Andrew Johnson, PhD, is professor of Holistic Education at Minnesota State University, Mankato, specializing in literacy instruction, holistic education, and educational psychology.

Dr. Johnson has demystified the writing process by providing a clear, concise manual to assist the novice writer in the writing process. An excellent companion text to A Short Guide to Action Research in transforming students to scholars.

• Table of ContentsSection I: The Process of Academic WritingChapter 1: The Super-Secret Academic Writing Process RevealedChapter 2: Research to Gather DataChapter 3: Pre-Drafting Chapter 4: Drafting and RevisingChapter 5: Editing and SharingSection II: Some Particulars of Academic WritingChapter 6: The Basics of Academic WritingChapter 7: Use of Objective, Precise Language Chapter 8: Keeping it SimpleChapter 9: Reducing BiasChapter 10: Avoiding PlagiarismSection III: The Mechanics of Style for Academic WritingChapter 11: First and Last ParagraphsChapter 12: Paragraphs are our FriendsChapter 13: Transition Words and SentencesChapter 14: HeadingsChapter 15: GrammarChapter 16: PunctuationChapter 17: Sentence LengthChapter 18: CitationsChapter 19: The Reference ListChapter 20: QuotationsChapter 21: Quantitative Data, Tables, Figures, and GraphsSection IV: Using Research in Academic WritingChapter 22: The Basic Elements of ResearchChapter 23: Evaluating Research StudiesChapter 24: Describing Empirical ResearchChapter 25: The Annotated Bibliography and Research ProposalChapter 26: The Literature Review Section V: Theses, DissertationsChapter 27: Theses and Dissertations: Secondary ResearchChapter 28: Theses and Dissertations: Original Research

Andrew Johnson, PhD, is professor of Holistic Education at Minnesota State University, Mankato, specializing in literacy instruction, holistic education, and educational psychology.

Dr. Johnson has demystified the writing process by providing a clear, concise manual to assist the novice writer in the writing process. An excellent companion text to A Short Guide to Action Research in transforming students to scholars.

• Table of ContentsSection I: The Process of Academic WritingChapter 1: The Super-Secret Academic Writing Process RevealedChapter 2: Research to Gather DataChapter 3: Pre-Drafting Chapter 4: Drafting and RevisingChapter 5: Editing and SharingSection II: Some Particulars of Academic WritingChapter 6: The Basics of Academic WritingChapter 7: Use of Objective, Precise Language Chapter 8: Keeping it SimpleChapter 9: Reducing BiasChapter 10: Avoiding PlagiarismSection III: The Mechanics of Style for Academic WritingChapter 11: First and Last ParagraphsChapter 12: Paragraphs are our FriendsChapter 13: Transition Words and SentencesChapter 14: HeadingsChapter 15: GrammarChapter 16: PunctuationChapter 17: Sentence LengthChapter 18: CitationsChapter 19: The Reference ListChapter 20: QuotationsChapter 21: Quantitative Data, Tables, Figures, and GraphsSection IV: Using Research in Academic WritingChapter 22: The Basic Elements of ResearchChapter 23: Evaluating Research StudiesChapter 24: Describing Empirical ResearchChapter 25: The Annotated Bibliography and Research ProposalChapter 26: The Literature Review Section V: Theses, DissertationsChapter 27: Theses and Dissertations: Secondary ResearchChapter 28: Theses and Dissertations: Original Research