Over many years of marking students’
submitted academic work and reviewing
papers for publication in academic journals it
is clear to me that some guidance is needed to
assist writers to write an academic discussion.
The discussion is where the real thought
goes into the paper, yet consistently I find
that writers have their greatest difficulty with
this, the most important part. The following
few thoughts, based on this experience and
some general reading, are provided to assist
writers to strengthen the discussion of their
findings.