The book is an endeavour to look into practices meant for academics, researchers and professionals in the field of research and academic writing. The specific focus is on academic writing, anti-plagiarism, copyright issues, citation and documentation. These practices are presented in the form of conceptual basis, perceptions and narratives from the field. Some of the practices are being used by the academia, which have been found to be very useful and fruitful while some others are suggested under the need of the hour. Academic writers encounter problems while dealing with concepts in academic writing, anti-plagiarism, copyright issues, citation and documentation. This book is not only a directional and fruitful document to answer the problems but it also serves as a handbook for academic writing.
All the practitioners including learners, researchers, authors, academic professionals, viz. pre-service teachers, in-service teachers and teacher educators, and other stakeholders may find the volume useful to make their academic writing and citation skills better and one level higher than the existing one.
Vinod Kumar Kanvaria is currently associated with Department of Education, University of Delhi, Delhi (India). He has a teaching and research experience of more than 15 years from Secondary School to University level, including Govt. of NCT of Delhi, NCERT and University of Delhi. His research interest areas are educational technology, ICT in and for education, academic writing, and pedagogy of mathematics.
He has presented a number of research papers in national and international seminars and conferences, his numbers of research papers have been published in the national and international journals. His several single authored and edited books have been published by LAP, Germany, VDM, Germany, Create Space, USA, GBO, New Delhi, VLMS, New Delhi and SPH, New Delhi, etc.
Preface
Acknowledgements
1. ABC of Academic Writing: A master key for the beginners
Vinod Kumar Kanvaria
Introduction; What Makes Academic Writing Unique?; Why Do We Need Academic Writing Citations?; Citing What?; Some Important Basic Concepts; Process, Evidence and Documentation of Academic Writing; Various Writing Tasks; Tips for Academic Writing; Precautions in Academic Writing; Code of Ethics for Academic Writing; Implications; Future of Academic Writing; Some Activities; Note from the Field
2. Academic Writing: A brief introduction 16
A.B. Saxena
Academic Writing; Essential Characteristics; Journalistic Writing, Creative Writing and Academic Writing; Writing Academic Write-up
3. Insight on Academic Writing 23
Pooja Gupta
Introduction; Some Commonly Used Referencing Styles; Guidelines for Academic Writing
4. Effectiveness of Pedagogical Exercises Based on Academic Writing 33
Kartikeswar Behera
Introduction; Operational Definition of Academic Writing; Scope of Academic Writing; Delimitation of the Present Study; Methodology; About Academic Writing; Steps Followed for Academic Writing; Extension of Writing Activities; Task Types on Writing; Additional Tips to Improve Writing Skills in English; Results
5. Plagiarism—A Major Concern in Academic Writing 47
Bharti Nagpal
Introduction; Academic Writing; Characteristics of Academic Writing; Elements of Academic Writing; Difference between Academic Writing, Journalistic Writing and Creative Writing; Different Types of Plagiarism; Common Misconceptions about Plagiarism; Different Ways of Avoiding Plagiarism; Relation between Plagiarism and Citation; Differences between Plagiarism and Copyright Infringement; Discussion and Analysis
6. Effective Academic Writing and Elaborating its Paradoxes 60
Manju Gera and Ruchi Arora
Introduction; Exploring the Paradoxes of Academic Writing; Tips for Better Academic Writing; Checklist and Strategy to Start and Creatively Engage with Academic Writing; Advancing the Writing; Motivation to Write; Narratives from the Field; Common Types of College Writing Assignments; Picking and Limiting a Writing Topic; Three Characteristics of Effective Academic Writing; Effective Academic Writing
7. Standard Academic Writings to Avoid Plagiarism 73
Manju Gupta
Introduction; Significance of the Specific Editorial Style; Importance of APA Style in Qualitative Researches; Why are Citations Needed?; Differences between References, Citations and Bibliography Skill of Expression and Communication as Manuscript (Basic Skill of Academic Writing); Skill of Typing and Setting the Format in APA Style; Skill of Literature Review: A Key Academic Writing Skill; When to Review the Literature; Skill of Exploration: How to Identify Relevant Resources; Skill of Collection Relevant Material and Keeping a Record; Skill of Writing References in APA Style; Discussion
8. Introduction to Academic Writing in English for Beginners 84
Khalida Akhtar
Introduction to Academic Writing in English for Beginners; Different Kinds of Academic Writings by Students in Colleges/Universities; Note Taking While Reading; Writing the Article Abstract; Citation; Referencing; Writing a Book Review; Writing Ph.D. Thesis / Dissertation
9. Reflections of Students through Written Expressions: An assessment of affective learning 93
Vandana Chaudhary and Sanjay Kumar
Introduction; Objective of the Study; Hypothesis;Methodology; / Limitations; Findings
10. Academic Writing and Issues Pertaining to Plagiarism 105
Kiran Rani
Introduction; Issue of Originality and Creativity in Academic Writing; Plagiarism: Its Meaning and Beyond; Causes of Plagiarism and Suggestions for its Avoidance; Notes from the Field; Conclusion: Moving Towards Solutions
11. Plagiarism—Ways and Means to Avoid It
Pargat Singh
Concept of Plagiarism; Definitions of Plagiarism; Forms of Plagiarism; Ways and Means to Avoid Plagiarism
12. Need to Discuss Plagiarism
Payal Yadav
Introduction; Plagiarism and Related Issues; Some Instances of Plagiarism from Indian Academia; Laws or Policies Related to Plagiarism in Some Other Countries; Some Remedies to Reduce Plagiarism
13. Inculcating Academic Integrity amongst Students
Reyaz Hashmi
Introduction; Historical Background; What Constitute Plagiarism and What Not; Educating the Beginner; Teaching to Write Unique; Teaching Citation Skill; Understanding the Citation Sources; Writing Style
14. Plagiarism in Academic Writing: A preliminary study
Geeta Rai
Introduction; Literature Review; Rationale of the Present Study; Research Methodology; Data Analysis and Results
15. Documentation and Citation Process of Academic Writing
Akash Ranjan
Introduction; Citation Rule; Causes for Documentation and Citation; Frequently Asked Questions; Citation Styles (MLA, APA, SBL, etc.) Vary according to the Discipline; Citation Process of the Academic Writing; General APA Guidelines; Major Paper Sections; Title of Our Paper; Types of APA Papers; Literature Review; Experimental Report; Other Papers
16. Citation—Means to Prevent Plagiarism
Nishi Gupta
Introduction; Types of Citation; Purpose of Citation; Citation Systems; Citation Styles; How to Cite External Sources; What to Cite and What Not to; Misconceptions with Citation; Narratives/Instances from the Field viii
Academic Writing, Anti-Plagiarism and Citations
17. Comparison of Three Citation Styles—APA, MLA and CMS
Pooja
Introduction; What is Documentation?; What Needs to be Documented?; What is Citation?; Citation Styles; Style Guide; Comparison among the APA, MLA and CMS Styles
18. An Analysis of Citations used in Ph.D. Theses of University of Delhi: Trend of common errors
Diksha Kukreja
Introduction; Literature Review; Objectives; Significance of the Study; Method; Results, Discussions and Analysis; Suggestions and Recommendations; Limitations of the Study; Scope for Further Research
Contributors