ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on how Bob Siegler writes and how he mentors his students' academic writing. Academic writing refers to a particular style of expression that researchers use to present information that displays a clear understanding of a subject or discovery. Unlike fiction/journalistic writing, the overall structure of academic writing possesses a logically organized flow of ideas. The chapter discusses the implications for the development of academic writing competence. The most frequently mentioned characteristics of Bob's writing were: precise, clear, engaging, thorough and elegant. Numerical development is about understanding individual numbers; arithmetic development is about combining numbers through arithmetic operations. The chapter examines how Bob carried out the task of developing his students' writing competence. Todd, Beth, and Aaron are very lucky to have a father who is a master of clarity and precision. They are rarely misled or confused about why Bob is happy or mad at them.
