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CELESE Tutorial Session September 20, 2013
Afternoon Schedule 14:30 - 16:00 Using Course N@vi / CELESE Website, Web tools, ... 16:00 - 17:00 Elective & Graduate Courses 18:00 - Party
Overview of the CELESE Program
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4th
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3rd
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2nd
year
1st
year
Communication Course
Academic Course
Communication Strategies 1/2
Academic Lecture Comprehension 1/2
Concept Building and Discussion 1/2
Academic Reading 1/2
Special Topics in Functional English
Technical Presentation
Technical Writing 1/2
Required Courses for All
Students
Undergraduate Program (B.Sc.)
Overview of the CELESE Program
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2nd
year
1st
year
2nd
year
1st
year
Advanced Technical Presentation
Workplace English 1/2
Graduate Program (M.Sc., Ph.D.)
Professional Communication 1/2
Advanced Technical Reading and Writing 1/2
Advanced Technical Presentation
Workplace English 1/2 Students
from non-CELESE undergraduate
programs
(ELECTIVE)
Students
from CELESE undergraduate
programs
(ELECTIVE)
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Course goals lecture understanding
note-taking
summary writing
discussion
debate
1st Year Courses: Academic Lecture Comprehension 1/2・ Communication Strategies 1/2
Communication
Strategies
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Course goals
Reading & Writing
Group & Individual projects
processes/chart explanations
avoiding plagiarism
Internet searching
discussion
Presentation
PowerPoint slide design
presentation basics
2nd Year Courses: Academic Reading 1/2・ Concept Building and Discussion 1/2
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Course goals Research paper English
organization flow & style specialist vocabulary
Presentation English understanding the
audience effective delivery
methods useful expressions ...
3rd & 4th Year Courses: Technical Writing 1/2・ Technical Presentation
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Course goals Research paper English
organization flow & style specialist vocabulary
Presentation English understanding the
audience effective delivery
methods useful expressions ...
3rd & 4th Year Courses: Technical Writing 1/2・ Technical Presentation
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・It is important to treat waste water.
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Undergraduate Grades (2013)
1st Semester Grading (2013)
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Graduate Grades (2013)
1st Semester Grading (2013)
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Overview of the CELESE Program
4th
year
3rd
year
2nd
year
1st
year
Communication Courses
Academic Courses
Communication Strategies 1/2
Academic Lecture Comprehension 1/2
Concept Building and Discussion 1/2
Academic Reading 1/2
Special Topics in Functional English
Technical Presentation
Technical Writing 1/2
Required Courses for All
Students
Undergraduate Program (B.Sc.)
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Technical Presentation (TP/ATP)
Files uploaded to the CELESE website
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Technical Presentation (TP/ATP)
Course Objectives
present research results at an international conference level
Course Outline
Part 1: Presentation Strategies
Introduction to SciTech presentations
APOFSD
Goal: 5-10 min. presentation on research background
Part 2: Presentation Language
Introductions and Summaries
Materials and Methods
Results and Discussion
Q&A
Goal: 7-15 min. presentation on research details
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Technical Presentation (Can-Do List)
understand the importance of presentations and their inherent problems control nerves and deliver a presentation with confidence and authority design clear and attractive visual aids use popular presentation software packages identify the audience, purpose, organization, flow, style, and delivery of
presentations deliver a presentation from a prepared speech or notes with comprehensible
pronunciation and intonation use natural-sounding linking phrases and expressions when navigating and
explaining presentation content understand how to deal with questions from the audience learn how to cite and reference presentation resources and data
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Technical Presentation (TP/ATP)
Important points for the 2nd semester course (AY2013) One semester course (repeated in the 2nd semester)
Classes will comprise of both 3rd and 4th year students
In class study: 14 weeks (45 hrs total study)
No changes to the TP textbook
Presenting Research in Science and Engineering
Available from the COOP (1600 yen)
Students numbers are capped at 30
10 PCs available for use by CELESE faculty only
reserve in the Teacher’s Office
3 video cameras available for general use
reserve in the Teacher’s Office
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Technical Presentation (TP/ATP)
Syllabus Design (Option 1) Week (Thu) Description
Sept. 26 general introduction, overview of oral presentations, practice 1 & 2
Oct. 3 audience, purpose, organization (1)
Oct. 10 organization (2), flow, style
Oct. 17 delivery (slide design, pronunciation)
Oct. 24 Presentation 1 (Session 1)
Nov. 7 Presentation 1 (Session 2)
Nov. 14 Presentation 1 feedback
Nov. 21 Explaining the title, outline, and summary
Nov. 28 Explaining the background and problem
Dec. 5 Explaining the materials, methods, and processes
Dec. 12 Explaining and discussing data in the form of figures and tables
Dec. 19 Understanding and answering questions from the audience
Jan. 9 Presentation 2 (Session 1)
Jan. 16 Presentation 2 (Session 2)
Technical Presentation (TP/ATP)
Requests to teachers
Teach to the goals of the course
Make sure students read and understand the course syllabus
Make sure students purchase a textbook
Make sure that students sign a permission agreement before you collect and/or record (video) student presentations
Submit a copy of all students' mid-term and final presentation slides to the CELESE coordinator (Anthony)
ask students to submit .ppt(x) or PDF files to Course N@vi
collect the student presentation files via Course N@vi
send to <[email protected]>:
the Course N@vi zip file of the student presentation files
the Course N@vi zip file password (in a separate email)
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Overview of the CELESE Program
4th
year
3rd
year
2nd
year
1st
year
Communication Courses
Academic Courses
Communication Strategies 1/2
Academic Lecture Comprehension 1/2
Concept Building and Discussion 1/2
Academic Reading 1/2
Special Topics in Functional English
Technical Presentation
Technical Writing 1/2
Required Courses for All
Students
Undergraduate Program (B.Sc.) 18
Technical Writing (TW)
Files uploaded to the CELESE website
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Technical Writing (TW)
Course objectives
moving from explicit to implicit learning
moving from templates to original writing
moving from generic research papers to specialized research papers
Course Overview (TW 1)
Part 1: Writing principles
APOFSP
Part 2: Writing development
TAIMRDR
Final Goal
a 4-5 page research paper written at the level of an local conference proceedings 20
Technical Writing (TW)
Course objectives
moving from explicit to implicit learning
moving from templates to original writing
moving from generic research papers to specialized research papers
Course Overview (TW 2)
Part 1: Writing principles
APOFSP, Introduction to corpus analysis
Part 2: Writing development
TAIMRDR
Final Goal
a 4-5 page research paper written at the level of an international conference proceedings
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Technical Writing 1 (Can-Do List)
• Understand the concepts of research and the research process • Understand the importance of audience, purpose, organization, flow, style, and
presentation in the construction of a science and engineering research paper • Understand research journal “Instructions for Authors” guides • Write the title, introduction, materials and methods, results, and discussion sections
of a research paper • Explain information in figures and charts • Know how to strengthen or weaken interpretations of research findings using
hedging devices • Follow common conventions for citing and referencing information in a research
paper to avoid plagiarism
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Technical Writing 2 (Can-Do List)
• Understand the importance of English in the fields of science and engineering. • Understand common problems associated with using technical vocabulary in specialist
fields. • Use effective strategies to learn technical vocabulary in specialist fields. • Use text analysis tools to identify differences in the audience, purpose, structure, style,
and presentation of technical texts in different fields. • Identify the structure of technical research papers in specialist fields. • Understand research journal Call for Papers and Instructions for Authors. • Write the title, abstract, introduction, materials/methods, results,
discussion/conclusion sections of a research paper in a specialist field. • Write simple and extended definitions. • Explain methods and processes. • Explain information in figures and tables. • Know how to strengthen or weaken the interpretation of research
findings through hedging. • Understand the importance of references, citations, and avoidance of
plagiarism. • Follow common conventions for citing and referencing information in a
research article.
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Technical Writing 2 (TW2)
Important points for the 2nd semester course (AY2012)
TW1 and TW2 are separate courses
Classes will comprise of both 3rd and 4th year students
Some students will take both courses, others will take only one
In class study: 14 weeks (45 hrs. total study)
Students will have an in-house published textbook
Writing Up Research in Science and Engineering - Developments
Available at the Teachers' Office
Students numbers are capped at 50
10 PCs available for use by CELESE faculty only
reserve in the Teacher’s Office
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Technical Writing 2 (TW2)
Syllabus Design (Option 1) Week Description
Sept. 26 Introduction to Technical Writing. Review of Technical Writing 1: What is research/How do you structure a research paper
Oct. 3 Basic Principles in Technical Writing: Audience, Purpose, Organization, Flow, Style, Presentation
Oct. 10 Introduction to text analysis tools (1): Analyzing research paper biographies-part 1
Oct. 17 Introduction to text analysis tools (2): Analyzing research paper biographies-part 2
Oct. 24 First steps in text analysis (1): Building a corpus of research papers
Nov. 7 First steps in text analysis (2): Creating vocabulary lists, searching for words, phrases, and grammar patterns
Nov. 14 Writing a research paper proposal: Brainstorming topics, narrowing the scope, finalizing the decision
Nov. 21 Writing a research paper title: Keywords, noun phrases, and prepositions
Nov. 28 Writing a research paper introduction (1): Characteristic features and structure of introductions
Dec. 5 Writing a research paper introduction (2): Explaining the situation, describing problems/limitations, describing the response
Dec. 12 Writing a research paper methods section: Explaining methods and processes
Dec. 19 Writing a research paper results section: Deciding the type of visual aid, explaining figures and tables
Jan. 9 Writing a research paper discussion/conclusion section: Summarizing results, adjusting the strength of interpretations using hedging
Jan. 16 Writing a research paper abstract: Choosing between indicative and informative abstracts
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Teaching TW2 using a Data-Driven Learning (DDL) Approach
Curriculum/Syllabus Design Questions
How do we teach the characteristic patterns of research paper writing in 17 different specialist fields?
How do we empower students to be able to identify the characteristic patterns of language use in other text types after graduation?
e.g. email writing, memos, technical reports, proposals, ...
Adopt a Data-Driven Learning (DDL) Approach to technical writing using corpus tools
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Teaching TW2 using a DDL Approach Definition
A focus on the exploitation of authentic materials
A focus on real, exploratory tasks and activities
A focus on learner-centered activities
A focus on the use and exploitation of tools
(Bernd Rüschoff, 2010)
Authentic materials (corpora): international journal research papers (IEEE, Elsevier, CELL, …)
Tasks/activities (focused on): audience, purpose, organization, flow, style, delivery
Tools: AntConc concordancer (Anthony, L.)
GoTagger Part-of-Speech (POS) Tagger (Goto, K.)
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Teaching TW2 using a DDL Approach Corpus Tools
GoTagger 0.7 (Goto, K., 2006)
AntConc (Anthony, L., 2012)
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Task 1: Overview of Research Paper Biographies
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Task 1: Overview of Research Paper Biographies
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Task 1: Overview of Research Paper Biographies
Laurence Anthony received the M.A. degree in TESL/TEFL, and the Ph.D. in applied linguistics from the
University of Birmingham, Birmingham, U.K., and the B.Sc. degree in mathematical physics from the
University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST), Manchester, UK. He is a Professor in
the Faculty of Science and Engineering at Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan. His primary research interests
are in educational technology, corpus linguistics, and natural language processing.
George V. Lashkia received the M.S. and Dr. Sci. degrees from Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia, in
1984 and 1988, respectively. He is Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Chukyo University,
Toyota, Japan. His current research interests include machine learning, automata and language theory, data
mining, and network computing.
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Task 1: Overview of Research Paper Biographies
Laurence Anthony received the M.A. degree in TESL/TEFL, and the Ph.D. in applied linguistics from the University of Birmingham, Birmingham, U.K., and the B.Sc. degree in mathematical physics from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST), Manchester, UK. He is a Professor in the Faculty of Science and Engineering at Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan. His primary research interests are in educational technology, corpus linguistics, and natural language processing.
George V. Lashkia received the M.S. and Dr. Sci. degrees from Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia, in 1984 and 1988, respectively. He is Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Chukyo University, Toyota, Japan. His current research interests include machine learning, automata and language theory, data mining, and network computing.
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Task 1: Overview of Research Paper Biographies
Laurence Anthony received the M.A. degree in TESL/TEFL, and the Ph.D. in applied linguistics from the University of Birmingham, Birmingham, U.K., and the B.Sc. degree in mathematical physics from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST), Manchester, UK. He is a Professor in the Faculty of Science and Engineering at Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan. His primary research interests are in educational technology, corpus linguistics, and natural language processing.
George V. Lashkia received the M.S. and Dr. Sci. degrees from Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia, in 1984 and 1988, respectively. He is Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Chukyo University, Toyota, Japan. His current research interests include machine learning, automata and language theory, data mining, and network computing.
Task 1: Overview of Research Paper Biographies
1. From the image in Example 1, What can you say about the presentation? Position in paper
end of paper, (bottom of first page)
Layout of information
photo on left
name in bold
names ordered as in title (*not* alphabetically)
2. The IEEE states... It what ways do the biographies in Example 2 follow the guidelines?
name, education/major, work/position, research interests
It what ways do the biographies in Example 2 ignore the guidelines?
place of birth, date of birth, publications, membership, awards, work for IEEE 33 34
Task 1: Overview of Research Paper Biographies
3. Look at a sample of biographies from your own specialist field.
What similarities/differences do you find to the biographies in computer science?
[Similarities]
...
[Differences]
...
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Writing Principles
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Audience
Purpose
Organization Style
Flow
Presentation
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1. Overview of Biographies in Computer Science Research Journals
Audience
written for the readers (or editors) of the journals. Purpose
inform the readers about the name, education/work background, position, and interests of the author(s)
Organization
follows the order stated in the journal instructions for authors Flow
lists information in the order stated by the journal with few linking phrases
Style
adopts formal academic writing style. Presentation
appears at the end of a journal paper (or not at all)
sometimes includes a photograph (to the left)
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2. Getting Started with Text Analysis
It you want to learn to write in a specialist field, you need a large sample of texts that is representative of the target language (i.e., a corpus)
a large sample of (electronic) texts that is representative of the target language
You also need a tool to analyze your sample of texts (i.e., a corpus analysis tool or concordancer)
a software tool designed for text analysis
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Task 2: Corpus Design
Step 1
Estimate the size of the complete set of top research journal papers
Step 2
Select a subset of journal papers that you expect will represent the complete range of biographies in your field.
Steps 3-5
Download (interesting) research papers from your field
Save as a PDF and TEXT file
Step 6
Save each biography as a TEXT file
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Task 3: Obtaining a Corpus Analysis Tool (Concordancer)
Part 1
Download AntConc (ver. 3.3.5) from http://www.antlab.sci.waseda.ac.jp/software.html
Part 2
Launch AntConc and open your corpus of biographies into the software from the File menu.
Part 3-5
Check that the program has loaded the files correctly by viewing them with the AntConc File View tool.
(Common character encodings are Latin 1, UTF-8, and Shift-JIS)
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Task 4: The Organization of Biographies
Part 1: Using the AntConc File View Tool, quickly scan through your corpus and note down the information given in the first lines of the biographies.
What do you notice?
Part 2: What information is usually given in the second lines of the biographies?
Is the second line giving more information about the topic in the first line, or is it describing something different?
Part 3: What other information is given in the biographies?
List the most common information that the authors describe.
Do the authors follow the journal guidelines?
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Task 5: The Language of Biographies: Educational Background
Part 1: Based on your analysis in Task 4, what subjects and verbs do authors use when describing their educational background?
Part 2:
1. Using the AntConc Concordance Tool, search for the verbs you listed in Part 1.
Note that you can search for strings (word fragments) and do case-sensitive searches using the search options.
What is unusual about the results display?
2) Sort the results by selecting the following KWIC (key word in context) sort options:
Level 1: 0 (target word)
Level 2: 1R (one word to right)
Level 3: 2R (two words to right)
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Task 6: The Language of Biographies: Current Position
Part 1: Based on your analysis in Task 4, …
What subject do authors usually use when introducing their working experience?
What verbs and verb tenses do authors use when describing their working experience?
Part 2:
1. Using the AntConc Concordance Tool, search for the subjects you listed in Part 1.
Note that you might want to use a case-sensitive search (e.g., to search for "He" instead of "he").
2) Sort the results using the same settings as in the previous task.
What patterns do you notice?
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Task 7: The Language of Biographies: Research Interests
Part 1: Based on your analysis in Task 4, what subjects do authors usually use when introducing their research interests?
What expressions are used when introducing research interests?
Part 2: 1. Using the AntConc Concordance Tool, search for the expressions
you listed in Part 1. Note that you might want to use a case insensitive search.
Sort the results so that the subjects of the sentences are clearly visible.
(You may need to sort the results using words to the left as well as the right).
2) Were your observations about common subjects correct? What do the results suggest about the gender patterns of researchers in
your field?
3) What other patterns do you notice in the way authors explain their research interests?
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Task 8: Writing a Biography
Part 1: List up your biographic information in note form. At this stage, you do not need to write in sentences.
Name
Educational background
Work experience
Research interests
Other information
Part 2: Using the information you wrote in part one, write a one-paragraph biography following the conventions of the IEEE.
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Technical Writing (TW)
Corpus files uploaded to the CELESE website
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Teaching mathematics students in TW
A definition of mathematics
"The science of numbers and their operations, interrelations, combinations, generalizations, and abstractions and of space configurations and their structure, measurement, transformations, and generalizations."
(Merriam-Webster, 2012)
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Teaching mathematics students in TW
Research questions
Does mathematics research article writing divert from the 'norm' of science and engineering in terms of macro-level structuring
title, abstract, introduction, methods, results, discussion
Does mathematics research article writing divert from the 'norm' of science and engineering in terms of micro-level writing
formal academic writing style
Teaching mathematics students in TW: Model of mathematics article structure (intuitive approach)
Analytical papers (theory) Title Abstract Introduction
general literature review
Background background to the method and/or
statement of results
Methods analytical tools/methods/lemmas
Results study closure
Discussion/Conclusion (optional) restatement of the points of the
introduction allusion to applications
Application Papers Title Abstract Introduction
general literature review
Background historical perspective on application introduction of model useful concepts
Methods analytical tools/methods/lemmas
Results [Analytical] math – a set of relationships [Experimental] experiment to check the
relationships in the real-world [Computational] simulation to check the
relationships
Discussion/Conclusion (optional) discussion of related properties impact of results on the application
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Teaching mathematics students in TW: Corpus design
Journal selection procedure (target corpus - mathematics) Top 10 highest impact factor ranked journals in area of applied
mathematics (ISI Web of Knowledge)
Not a review article journal (e.g., SIAM Review)
Not specific to a certain approach or domain of application (e.g. imaging sciences, chaos, …)
Covers both pure and applied mathematics ( a broad audience)
Journal selection TITLE: Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Applications (NARWA)
PUBLISHER: Elsevier
IMPACT FACTOR (2012): 2.043
DATES: February 2010 - December 2010 (Volume 11: Issues 1-6)
SAMPLING: Whole population approach (410 articles - 1 entire year)
CORPUS SIZE: 1,917,422 tokens; 30,700 types 50
Teaching mathematics students in TW: Corpus design
Journal selection procedure (reference corpus - engineering) Top 10 highest impact factor ranked journals in area of mechanical
engineering (ISI Web of Knowledge)
Not a review article journal (e.g. Applied Mechanics Reviews)
Not specific to a certain approach or domain of application (e.g. plastics, machining, …)
Covers both pure and applied mechanics ( a broad audience)
Journal selection TITLE: Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology (JEMT)
PUBLISHER: ASME
IMPACT FACTOR (2012): 0.56
DATES: January 2000 – December 2000 (Volume 122: Issues 1-4)
SAMPLING: Whole population approach (318 articles - 1 entire year)
CORPUS SIZE: 1,643,576 tokens; 24,637 types
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Teaching mathematics students in TW: Results: Macro-Level Structuring
Number of sections (NARWA)
Most NARWA research articles have less than six separate sections.
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
References
Acknowledgements
Appendix
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Abstract
Title
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Teaching mathematics students in TW: Results: Macro-Level Structuring
Section title variation (NARWA)
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0 20 40 60 80 100
numerical simulations
proof of
discussion
main results
conclusions
conclusion
preliminaries
acknowledgements
references
introduction
abstract
title
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Teaching mathematics students in TW: Results: Macro-Level Structuring
Section title variation (NARWA)
NARWA research articles use 951 different section titles. Not deviating from the 'norm': JEMT corpus of 318 articles has over 1300 section titles NARWA research articles use 951 different section titles. Not deviating from the 'norm': JEMT research articles have over 1300 section titles
Teaching mathematics students in TW: Summary of NARWA heading analysis
Section 1 (Introduction)
introduction
introduction and main results
introduction and preliminaries
Section 2 (Background/Methods)
Analytical
main results
preliminary results
Experimental
the model
mathematical model
problem formulation
model formulation
governing equations
mathematical formulations
Sections 3 (Methods/Results)
Analytical
proof of the main result
solution of the problem
main result and its applications
linear stability and Hopf bifurcation analysis
direction and stability of the Hopf bifurcation
existence and uniqueness of theorem/solutions
Experimental
analysis of the data/model/problem
a priori estimates of positive solutions
existence of a positive periodic solution
the main result/results
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Teaching mathematics students in TW: Summary of NARWA heading analysis
Sections 4 (Results/Application)
Analytical
existence and uniqueness of equilibrium point
existence and uniqueness of limit cycle
direction and stability of the Hopf bifurcation
convergence of the series solutions
asymptotic expansion of the solution
Experimental
application
equation for the pressure
control design for the RTAC system
results and discussion
Sections 5 (Results/Application)
Analytical
proof of the principal theorem
nonexistence of nonconstant positive solution
asymptotic behavior of the positive steady state
periodic solutions
Experimental
numerical results and discussion
numerical results
numerical simulations
simulation results
experimental results
results and discussion
illustrative example
an example
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Teaching mathematics students in TW: Summary of NARWA heading analysis
Sections 6 (Conclusions)
Analytical
concluding remarks
final remarks
results and discussion
proof of xxx
Experimental
concluding remarks
final remarks
results and discussion
numerical examples
numerical results
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Teaching mathematics students in TW: Formal vs. Informal Style (intuitive approach)
NARWA corpus showed apparently frequent use of informal expressions It is easy to verify that U and F satisfy the operator equation.
There you can see the precise conditions (algebraic relations between the coefficients of f(x) and g(x)) to get EQT and its infinitesimal generators.
Here, you note that the condition (%%%) above is satisfied.
In conclusion, on the one hand, these works tell us that we cannot only focus on the epidemic thresholds to estimate the corresponding incidences, but should be to make further isolated analysis.
We could see that our method improves the telegraph-diffusion method, which has many spots left
Anyway, we have that EQT is bounded ... Now, the equation.
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Teaching mathematics students in TW: Formal vs. Informal Style (data-driven approach)
Vague Language NARWA corpus
"easy" accounts for 0.46% of all adjectives (552 hits)
e.g. "An easy calculation shows ..."
e.g. "It is easy to check that ..."
e.g. "It is easy to deduce that ..."
total adjectives in corpus: 119,687
JEMT corpus
"easy" accounts for 0.04% of all adjectives (52 hits)
e.g. "It is not easy to simulate ratchetting accurately, since ..."
e.g. "These algorithms are easy to implement and are capable of ..."
e.g. "The easy way to explain this result is to ..."
total adjectives in corpus: 137,362
But, "you", "anyway", "see", "now", ... NOT deviant from the 'norm'
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Teaching mathematics students in TW: Formal vs. Informal Style (data-driven approach)
Phrasal verb usage NARWA corpus
19% of all verbs appear in phrasal verb patterns
e.g., given by, based on, follows from, given in, defined by, corresponding to, leads to
total verb types: 2,288; total verb tokens: 25,653
1,454 verbs types used in phrasal verb patterns
4,697 verb tokens used in phrasal verb patterns
JEMT corpus
16% of all verbs appear in phrasal verb patterns
e.g., shown in, based on, used in, given by, obtained from, obtained by, used for, associated with
total verb types: 6140; total verb tokens: 210,140
7784 verb types used in phrasal verb patterns
46,916 verb tokens used in phrasal verb patterns
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Teaching mathematics students in TW: Formal vs. Informal Style (data-driven approach)
Informal connectives ("And," "But," "So") NARWA corpus
7.6% of connectives follow an informal style
"And" (162 => 1.6%)
"But" (197 => 1.9%)
"So" (405 => 4.0%)
total connectives: 10,020
JEMT corpus
2.4% of connectives follow an informal style
"And" (32 => 0.61%)
"But" (44 => 0.84%)
"So" (51 => 0.97%)
total connectives: 5,232
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Teaching mathematics students in TW: Summary of mathematics writing
At the macro level, mathematics papers ...
can be divided into analytical (theoretical) and experimental studies
follow the introduction, methods, results, discussion (IMRD) model but only in a very general sense
rarely use IMRD section headings
At the micro level, mathematics papers ...
use many informal style features (as do some other science/engineering papers)
"easy", "you", "anyway", "now"
phrasal verbs
informal connectives ("and", "but", "so")
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Technical Writing 2 (TW2)
Requests to teachers Teach to the goals of the course
Make sure students read and understand the course syllabus
Make sure students receive a textbook (collect student textbooks from the Teacher's Office in the 2nd week of class)
Make sure that students sign a permission agreement before you collect their report writing
Submit a copy of all students' final papers to the CELESE coordinator (Anthony)
ask students to submit .doc(x) or PDF files to Course N@vi
check the files with the Course N@vi Turnitin plagiarism detector
collect the student report files via Course N@vi
send to <[email protected]>:
the Course N@vi zip file of the student presentation files
the Course N@vi zip file password (in a separate email) 62