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How to Write a Lab Report
Jerome N. Borowick, California State Polytechnic University

ISBN-10: 0130135623
ISBN-13: 9780130135629

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2000
Format: Paper Bound with Disk; 144 pp
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This text provides users with information on creating an effective lab report. It includes information on the writing process, the inclusion of graphics and the structure of a good lab report. A disk of sample lab reports includes files that can be edited and used by the students to practice their lab report writing skills. A great value-pack item to accompany any text in a course where there is a lab component.

  • Principles of Technical Writing (Part I)--Discusses the principles and practice of technical writing for clarity and effectiveness.
    • BENEFIT NEEDED.
  • Elements of the Laboratory Report (Part II)--Discusses sections of laboratory reports and the methodology for writing these sections.
    • BENEFIT NEEDED.
  • Graphics--Discusses the graphics that are ordinarily included in experimental laboratory reports.
    • BENEFIT NEEDED.
  • Sample report sections with critiques.
    • Demonstrates the content of the sections.
  • A completed sample laboratory report for submittal--With a critique.
    • BENEFIT NEEDED.
  • Exercises--Includes sample sections to be critiqued and rewritten.
    • Gives students an opportunity to practice the principles discussed.
  • A blank spreadsheet.
    • Assists students in keeping track of each instructor's requirements.

I. PRINCIPLES OF TECHNICAL WRITING.

1. An Introduction to Writing Lab Reports and Technical Writing.
2. The Laboratory Report Writing Process.
3. Principles of Clear Lab Report Writing.
4. Rules of Practice for Lab Report Writing.

II. ELEMENTS OF THE LAB REPORT.

5. Graphics.
6. The Title Page and Table of Contents.
7. The Beginning of the Report.
8. The Body of the Report.
9. The Ending of the Report.
10. A Sample Student Lab Report.

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