Doctoral Capstone Preproposal Starter Kit

Self-Efficacy

Be proactive and self-sufficient in your writing practice. Learn how to assess your own writing; incorporate both general and specific feedback throughout a draft; build up your support system; and compile resources, tools, and practices that help support you in your writing and research.

 

Remember to refer frequently to program-specific guidance documents, such as the premise and/or prospectus guides on ORDS site in conjunction with the templates on the Writing Center site, to be sure you have followed all guidelines and met all requirements before submitting to faculty for feedback.

 

Writing Resources:

Using Evidence

Organizational Tools

APA Style

• APA Basics Checklist
• Common Reference List Examples

Webinars

• APA Citations & Style
• Grammar
• Practical Skills: “Paraphrasing Source Information”

Blog

• Outlining Your Outline as a Way to Help You Write Every Day
• Demystifying Prewriting: Yeah, There’s an App for That
• Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Pettis Perry (Part 1)
• Responding to Feedback Is Hard: Here’s Why You Should Do It Anyway
• Help Them Help You: Being Receptive to Faculty Feedback
• Defining a Gap in the Literature: On Proving the Presence of an Absence
• Writing Through Fear
• and many, many others

Quick Answers

Videos and Playlists

WriteCast (Writing Center podcast)

• Episode 7: Balancing School, Life and Family
• Episode 10: Faculty Writing Advice: Residency Interview with Dr. JaMuir Robinson
• Episode 15: What to do with Negative Feedback on Your Writing
• Episode 20: Favorite Apps to Save You Time When You Write

Social Media

 

Outside the Writing Center:

Walden Library

• Zotero Reference Manager
• Journal Alerts and Search Alerts
• Using Google Scholar with Walden Library

Academic Skills Center

• Software Assistance

 

Outside Walden:

APA Style Blog

Crossref.org free DOI lookup