Thursday's (7/28/11) Work

I've taken a look at the calendar and have decided to do things a little differently. We have just over three weeks left and rather than asking you to do three separate projects, I'm going to ask you to do one--with several parts. It'll cut down on the need to do major revisions of 3 separate projects, and the learning outcomes will be the same. I'm assuming that'll be ok with you:).

Yesterday, I asked you to revise your research question and write about some of the major constructs connected to your research question and the misconceptions about those constructs. As I've been reading your responses, it occurs to me that some of you might be making that last part too hard, so I'm going to give you a little more guidance. I want you to choose one of the following constructs to write about. Choose just one--whichever one is most relevant to your research question and post your responses to the appropriate blog post (I'll put up one for each). And I want you to read one another's posts and respond to at least 2. Use this as an opportunity to refine your ideas, particularly as they relate to your potential research question. If you have a question about which one is more relevant to your research question, send me an email at jcharlton@utpa.edu [due: Friday morning by 10am]

-Good Readers/Reading (What is your idea of good reading? Where have your ideas about what it means to be a "good reader" come from? How have the readings we've done so far influenced your ideas about what good readers do? What misconceptions do you think people have about "good readers" or "good reading"? How might we go about changing those misconceptions? )
-Good Writers (What is your idea of a "good writer"? Where have your ideas about what it means to be a "good writer" come from? How have the readings we've done so far influenced your ideas about what good writers do? What misconceptions do you think people have about "good writers"? How might we go about changing those misconceptions? )
-Good Writing (What is your idea of good writing? Where have your ideas about what "good writing" come from? How have the readings we've done so far influenced your ideas about what good writing is? What misconceptions do you think people have about "good writing"? How might we go about changing those misconceptions?)
-Student Writers (What is your idea of "good student writing"? Where have your ideas about what it means to be a "good student writer" come from? How have the readings we've done so far influenced your ideas about what good student writers do? What misconceptions do you think people have about "good student writers"? How might we go about changing those misconceptions? )
-Student Researchers (What do you think student researchers are supposed to do? Where have your ideas about what it means to be a "good student researcher" come from? How have the readings we've done so far influenced your ideas about what good student researchers do? What misconceptions do you think people have about "student research"? How might we go about changing those misconceptions? )