On Tuesday, April 6, 2021, the Walden University Form and Style Editors hosted a Capstone Writing Clinic. The purpose of this clinic was to prepare students for the capstone writing process and help them advance in writing regardless of their current capstone writing stage.
During this one-day event, attendees were guided through an introduction to the form and style review, guidance on the literature review process, tips and resources for multilingual writers, and a question-and-answer panel.
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Session
Description
Recordings and Transcripts
Introduction to the Form and Style Review
In this session, students will be introduced to Walden’s Form and Style Review, a unique prepublication edit that is a part of the capstone approval process. Editors will explain the details of the review, offer tips for students to help them prepare to submit their manuscript, and answer questions.
Writing a Doctoral Capstone as a Multilingual Writer: Practical Tips and Resources, Part 1
In Part 1 of this instructional interactive session followed by Q/A, doctoral capstone multilingual writers will learn practical tips and resources to write in U.S. academic English to ultimately help with capstone completion. Part 1 includes following faculty and document expectations, following the expected rhetorical structure, and using Doctoral Capstone Form and Style website resources. Note: This session’s recording is from the November 2020 presentation.
Reading and Writing for the Literature Review
The literature review is where students establish their authority on a topic and demonstrate the need for additional research. Students will hear from editors with ideas for accessing the literature, tips for how to read the literature, and strategies for crafting and writing the literature review.
Writing a Doctoral Capstone as a Multilingual Writer: Practical Tips and Resources, Part 2
In Part 2 of this instructional interactive session followed by Q/A, capstone multilingual writers will learn practical tips and resources to write in U.S. academic English to ultimately help with capstone completion. Part 2 includes developing skills around scholarly voice, revising in general as well as revising for sentence-level grammar, proofreading, and additional Doctoral Capstone Form and Style website resources.
Form and Style Editor Panel, Open Question and Answers
Form and Style Editing involves carefully reviewing capstone material before it is published and suggesting or making changes to correct or improve it. The goal of the Form and Style Editor is to ensure that the material is consistent and correct and that it conforms to the standards of American Academic English, APA, and Walden’s institutional variants. The components, language, style, and design must suit its purpose and meet the expectations of its audience. In this session, students will be able to ask any question related to APA, grammar, academic writing, or the Form and Style Review.
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