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).
Research Questions & Keywords (HW for Monday)
I want everyone to write your research question here and which keywords you're going to try for your first attempt at using databases for your research. You must use a database at first (no google, yahoo, ask.com, etc.). Read through everyone's posts and offer advice about keywords when you see some you think might not work or some that have worked for you if you've already started doing your research. Ask questions if you have them, too, of course:).
Homework for Monday, August 1
Here's your homework for Monday:
1. I've put the researched project assignment in the 1302sII folder in Google Docs, and I'd like you to read it. Post here and write a summary of it. What is it asking you to do? What questions do you have about it? It's not your typical research project assignment, so it may take reading a couple of times:).
2. I'd like you to generate some keywords to use in your database research for your research question. If you haven't revised your research question to really reflect what your interest is yet, you might find choosing appropriate keywords difficult. For instance, some of you have questions that are still pretty general (How can I become a better writer?) and using "writing" as a keyword will get you millions of hits, so it's not useful as a sole keyword. You'd need to combine it with other things:). Hopefully, you'll learn about this from "Research 101," but we'll all be available to help you when and if you hit roadblocks. I want you to write about what your research question is and what keywords you're using here on the blog (in the "Research Questions & Keywords" post) so you can help one another, learn from what's working or not for others, and I can help more than one of you at a time who might have similar questions/problems.
3. Start your database research and try to locate at least 3 articles/books/book chapters that look promising for your question. Post those on the blog under "First Sources--8/1/11."
1. I've put the researched project assignment in the 1302sII folder in Google Docs, and I'd like you to read it. Post here and write a summary of it. What is it asking you to do? What questions do you have about it? It's not your typical research project assignment, so it may take reading a couple of times:).
2. I'd like you to generate some keywords to use in your database research for your research question. If you haven't revised your research question to really reflect what your interest is yet, you might find choosing appropriate keywords difficult. For instance, some of you have questions that are still pretty general (How can I become a better writer?) and using "writing" as a keyword will get you millions of hits, so it's not useful as a sole keyword. You'd need to combine it with other things:). Hopefully, you'll learn about this from "Research 101," but we'll all be available to help you when and if you hit roadblocks. I want you to write about what your research question is and what keywords you're using here on the blog (in the "Research Questions & Keywords" post) so you can help one another, learn from what's working or not for others, and I can help more than one of you at a time who might have similar questions/problems.
3. Start your database research and try to locate at least 3 articles/books/book chapters that look promising for your question. Post those on the blog under "First Sources--8/1/11."
Friday's Work (7/29/11)
A little later on this afternoon, I'm going to put up your major research project assignment (I'll put it on Google Docs in the 1302sII folder). But, in preparation for that, I want you to go to our library's tutorial on doing research--"Research 101"--and read through it carefully with your research question in mind. I'd also like you to explore the library site so you can see what kinds of stuff is available there (especially the "Chat with a librarian" feature and other ways you can get help from the librarians, even when you can't physically get to the library). Respond to this post after you've done the tutorial. Ask any questions you have about the library and doing research via the library.
Good Databases for Work in Reading, Writing, and Research: JSTOR, ERIC (education database), and CompPile (a rhetoric and composition database housed on the web). There are others, of course, especially depending on your research question, so be prepared to spend some time looking for sources--and asking the librarians for help (can i say that too many times?).
Good Databases for Work in Reading, Writing, and Research: JSTOR, ERIC (education database), and CompPile (a rhetoric and composition database housed on the web). There are others, of course, especially depending on your research question, so be prepared to spend some time looking for sources--and asking the librarians for help (can i say that too many times?).
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Student Researchers
Post here if you've chosen "student researchers" as the construct most relevant to your research question, but please read "Thursday's (7/28/11) Work" post first if you haven't already. If you've chosen a different construct. you don't need to respond to this one.
I want you to be as detailed as possible in your responses to these questions, so please don't think about answering this post in list or Q&A form. Try to compose paragraphs that get at all of the questions, but in a coherent, well thought through way.
--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?
Remember to read everyone's comments and make at least 1 additional reply (though what I really hope to see is a conversation develop and your collective ideas advance about the issue).
I want you to be as detailed as possible in your responses to these questions, so please don't think about answering this post in list or Q&A form. Try to compose paragraphs that get at all of the questions, but in a coherent, well thought through way.
--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?
Remember to read everyone's comments and make at least 1 additional reply (though what I really hope to see is a conversation develop and your collective ideas advance about the issue).
Good Student Writing
Post here if you've chosen good student writing as the construct most relevant to your research question, but please read "Thursday's (7/28/11) Work" post first if you haven't already. If you've chosen a different construct. you don't need to respond to this one.
I want you to be as detailed as possible in your responses to these questions, so please don't think about answering this post in list or Q&A form. Try to compose paragraphs that get at all of the questions, but in a coherent, well thought through way.
--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?
Remember to read everyone's comments and make at least 1 additional reply (though what I really hope to see is a conversation develop and your collective ideas advance about the issue).
I want you to be as detailed as possible in your responses to these questions, so please don't think about answering this post in list or Q&A form. Try to compose paragraphs that get at all of the questions, but in a coherent, well thought through way.
--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?
Remember to read everyone's comments and make at least 1 additional reply (though what I really hope to see is a conversation develop and your collective ideas advance about the issue).
Good Writing
Post here if you've chosen good writing as the construct most relevant to your research question, but please read "Thursday's (7/28/11) Work" post first if you haven't already. If you've chosen a different construct. you don't need to respond to this one.
I want you to be as detailed as possible in your responses to these questions, so please don't think about answering this post in list or Q&A form. Try to compose paragraphs that get at all of the questions, but in a coherent, well thought through way.
--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?)
Remember to read everyone's comments and make at least 1 additional reply (though what I really hope to see is a conversation develop and your collective ideas advance about the issue).
I want you to be as detailed as possible in your responses to these questions, so please don't think about answering this post in list or Q&A form. Try to compose paragraphs that get at all of the questions, but in a coherent, well thought through way.
--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?)
Remember to read everyone's comments and make at least 1 additional reply (though what I really hope to see is a conversation develop and your collective ideas advance about the issue).
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