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Teaching Communication Skills in Psychology

In this article, I describe a sophomore-level course on communication skills in psychology that includes library research skills, writing research reports and term papers in American Psychological Association (APA) style, making behavioral observation notes, and giving oral presentations. Students learn by listening to topical minilectures, seeing examples of students' writing, and doing their own writing and editing. Scores on written examinations testing knowledge of specific APA principles and application in writing showed steady improvement throughout the course. Student evaluations also reflected satisfaction with the course. The article includes suggestions for future refinement.

Psychology with style: a hypertext guide to writing research reports for students and instructors of experimental and research methods courses

Psychology with style: a hypertext guide to writing research reports for students and instructors of experimental and research methods courses

STRATEGIC KNOWLEDGE WHEN READING IN ORDER TO WRITE

Students who are asked to write research reports need to apply both social and cognitive strategic knowledge to the task. They must interpret the social context and use their knowledge of the process of researching and the content of the subject as they negotiate the complex task of reading in order to write a report. This case study describes six high‐achieving eighth‐grade students who were asked to write a short report (3‐5 pages) about a significant person they would like as a personal mentor in high school. During the seven 40‐minute sessions, the investigators used a variety of sources (field notes, student interviews on audiotapes, and videotapes) for data collection. Results indicated that the students choose their research topics rapidly and all students but one created a task impression of the assigned report with little difficulty. Interview data revealed students using both content- and procedural-related goals to accomplish their task. The social and cognitive dimensions these students used while researching are described and implications for classroom instruction are given.

Writing Research Reports

Carrying out and writing up research is an important part of advanced training and improving evidence-based practice. Ros Carnwell explains how to approach this often daunting project.

Putting the Conceptual Model Into the Research Report

Writing research can be challenging--especially writing the conceptual model. Deciding how much to include of the conceptual model and where to place it is difficult. This experienced research author presents four steps to guide the nurse author in writing the conceptual model for research reports.

Communicate your science!: Writing research reports

Communicate your science!: Writing research reports

Writing Research Reports for Publication

The purposes of this article are to highlight the salient, and sometimes invisible, features of the standard format for reporting research and to provide guidelines to help novice writers avoid some of the more frequent problems they encounter. First, we describe some general considerations about planning and writing for publication. Then, after discussing each of the five components of the research report (abstract, introduction, method, results, and discussion), we address questions about the writing and publishing process frequently posed by our students as they begin to conduct and disseminate research independently.

Doing Research and Writing About It: Suggestions for Financial Aid Administrators

This article describes important reasons why financial aid administrators should do more research, and offers suggestions for writing research reports. The article was adapted from a presentation given at the 1991 NASFAA National Conference.

Converting Research into Reality

It is proposed that current user interface research is not being incorporated in a timely way in new systems. Some reasons for this are proposed and discussed. Possible solutions include (a) better selection of research topics, (b) conducting rapid studies, and (c) writing research reports specifically for practitioners.

What Goes Where? An Activity to Teach the Organization of Journal Articles

Writing APA-style journal articles or research reports is a complicated task for undergraduates because they are creating and organizing the prose while trying to follow format conventions. The homework assignment described in this article is used to teach one component of the task: organizing the information within major headings. I distribute the contents of a short journal article in scrambled order, with instructions to unscramble the order of paragraphs and to determine the location of headings under which the paragraphs belong. Diagnosis of errors allows instructors to determine where additional teaching is needed and highlights for students some writing conventions.

Writing research reports for clinical audiences.

Writing research reports for clinical audiences.

Approaches to Social Research

Chapters 2-17 end with a Summary CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION Why Study Research Methods? Methodological Approaches to the Social World Conclusions I. THE SCIENTIFIC AND ETHICAL CONTEXTS OF SOCIAL RESEARCH CHAPTER 2. THE NATURE OF SCIENCE The Aim of Science Science as Product Science as Process Science: Ideal versus Reality CHAPTER 3. RESEARCH ETHICS Data Collection and Analysis Treatment of Human Subjects Making Ethical Decisions The Uses of Research: Science and Society II. RESEARCH DESIGN CHAPTER 4. ELEMENTS OF RESEARCH DESIGN Origins of Research Topics Units of Analysis Variables Relationships Formulating Questions and Hypotheses Research Purposes and Research Design Stages of Social Research CHAPTER 5. MEASUREMENT The Measurement Process Levels of Measurement Reliability and Validity Reliability Assessment Validity Assessment A Final Note on Reliability and Validity CHAPTER 6. SAMPLING Why Sample? Population Definition Sampling Designs Probability Sampling Nonprobability Sampling Other Sampling Designs Factors Affecting Choice of Sampling Design Factors Determining Sample Size Final Notes on Sampling Errors and Generalizability III. METHODS OF DATA COLLECTION CHAPTER 7. EXPERIMENTATION The Logic of Experimentation Staging Experiments The Experiment as a Social Occasion Experimentation Outside the Laboratory CHAPTER 8. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS Threats to Internal Validity Pre-experimental Designs True Experimental Designs Factorial Experimental Designs Quasi-experimental Designs CHAPTER 9. SURVEY RESEARCH General Features of Survey Research The Uses and Limitations of Surveys Survey Research Designs Steps in Survey Research: Planning Face-to-Face and Telephone Interviewing Paper-and-Pencil Mailed Questionnaires Computer-Assisted Interviews Mixed-Mode Surveys Field Administration CHAPTER 10. SURVEY INSTRUMENTATION The Survey as a Social Occasion Materials Available to the Survey Designer Sketches or Preliminaries Filling in the Sketch: Writing the Items Pretesting CHAPTER 11. FIELD RESEARCH The Potentials and Limitations of Field Research Research Design and Sampling Field Observation Field Interviewing Stages of Field Research CHAPTER 12. RESEARCH USING AVAILABLE DATA Sources of Available Data Advantages of Research Using Available Data General Methodological Issues in Available-Data Research Historical Analysis Content Analysis CHAPTER 13. MULTIPLE METHODS Triangulation Multiple Measures of Concepts within the Same Study Multiple Tests of Hypotheses across Different Studies A Comparison of the Four Basic Approaches to Social Research Meta-Analysis CHAPTER 14. EVALUATION RESEARCH Framework and Sample Studies Types of Evaluation Research Methodological Issues in Evaluation Research The Social and Political Context of Evaluation Research IV. DATA PROCESSING, ANALYSIS, AND INTERPRETATION CHAPTER 15. DATA PROCESSING AND ELEMENTARY DATA ANALYSIS Preview of Analysis Steps Data Processing Data Matrices and Documentation The Functions of Statistics in Social Research Inspecting and Modifying the Data Preliminary Hypothesis Testing CHAPTER 16. MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS Modeling Relationships Elaboration: Tables and Beyond Multiple-Regression Analysis Other Modeling Techniques CHAPTER 17. WRITING RESEARCH REPORTS Searching the Literature Using the Internet Using the Library Outlining and Preparing to Write Major Headings Other Considerations Length

Writing Research Reports

The findings of nursing research are of little value unless they are communicated to other nurses and other health professionals. Therefore, writing the research report is an essential component of the research process. This article gives a general guide for the organization and presentation of a research report. For specific rules on style and format, the reader is referred to style manuals and to guides for authors for specific journals.

Editorial

Welcome to 1984! Orwell's nightmare is not yet our world, but no one who has read the appendix to 1984 can fa il to note how far we have moved toward Newspeak from the English of Orwell's time. One of his profound insights was that since thought rests on language, the range of people's thought can be narrowed by cutting their choice of words to a minimum. Newspeak had a separate vocabulary list of scientific and technical terms for each specialty, with only a few terms common across lists. Perhaps this year is an appropriate time to examine the language we use in writing research reports to see how well it reflects the range of our thought and how intelligible it is to readers outside our specialty.

Technical writing in the undergraduate curriculum

The need to write research reports, technical articles, proposals, dissertations, procedures, and memos requires that the aspiring chemist be an effective writer.

An "Active" Introduction to Sociology: Explanation and Evaluation

the best conditions. Steadily increasing class sizes have added to the difficulties. This article reports on an alternative to lecturing in the large introductory class. Students are assigned an part in the class through discussing the readings, carrying-out lab exercises, and writing research reports on their lab assignments. Student reactions were collected form 405 students over a two-year period. Students with a stronger academic background earned higher grades in the course and were more satisfied with it. These students also tended to become leaders in their groups, helping others with the course material. They seemed to be effective tutors, since the students with weaker academic backgrounds expressed the most satisfaction with their discussion groups. These results are encouraging and suggest that the active course structure is a viable alternative to lecturing in large introductory sociology classes.

Paper on Writing Research Reports Found Helpful

Journal Article Paper on Writing Research Reports Found Helpful Get access Beverly G. Clark Beverly G. Clark Clinical Pharmacist Pharmaceutical Services, John Rowlings and Associates, P.O. Box 115, Nampa, ID 83651 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Journal of Hospital Pharmacy, Volume 39, Issue 2, 1 February 1982, Pages 229–231, https://doi.org/10.1093/ajhp/39.2.229b Published: 01 February 1982

Programs for writing research reports

Six programs are offered to improve the technical organization's writing of research reports. Programs in Illinois and Missouri are given emphasis.

Effect of English Counseling on the Writing Quality of Research Reports in Undergraduate Crop Science Laboratory Teaching

The effectiveness of English counseling on writing agronomic research reports on an introductory agronomy course was measured during the fall semester, 1971–72, and the spring semester, 1972, at the University of Illinois. English counseling assistance in writing research reports in the beginning crop science course at the University of Illinois significantly improved correctness and conciseness of writing and recognition of proper literature citation.

Two Aids in Writing Research Reports

Two Aids in Writing Research Reports