Об этом курсе: This course teaches scientists to become more effective writers, using practical examples and exercises. Topics include: principles of good writing, tricks for writing faster and with less anxiety, the format of a scientific manuscript, peer review, grant writing, ethical issues in scientific publication, and writing for general audiences.
Для кого этот курс: This course is for undergraduate and graduate students; medical students; scientists; medical professionals; and science writers.
Автор: Стэнфордский университет
Преподаватели: Dr. Kristin Sainani, Associate Professor
Health Research and Policy
| Уровень | Beginner |
| Выполнение | 8 weeks of study, 3-5 hours/week |
| Язык | English |
| Как пройти курс | Чтобы пройти курс, выполните все оцениваемые задания. |
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Программа курса
НЕДЕЛЯ 1
1
Unit 1 introduces the course and reviews key principles of effective writing. In particular, you will practice cutting clutter from writing.
7 видео
- Видео: 1.1: Introduction; principles of effective writing
- Видео: 1.2: Examples of what not to do
- Видео: 1.3: Overview, principles of effective writing
- Видео: 1.4: Cut the clutter
- Видео: 1.5: Cut the clutter, more tricks
- Видео: 1.6: Practicing cutting clutter
- Видео: Demo Edit 1 (Optional)
Оцениваемый: Unit 1 Homework
НЕДЕЛЯ 2
2
Unit 2 focuses on writing with strong, active verbs. Lessons include how to: write in the active voice; avoid turning verbs into nouns; choose strong verbs; and get to the main verb of a sentence quickly.
7 видео
- Видео: 2.1: Use the active voice
- Видео: 2.2: Is it really OK to use "We" and "I"
- Видео: 2.3: Active voice practice
- Видео: 2.4: Write with verbs
- Видео: 2.5: Practice examples
- Видео: 2.6: A few grammar tips
- Видео: Demo Edit 2 (Optional)
Оцениваемый: Unit 2 Homework
НЕДЕЛЯ 3
3
Unit 3 reviews how to vary sentence structure and write strong paragraphs. You will practice using the dash, colon, semi-colon, and parentheses, as well as writing well-organized and concise paragraphs.
8 видео
- Видео: 3.1: Experiment with punctuation
- Видео: 3.2: Practice, colon and dash
- Видео: 3.3: Parallelism
- Видео: 3.4: Paragraphs
- Видео: 3.5: Paragraph Editing I
- Видео: 3.6: Paragraph Editing II
- Видео: Module 3.7: A few more tips
- Видео: Demo Edit 3 (Optional)
Оцениваемый: Unit 3 Homework
Оцениваемый: Paragraph editing exercise
НЕДЕЛЯ 4
4
Unit 4 reviews the writing process. I will give you tips for making the writing process easier, more efficient, and more organized.
7 видео
- Видео: 4.1 More paragraph practice
- Видео: 4.2 Overview of the writing process
- Видео: 4.3 The pre-writing step
- Видео: 4.4 The writing step
- Видео: 4.5: Revision
- Видео: 4.6: Checklist for the final draft
- Видео: Demo Edit 4 (Optional)
Оцениваемый: Unit 4 Homework
НЕДЕЛЯ 5
5
Unit 5 reviews the sections of a scientific manuscript. You will learn how to format tables and figures, and how to write results, methods, introduction, and discussion sections.
9 видео
- Видео: 5.1: Tables and Figures
- Видео: 5.2: Results
- Видео: 5.3: Practice writing results
- Видео: 5.4: Methods
- Видео: 5.5: Introduction
- Видео: 5.6: Introduction practice
- Видео: 5.7: Discussion
- Видео: 5.8: Abstract
- Видео: Demo Edit 5 (Optional)
Оцениваемый: Unit 5 Homework
НЕДЕЛЯ 6
6
Unit 6 discusses the peer review process, as well as ethical issues in scientific publishing. You will learn how to avoid plagiarism, determine authorship, submit a paper, write a peer review, and avoid predatory journals.
9 видео
- Видео: 6.1: Plagiarism
- Видео: 6.2: Authorship
- Видео: 6.3: The Submission Process
- Видео: 6.4: Interview with Dr. Bradley Efron
- Видео: 6.5: Interview with Dr. George Lundberg
- Видео: 6.6: Interview with Dr. Gary Friedman
- Видео: 6.7: Doing a peer review
- Видео: 6.8: Predatory journals
- Видео: Demo Edit 6 (Optional)
Оцениваемый: Unit 6 Homework
Оцениваемый: Essay
НЕДЕЛЯ 7
7
Unit 7 reviews types of writing beyond original research manuscripts. You will learn how to write review papers, grants, letters of recommendation, and personal essays.
7 видео
- Видео: 7.1: Writing a review article
- Видео: 7.2: Grants I
- Видео: 7.3: Grants II
- Видео: 7.4: Grants III
- Видео: 7.5 Writing letters of recommendation
- Видео: 7.6: Writing personal statements
- Видео: Demo Edit 7 (Optional)
Оцениваемый: Unit 7 Homework
НЕДЕЛЯ 8
8
Unit 8 reviews communication with broader audiences. You will learn how work with the media, be interviewed, conduct an interview, and write about science for general audiences.
8 видео
- Видео: 8.1: Talking with the media
- Видео: 8.2: Panel Interview
- Видео: 8.3: Writing for general audiences
- Видео: 8.4: Writing a science news story
- Видео: 8.5: Interviewing a scientist
- Видео: 8.6: Social media
- Видео: 8.7: Concluding Remarks
- Видео: Demo Edit 8 (Optional)
Оцениваемый: Unit 8 Homework
Оцениваемый: Lay summary exercise
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Стэнфордский университет
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is an American private research university located in Stanford, California on an 8,180-acre (3,310 ha) campus near Palo Alto, California, United States.
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This is one of the best course I have taken through Coursera. Learned a lot of things in scientific writing and editing my journals and manuscripts in class. Thanks Coursera and Stanford University for this great learning. More power and God bless.
Great course!
A wonderful course filled with useful tips on how to write better, publish better and engage better. This is a course that all postgraduates need to take to undo the bad habits our undergrad lecturers taught us. Thank you, Prof Sainani!
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KM
Teacher was very engaging and explained everything in a simplified manner. I thoroughly enjoyed the course.