What the Research Reveals about Graduate Students' Writing Skills: A Literature Review

摘要

A review of the professional literature on writing skills of graduate students reveals that research on this topic occurs primarily in disciplines outside the field of library and information science. Recurring themes from that research relate to: What constitutes scholarly writing; its importance to the education of a graduate student; obstacles that impede scholarly writing efforts; assessment of writing in programs of higher education; and strategic solutions to writing improvement. Twelve core competencies of scholarly writing were gleaned from the articles. The conclusions drawn from previous research on graduate writing are applied to the circumstances faced by educators in library and information science graduate programs.