In this paper by Rob de Leo and Donnelly, they do a study of policy transfer and the adoption of the Affordable Care Act in Massachusetts. De Leo and Donnelly clearly outline the various reasons why choosing this particular case makes sense.
I am thankful to everyone who provided me with links to books, handouts, etc. And I hope this blog post will be useful to anybody who needs to teach analysis vs. I certainly will be using it with my own students and research assistants!
You can share this blog post on the following social networks by clicking on their icon. Posted in academia , writing. Tagged with academic writing , analysis , synthesis , writing. By Raul Pacheco-Vega — May 7, Stay in touch with the conversation, subscribe to the RSS feed for comments on this post. Do the exercises suggested in that book as you go along. Once you have discerned the difference between describing and analyzing, and how to write arguments, you should be able to identify key ideas within paragraphs more easily […].
It considers theories that help explain what happened, and the significance of these things for your teaching and learning. In the following activity there are two pieces of writing: for each, select the option below that best describes the kind of writing in the passage. Home Courses Library Donate. Previous menu Toggle navigation. Why is academic integrity important? What is academic integrity?
How can I study with integrity? I am glad to see this differences of descriptive against analytical writing. This is going to improve my masters dissertation. Your email address will not be published. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. By: Derek Jansen April How about a practical example. Descriptive Writing Analytical writing States what happened the event. Explains what a theory says.
Explains how this is relevant to the key issue s and research question s. Notes the methods used. Explains whether these methods were relevant or not. Explains how something works. Explains whether and why this is positive or negative. Provides various pieces of information. Draws a conclusion in relation to the various pieces of information.
Should I avoid description altogether? Make sure you read these carefully before you begin your assignment. The description is there to help the reader understand the key principles and for you to set the scene. But description, in this case, needs to be kept to a minimum.
However descriptive writing is often used in the methodology and findings sections of a report, or when completing a laboratory report on an experiment.
Analytical writing style is often called for at university level. Analytical writing shows the thought processes you went through to arrive at a given conclusion and discusses the implications of this.
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