Preface
During my 33 years of
teaching at the University of
Michigan and The Evergreen State College, I read hundreds, if not
thousands of student essays, research papers, and theses. The
following sections outline and highlight some of the important
considerations for writing and presenting seminar and library research
papers and talks that I found I wanted to repeat over and over again to
my students. The first section, On Writing, contains suggestions on
writing in general. The second section, Writing Research Reports, is
more specific; its original version--both as a series of class
presentations and in written form--was based on Peter Woodford's Scientific
Writing for Graduate Students (Rockefeller University Press).
The third section, On Speaking, was first prepared for this collection.
Dr. Pat Labine first introduced me to the Speaker Evaluation Form in
essentially the form and content presented herein; it has been used in
a variety of classes at Evergreen in the past.
Please read this Guide
through
carefully in your first encounter, and
then refer to it as needed as you proceed with your research and
writing. There are a number of important suggestions and requests that
will make the job of any teacher much easier, and it will
make it more possible for the reader to pay attention to the substance
of what you say, rather than struggling with how you say it. Thanks.
Richard
Prescott, AZ
August 1, 2000
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