Supersummary of Academic writing skills by van der Molen a.o.
The authors of Academic Writing Skills noted that many students struggle with professional writing. This is partly because insufficient attention is paid to writing skills in higher education. Throughout their working lives, whether as policy makers, researchers or psychologists, poor writing can have adverse consequences. The text may not be taken seriously, causing potentially important information to be overlooked. Clients may be denied the help they need and the progress of scientific research may be hampered. To address this issue, in addition to the book, the authors have developed a course so that students can practice their writing skills independently. Examples include formulating a specific research question and achieving good cohesion between paragraphs and sentences. Each explanation ends with a guideline, that students can follow when writing texts. The book covers the same topics as the online course and can be used as a reference work.
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