JoinPreparing Undergraduates for Professional Writing
The inability to write scientific papers effectively remains a problem for many college students. To identify pedagogical constructs that help undergraduates write well in scientific formats, the authors evaluated the effect of the number and type of college composition courses previously taken, science writing experience, and tutorial services. In their study, the only significant factor influencing scientific writing performance was prior scientific writing experience. This suggests that more emphasis should be placed on scientific writing within the undergraduate science curriculum.