Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe I had asked you to write a 1-paragraph summary of the article I gave you by Eric Gorski. Feel free to comment on this with either the commenting function (see below), or via email at wendywarrenaustin@hotmail.com. So, if I recall this accurately, this summary will be the first thing that I will collect after taking attendance.
We'll be doing a lot of things tonight in class. Mainly:
We'll be doing a lot of things tonight in class. Mainly:
- We're going to talk about the beginning process of research, and the importance of keeping your options open for a little while.
- You'll do Ex. 1.1 in class, if you have not yet been assigned this (I don't think I assigned this, but if I did, that's even better.).
- We'll discuss what constitutes a Good Guiding Research Question.
- We'll also discuss how to get some good KEY WORDS to look up various topics, and what LCSH stands for and why it's important.
- Then, everyone will be instructed in how to set up a research blog that you will use for this class, mainly the homework, notes, and other reflective writings I'll ask you to do now and then. I have a handout on this.
- For your first post, I want you to say whether or not you did a research paper before, what the experience was like, and anything else you want to add to the question posted on this blog besides simply YES or NO>
- For your second post, you'll type in or cut and paste Ex. 1.1.
- Finally, we're going to talk about how to read research articles. This will be the first of several discussions in which we'll discuss how to read more difficult texts.
- Your homework will be read chs. 3 and 4 in Research Matters.
- Keep in mind the topic of the "difficult text" you had to read and wonder (and/or be prepared for) whether we'll have a surprise quiz next week on the reading assigned today.
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