This page is designed to provide a comprehensive list of writing resources tailored specifically for students in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) fields. It aims to assist STEM students in honing their writing skills and mastering the art of conveying complex technical information clearly and effectively. Each information block on this page offers easy-to-access guidance on how to write specific technical documents. such as the scientific research paper, lab report, thesis, or any other technical document,. The resources cover a wide range of topics, from formatting requirements to tips on effectively communicating scientific findings.
Writing Resources
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How to Read a Science Paper
Reading Resource materials for STEM writing
Archila, P. A., Molina, J., & de Mejía, A. M. T. (2018). Fostering bilingual scientific writing through a systematic and purposeful code-switching pedagogical strategy. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism.
Balgopal, M. M., Casper, A. M. A., Wallace, A. M., Laybourn, P. J., & Brisch, E. (2018). Writing matters: Writing-to-learn activities increase undergraduate performance in cell biology. BioScience, 68(6), 445-454.
Beer, D. F., & McMurrey, D. A. (2019). A Guide to Writing as an Engineer. John Wiley & Sons.
Brackenbury, T., William Folkins, J., & Ginsberg, S. M. (2014). Examining educational challenges in communication sciences and disorders from the perspectives of signature pedagogy and reflective practice. Contemporary Issues in Communication Science and Disorders, 41(Spring), 70-82.
Berdanier, C. G. (2019). Genre maps as a method to visualize engineering writing and argumentation patterns. Journal of Engineering Education, 108(3), 377-393.
Brownell, S. E., Price, J. V., & Steinman, L. (2013). Science communication to the general public: why we need to teach undergraduate and graduate students this skill as part of their formal scientific training. Journal of undergraduate neuroscience education, 12(1), E6.
Carpenter, J. H. (2011). A “layered literacies” framework for scientific writing pedagogy. Currents in Teaching and Learning, 4(1), 17-33.
Conrad, S. (2018). The use of passives and impersonal style in civil engineering writing. Journal of Business and Technical Communication, 32(1), 38-76.
Dannels, D. P. (2001). Time to speak up: A theoretical framework of situated pedagogy and practice for communication across the curriculum. Communication education, 50(2), 144-158.
DeTora, L. (2021). Competing mentalities: Situating scientific content literacy within technical communication pedagogy. Effective teaching of technical communication: Theory, practice, and application, 271-285
Ding, D. (2001). Object-centered—How engineering writing embodies objects: A study of four engineering documents. Technical Communication, 48(3), 297-308.
Herrington, A. J. (1985). Writing in academic settings: A study of the contexts for writing in two college chemical engineering courses. Research in the Teaching of English, 19(4), 331-361.
Hutto, D. (2007). Graphics and invention in engineering writing. Technical communication, 54(1), 88-98.
Jane Burke, P., & Dunn, S. (2006). Communicating science: exploring reflexive pedagogical approaches. Teaching in Higher Education, 11(2), 219-231.
Kroll, J. (2013). The creative writing laboratory and its pedagogy. Research methods in creative writing, 102-132.
Kuhn, M. R., & Vaught-Alexander, K. (1994). Context for writing in engineering curriculum. Journal of professional issues in engineering education and practice, 120(4), 392-400.
MacKenzie, A. H., & Gardner, A. (2006). Beyond the lab report: why we must encourage more writing in biology. The American Biology Teacher, 68(6), 325-327.
McKenna, B. (1997). How engineers write: An empirical study of engineering report writing. Applied linguistics, 18(2), 189-211.
McVey, M., & Pechenik, J. A. (2020). Using poetry in the undergraduate biology classroom. The American Biology Teacher, 82(6), 416-420.
Mehltretter Drury, S. A., Bost, A. G., Wysocki, L. M., & Ingram, A. L. (2018). Encouraging science communication through deliberative pedagogy: A study of a gene editing deliberation in a nonmajors biology course. Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education, 19(1), 10-1128.
Motta-Roth, D., & Scherer, A. S. (2016). Science popularization: Interdiscursivity among science, pedagogy, and journalism. Bakhtiniana: Revista de Estudos do Discurso, 11, 164-189.
Simis, M. J., Madden, H., Cacciatore, M. A., & Yeo, S. K. (2016). The lure of rationality: Why does the deficit model persist in science communication?. Public understanding of science, 25(4), 400-414
Smith, M. K., & Knight, J. K. (2020). Clickers in the biology classroom: Strategies for writing and effectively implementing clicker questions that maximize student learning. Active learning in college science: the case for evidence-based practice, 141-158.
Sprain, L., & Timpson, W. M. (2012). Pedagogy for sustainability science: Case-based approaches for interdisciplinary instruction. Environmental Communication: A Journal of Nature and Culture, 6(4), 532-550.
Taylor, K. L. (1998). Writing in biology: an integration of disciplines. The American Biology Teacher, 60(5), 350-353.
Thompson, N. S., & Alford, E. M. (1997). Developing a Writing Program in Engineering: Teaching Writing to Teach Engineering Literacies.
Vázquez, A. V., McLoughlin, K., Sabbagh, M., Runkle, A. C., Simon, J., Coppola, B. P., & Pazicni, S. (2012). Writing-to-teach: A new pedagogical approach to elicit explanative writing from undergraduate chemistry students. Journal of Chemical Education, 89(8), 1025-1031.
Walker, K. (2000). Integrating writing instruction into engineering courses: A writing center model. Journal of Engineering Education, 89(3), 369-375.
Winsor, D. A. (2003). Writing power: Communication in an engineering center. Suny Press.
Wright, K., Slaboch, P. E., & Jamshidi, R. (2022). Technical writing improvements through engineering lab courses. International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education, 50(1), 120-134.
Yoritomo, J. Y., Turnipseed, N., Cooper, S. L., Elliott, C. M., Gallagher, J. R., Popovics, J. S., … & Zilles, J. L. (2018, June). Examining engineering writing instruction at a large research university through the lens of writing studies. In 2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition.