Friday, July 29, 2011

First Sources--8/1/11

Once you get some feedback on your keywords, start trying to do some of your research through the databases available to you (most through UTPA's library, but also CompPile, available through the web). Try to locate at least three sources which look promising. Post the information for each here (at least author and title of work) (along with your research question). Read through others' sources to see if any of them might look promising to you as well. (And don't forget our book is an excellent collection of potential sources for you).

15 comments:

  1. Are student researchers as effective as professional researchers?

    Research quality: Assessment of Research Quality, William J. Patrick and Elizabeth C. Stanley; Teaching and Research Quality Indicators and the Shaping of Higher Education, William J. Patrick and Elizabeth C. Stanley

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  2. How can I avoid plagiarism while writing up a research paper that involves writing down quotes from other scholars who have developed their own ideas?

    Rebecca Moore Howard Plagiarisms, Authorships, and the Academic Death Penalty; Sexuality, Textuality: The Cultural Work of Plagiarism, Rebecca Moore Howard; Intertextuality and the Discourse Community, James E. Porter

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  3. Hall, Leigh A. and Piazza, Susan V. Reading Comprehension;VAN DER SCHEE, JOOP; RIJBORZ, DAPHNE, Students in Research Skills;

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  4. How can you stay creative in writing but still be taken seriously?

    "All Writing is Autobiography" -Don Murray p. 57

    "Can Scientific Writing Be Creative" -Mehrdad Massoudi http://ezhost.utpa.edu:2183/stable/40186599?seq=1&Search=yes&searchText=creative&searchText=writing&list=hide&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3Dcreative%2Bwriting%26acc%3Don%26wc%3Don&prevSearch=&item=4&ttl=158351&returnArticleService=showFullText&resultsServiceName=null

    The Paradox of Structure and Freedom: An Experiment in Writing Poetry -Deborah Womelsduff
    http://ezhost.utpa.edu:2183/stable/30046455?&Search=yes&searchText=creatively&searchText=writing&list=hide&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3Dwriting%2Bcreatively%26acc%3Don%26wc%3Don&prevSearch=&item=6&ttl=13195&returnArticleService=showFullText

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  5. How can teachers encourage "good reading" skills to high school students?


    Sources:

    (1) Christina Haas and Linda Flower, Rhetorical Reading Strategies and the Construction of Meaning.

    (2) Keith Grant-Davie, Rhetorical Situations and Their Constituents.

    (3)Margaret Kantz, Helping Students Use Textual Sources Persuasuvely.

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  6. On a research paper, do I need to have an argument in order for it to be a good paper? If the answer is yes, how many points do I need to prove in order to support the argument?

    Sources:
    1) Everything’s an Argument – Boston/Ney York: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 1999

    2) The Online Writing Lab at Roane State Community College
    http://www.roanestate.edu/owl/Argument.html

    3) Trait and State Approches to Explaining Argument Structures – Suzuki, Shinobu - pages 123-143
    http://ezhost.utpa.edu:2074/?sid=EBSCO:Academic+Search+Complete&genre=article&title=Communication+Quarterly&atitle=Trait+and+State+Approaches+to+Explaining+Argument+Structures.&author=Suzuki%2c+Shinobu&authors=Suzuki%2c+Shinobu&date=20110101&volume=59&issue=1&spage=123&issn=01463373

    4) Writing about Writing – Reading and Writing without Authority by Ann M. Pensrose and Cheryl Geisler pages 602-617

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  7. Do standardized state writing assessments ultimately help or hurt students?

    1) Classroom Assessment: What Teachers Need To Know by W. James Popham

    2) Standardized students: The problems with writing for tests instead of people by Bronwyn Williams

    3 )Beware the Writing Assessment: Q&A with George Hillocks Jr. by Melissa Ezarik

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  8. Instead of reading a book or article as a story, why weren't teachers capable to teach us to learn to read rhetorically?

    Lindley, Daniel Allen, Jr.: “Rhetorical Analysis of Teaching Process in Selected English Classes: Methods and Implications.

    Bleakley, Lou Ann: “Rhetorical Stance and the Teaching of Literature: Theory, Strategy, and Evaluation.

    Graff, Nelson: “Teaching Rhetorical Analysis to Promote Transfer of Learning.”

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  9. RQ: Does a teacher's love for writing affect their students?


    1. Davies: "For Love of the Word" (http://usud.academia.edu/CristynDavies/Papers/317439/For_Love_of_the_Word_English_Teaching_Affect_and_Writing)

    2. Gillespie, Tim: "Becoming Your Own Expert-Teachers as Writers" (http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/resource/1708)

    3. Hoffman, Kerry: "Book Review: Lighting Fires: How the Passionate Teacher Engages Adolescent Writers"

    4 Tsujimoto, Joseph: "Lighting Fires: How the Passionate Teacher Engages Adolescent Writers"

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  10. "How would I be able to(or can I in the first place) bend or break established constructs or conventions in a professional writing situation(a student research paper, for example) yet remain comprehensible?"

    1.) Disciplinary Literacy
    By: Fee, Margery.
    Subjects: WRITING; STUDENTS; EDUCATION; ENGLISH language; DISCIPLINE; ATTITUDE (Psychology)

    2.) Writing Higher Education Differently: A Manifesto on Style
    By: Sword, Helen.
    Subjects: ACADEMIC discourse; LITERARY style; HIGHER education; EDUCATIONAL literature; AUTHORSHIP; EVALUATION; READABILITY (Literary style)

    3.)When Rules Get in the Way of Writing
    By: Ford, Brian W.
    Subjects: AUTHORSHIP -- Study & teaching; MENTORING of authors; WRITING processes; ACADEMIC discourse; ESSAYS; ACADEMIC dissertations

    4.)Rossana Campo: Un-learning the Rules of Writing.
    By: Litherland, Kate.
    Subjects: AUTHORS; LITERARY movements; WOMEN authors; POPULAR culture; GENOA (Italy); Independent Artists, Writers, and Performers; CAMPO, Rosanna

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  11. How can teachers help students overcome their resistance to writing?

    Sources:

    1.Write before Writing; Author(s): Donald M. Murray

    2.Pain and Pleasure in Short Essay Writing:
    Factors Predicting University Students’ Writing
    Anxiety and Writing Self-Efficacy; Author(s): Christy Teranishi Martinez, Ned Kock, Jeffrey Cass

    3. Transference and Resistance in the Basic Writing Classroom: Problematics and Praxis; Author(s): Ann Murph

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  12. How can students better the transition from high school to college writing and what differences are what affect students the most?

    1. Preparing High School Students for College-Level Writing: Using ePortfolio to Support a Successful Transition. By: Acker, Stephen R. Halasek, Kay

    2. Turning Seniors into Freshmen. By: Donna Rodrigues, Cecilia Le

    3. Getting Kids Set for College. By: Anna Mulrine

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  14. What is the best way for students to convey their ideas to the audience and overcome "Writers Block"?

    1.Writing about Writing- rigid rules inflexible plans and the stifling of language by Mike Rose. Pg.263-248

    2. Brainstorming rules as assigned goals: Does brainstorming really improve idea quantity? By: Litchfield, Robert
    http://ezhost.utpa.edu:2060/ehost/detail?sid=4ce610d2-6a26-4d16-815a-8265814e2895%40sessionmgr114&vid=1&hid=111&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d

    3.How to get past writer's block: An experienced writer and coach on what's often at the source of this common affliction—and how to root it out and keep moving forward. By: Rabin, Staton
    http://ezhost.utpa.edu:2060/ehost/detail?sid=1563026d-0451-40ff-9d70-83b9291a4edd%40sessionmgr104&vid=2&hid=111&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=a9h&AN=31259234

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  15. How can I become a better writer?

    Ten ways to become a better writer
    Judy Rose: http://writingenglish.wordpress.com/2007/06/21/ten-ways-to-become-a-better-writer/

    Writing a research paper
    Purdue Owl: http://owl.english.purdue.edu

    Book Writing about writing: A college reader Doug Downs and Elizabeth Wardle

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