I enjoyed reading the article “Using the ACS Journals Search To Validate Assumptions about Writing in Chemistry and Improve Chemistry Writing Instruction” by Robinson, Stoller, and Jones in this Journal(1). I want to point out that these same techniques are included in a new textbook by the same authors, Write Like a Chemist, published this summer by Oxford University Press (2). The text is designed to teach students the writing skills required by career chemists: a journal article, a scientific poster, and a research proposal. I had the opportunity to use a draft of this text in my “Writing for Chemists” course at California State University, Los Angeles. I highly recommend it for anyone teaching an upper-division writing class for chemistry majors.
Robinson, M. S.; Stoller, F. L.; Costanza-Robinson, M.; Jones, J. K. Write Like a Chemist: A Guide and Resource; Oxford University Press: New York, 2008.
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Paulson, Don. J. Chem. Educ.2008, 85, 1345.
Keywords
Communication / Writing; First-Year Undergraduate / General; High School / Introductory Chemistry
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