Tag Archives: abstracts
Teaching effectively and efficiently: abstract writing
Are you happy with how you teach writing? Do you have a trick? The only tricks I have are to give good examples and to have students write a lot. Beth Fisher at a Wash U writing workshop convinced me … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching, Writing
Tagged abstracts, Active learning, posters, teaching, writing
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You are not reading enough! Take a hierarchical approach
I hope by now you have subscribed to a bunch of topics using Google Scholar, including any citations to your own work. This will keep you informed on topics closest to you, even if you don’t read the papers through. … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Managing an academic career, New ideas, Scholarship
Tagged abstracts, Journals, new ideas, Reading, table of contents
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Scientific meetings are important, so plan your summer now
Some meeting deadlines have already passed. Others are hard on us. Choose a meeting now and figure out how to get to it. If you are a student, or postdoc, find all the competitions you can enter and do it. … Continue reading
