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Catterall, Janice; Ross, Pauline; Aitchison, Claire; Bergin, Shelley – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2011
The current higher education climate seems to be demanding increasing levels of written output from doctoral researchers during candidature. In this context this study employed an online questionnaire, individual interviews and focus group discussions to collect information on the challenges and successes of doctoral writing. It was found that…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Writing for Publication, Focus Groups, Writing Instruction
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Ross, P. M.; Burgin, Shelley; Aitchison, Claire; Catterall, Janice – Journal of Learning Design, 2011
Academic and scientific literacy experts agree that becoming literate in an academic discipline involves coordinating language learning, and thinking in increasingly sophisticated ways to enable participation in discipline practices of knowledge construction. Despite this knowledge, understanding of writing pedagogies in tertiary science are in…
Descriptors: Expertise, Focus Groups, Intellectual Disciplines, Scientific Literacy