Scientific Writing teaching materials model. The research method used is the EDDIE model development research method. Data were collected using a questionnaire technique, for the students of the Indonesian Language and Literature Education Study Program, Jambi University, class of 2017/2018 as many as 40 respondents for the experimental class and 40 for the control class. The results of the study consisted of the syllabus and material. After being tested, it turned out that the teaching materials produced were suitable for use. Research conclusions; (1) The contents of the course syllabus for Writing Scientific Reports that are produced are in accordance with the needs of students. (2) The contents of the scientific report writing teaching materials produced from this study are very suitable to the needs of students. And (3) The syllabus and teaching materials for writing scientific reports produced in this study are feasible and effective in learning Scientific Report Writing at the Indonesian Language and Literature Education Study Program, FKIP, Jambi University.

Pengembangan Kemampuan Menulis Ilmiah Berbantuan Manajemen Referensi Mendeley bagi Guru-Guru SMA/Sederajat di Kabupaten Bintan

Sebuah karya tulis ilmiah yang berisi karya inovatif dalam proses pembelajaran sangat diperlukan oleh guru-guru sebagai syarat kenaikan pangkat dalam pengembangan profesi mereka, termasuk guru-guru SMA/sederajat di Kabupaten Bintan. Namun, pada umumnya mereka mengalami kendala dalam membuat karya tulis ilmiah disebabkan kesulitan dalam mencari sumber referensi yang relevan dengan topik penelitian, keterbatasan pengetahuan dalam TIK, dan kesulitan dalam mengolah kalimat agar tidak terdeteksi sebagai kegiatan plagiasi. Tujuan kegiatan ini agar para guru SMA/sederajat di Kabupaten Bintan dapat membuat karya tulis ilmiah yang sesuai kaedah penulisan yang baik dan bebas plagiasi dengan bantuan manajemen referensi Mendeley. Pelaksanaan kegiatan ini dalam bentuk workshop/pelatihan dengan metode ceramah, diskusi, tanya jawab, dan projek. Kegiatan dilakukan selama dua hari dalam bentuk workshop dan dua hari dalam bentuk tugas mandiri. Kegiatan pengabdian kepada masyarakat ini dianggap berhasil karena sebesar 80% peserta mengalami peningkatan pengetahuan tentang manajemen referensi Mendeley dan mampu mengaplikasikannya ke dalam bentuk karya tulis ilmiah yang bebas plagiasiKata Kunci: GMP; Terasi Tutok, Standarisasi; Kuala Pusing Kapal.Development of Mendeley Reference Assisted Scientific Writing Ability Management for High Schools Teachers in BintanAbstractA scientific paper containing innovative work in the learning process is very much needed by teachers as a condition of promotion in their professional development, including high school / equivalent teachers in the Bintan Regency. However, in general, they experience difficulties in making scientific papers due to difficulties in finding reference sources that are relevant to the research topic, limited knowledge in ICT, and difficulty in processing sentences so as not to be detected as plagiarism activities. The purpose of this activity is for high school / equivalent teachers in Bintan Regency to be able to make scientific papers in accordance with good writing methods and to be free of plagiarism with the help of Mendeley's reference management. The implementation of this activity is in the form of workshops/training using lecture, discussion, question and answer, and project methods. The activity was carried out for two days in the form of a workshop and two days in the form of an independent assignment. This community service activity was considered successful because 80% of the participants experienced an increase in knowledge about Mendeley's reference management and were able to apply it in the form of plagiarism-free scientific papers.

The Effect of Problem Based Learning on Problem Solving and Scientific Writing Skills

The Effect of Problem Based Learning on Problem Solving and Scientific Writing Skills

Online Corrective Feedback to explore EFL Learners: A Case Study of Higher Education Students from North Sumatera Indonesia

Providing feedback on student writing remains an important research topic. Due to the numerous numbers of student assignments papers, technology is a solution for teachers overwhelmed by providing feedback and correction by handwriting. Few studies have been conducted to investigate the students’ linguistic problems through the online application platform to provide feedback especially in Indonesia. This research, therefore, aimed to explore the Indonesian EFL students’ linguistic problems using “Grammarly” as the online application. This study adopted the ex-post facto design to investigate the assignment written by 54 fourth-semester students of the English department in the Scientific Writing course. Participants’ linguistic problems were classified, identified, and categorized by submitting the soft copy to the application. The Statistical Package for Social Sciences was used to obtain the average, standard deviation, and significant differences in accordance to the linguistic problems between male and female students. The result stated that grammar is the major problem possessed by students. Furthermore, it is expected to provide feedback for students and lecturers in the learning process of Scientific Writing.

Creating a Course on Scientific Writing and Oral Presentation in English for Engineering and Science Graduate Students at an Elite Chinese University

Creating a Course on Scientific Writing and Oral Presentation in English for Engineering and Science Graduate Students at an Elite Chinese University

Use of a Linked-Course Model to Teach Scientific Writing to First-Year Undergraduates

Use of a Linked-Course Model to Teach Scientific Writing to First-Year Undergraduates

Plagiarism in Scientific Writing: Why It Is Important to Know and Avoid

The main objective of this paper is to discuss plagiarism in relation to research and scientific writing. As the personal computers have become an easy access to the authors, plagiarism is becoming more common while producing any specific scholarly writing. It can range from simple dishonesty to more serious duplications of somebody else’s work or idea without giving appropriate credit to the original source. It may sometimes be intentional and sometimes unintentional or direct plagiarism, or self-plagiarism, but plagiarism of any forms or kinds is a serious problem in research and scientific writing. The paper suggests that all researchers, including authors, editors and reviewers should know about the plagiarism and how to avoid it by following ethical guidelines and using the plagiarism detection software. The paper also describes the concept of plagiarism and its various types, providing some important suggestions to avoid it, ensuring research integrity.