Chapter 11 of The Bedford Researcher explains and guids through developing a well thought out thesis statement
11a: How can i use my sources and position statement?
*Review my position statement thouroughly
*Review my notes
-identify important information
-consider whether the informationi've identified in my notes will allow me to persue academic interest's
-review elaborate ideas and arguments
*Consider my purpose and role
-Have my purposes changed? How?
-Has my role as a writer changed? How?
11b: How can i draft my thsis statement?
Identify important information, ideas, and arguemtns assaciated with my position.
Draft alternatives (atleast 4)
*Consider the type of document you plan to write
-Argumentitive
-Informative
-Opinionative
Focus thesis statement
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
The Bedford Researcher: Chapter 10 Searching for Informaion with Field Research Methods
Chapter 10 the The Bedford Researcher is about using different kinds of research methods to find reliable informoation such as television reports.
10a: When should i use field research methods?
*if published sources address your issue from a perspective that you dont find usefull
*if you are interested in an issue that most people think of as settled
*if you come up with a new idea or argument that seems resonable or obvious
*if your line of arguement cn be strengthened by including primary sources in your document.
10b: How can i use interviews to collect information?
Decide Whether to Conduct an Interview:
Interview people in person, online interviews. Interviews are current.
Plan Your Interview:
Who to interview, what to ask, how to conduct your interview. Analyz results. Look for new inforamation
*look for statements that confirm or contradict information
*look for inconsistancies
*is the information is relevent
*is the person being interviewed qualified
10c: How can i use observation to collect information?
Decide Whether to Conduct an Obvservation: Some topics are more suited to observation than others.
Plan Your Observation:
*What should you observe and how often should you observe it
*What to look for
*Whether you need permission to observe
Conduct Your Observation
10a: When should i use field research methods?
*if published sources address your issue from a perspective that you dont find usefull
*if you are interested in an issue that most people think of as settled
*if you come up with a new idea or argument that seems resonable or obvious
*if your line of arguement cn be strengthened by including primary sources in your document.
10b: How can i use interviews to collect information?
Decide Whether to Conduct an Interview:
Interview people in person, online interviews. Interviews are current.
Plan Your Interview:
Who to interview, what to ask, how to conduct your interview. Analyz results. Look for new inforamation
*look for statements that confirm or contradict information
*look for inconsistancies
*is the information is relevent
*is the person being interviewed qualified
10c: How can i use observation to collect information?
Decide Whether to Conduct an Obvservation: Some topics are more suited to observation than others.
Plan Your Observation:
*What should you observe and how often should you observe it
*What to look for
*Whether you need permission to observe
Conduct Your Observation
The Bedford Researcher: Chapter 7 Avoiding Plagiarism
Chapter 7 of The Bedford Researcher is about avoiding plagiarism. He explains what plagiarism is and how to avoid doing it.
7a: What is plagiarism?
Plagiarism involves either unintentionally using someone else's work without properly acknowleging where the ideas or information came from or intentionally passing someone else's work off as their own.
7b: What are research ehics?
Research ethics is an honest exchange of informatio, ideas, and arguments among writers and readers who share an interents in an issue.
7c: What is common knowledge?
Common knowlege is information widley known/ information so obvious there is no point in stating it. "Pointing out the obvious"
7d:What is fair use and when should i ask permission to use a source?
How much of a source can you borrow or quote. Writers can use copywrited materials for purposes of criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholorship, or research.
7e: How can i avoid plagiarism?
*conduct a knowlege inventory
*take notes carfully
*distinguish between your ideas and those drawn from your sources
*cite sources in the text and in works cited or reference list
*recognize misconceptions about intentional plagarism
7a: What is plagiarism?
Plagiarism involves either unintentionally using someone else's work without properly acknowleging where the ideas or information came from or intentionally passing someone else's work off as their own.
7b: What are research ehics?
Research ethics is an honest exchange of informatio, ideas, and arguments among writers and readers who share an interents in an issue.
7c: What is common knowledge?
Common knowlege is information widley known/ information so obvious there is no point in stating it. "Pointing out the obvious"
7d:What is fair use and when should i ask permission to use a source?
How much of a source can you borrow or quote. Writers can use copywrited materials for purposes of criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholorship, or research.
7e: How can i avoid plagiarism?
*conduct a knowlege inventory
*take notes carfully
*distinguish between your ideas and those drawn from your sources
*cite sources in the text and in works cited or reference list
*recognize misconceptions about intentional plagarism
Thursday, January 23, 2014
Quotation Practice
EXAMPLE: John Taylor Gatto, a school teacher for over thirty years, observed the behaviors of students from the motivated to the unmotivated. He is the author of Against School: How Public Education Cripples Our Schools, And Why, he stated “Boredom was everywhere in my world, and if you asked the kids, as I often did, why they felt so bored, they always gave the same answers: They said the work was stupid, that it made no sense, that they already knew it. They said they wanted to be doing something real, not just sitting around.”
Dr Fred Hartgens is a sports medicine specialist at the Bij Sports medicine center. He stated in his article "Effects of Androgenic-Anabolic Steroids in Athletes" that "The main untoward effects of short- and long-term AAS abuse that male athletes most often self-report are an increase in sexual drive, the occurrence of acne vulgaris, increased body hair and increment of aggressive behavior."
Dr. Harm Kuipers, has a doctoral in Physiology from the University of Limberg. She describes the withdrawal symptoms of anabolic steroids in her web article "ANABOLIC STEROIDS: Side Effects" "Anabolic steroid users may become dependent on the drug, with symptoms of withdrawal after cessation of drug use. The withdrawal symptoms consist of aggressive and violent behavior, mental depression with suicidal behavior, mood changes, and in some cases acute psychosis."
Dr Fred Hartgens is a sports medicine specialist at the Bij Sports medicine center. He stated in his article "Effects of Androgenic-Anabolic Steroids in Athletes" that "The main untoward effects of short- and long-term AAS abuse that male athletes most often self-report are an increase in sexual drive, the occurrence of acne vulgaris, increased body hair and increment of aggressive behavior."
Dr. Harm Kuipers, has a doctoral in Physiology from the University of Limberg. She describes the withdrawal symptoms of anabolic steroids in her web article "ANABOLIC STEROIDS: Side Effects" "Anabolic steroid users may become dependent on the drug, with symptoms of withdrawal after cessation of drug use. The withdrawal symptoms consist of aggressive and violent behavior, mental depression with suicidal behavior, mood changes, and in some cases acute psychosis."
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
The Bedford Researcher: Chapter 6 Managing Information and Taking Notes
Chapter 6 of the Bedford Researcher explains and guides you on how to properly order your notes on your research subject.
6a: How can I save and organize the information I find?:
Decide How to Save and Organize Print Information:
*Written notes
*Printouts
* Articles from library
*Printed word processing documents
*Books, magazines, newspaper articles
-Create and organized scheme that helps you locate your printed materials, stick with your scheme, make sure the printed documents provide compete publication information, date notes.
Save organized digital information through: Copy/ paste, Downloading, using email, or even using my phon. etc. etc.
TAKE NOTES!!!
Taking notes benifits by helping me keep track of the most important information ideas and arguments.
Helps me understand my sources more thoroughly.
How should i take notes? Choose a method and consistently use it.(By hand, note cards, photocopies, notebook, random sheets of paper etc.)
Quote Directly: Direct quotation is an exact copy of text from sources.
6a: How can I save and organize the information I find?:
Decide How to Save and Organize Print Information:
*Written notes
*Printouts
* Articles from library
*Printed word processing documents
*Books, magazines, newspaper articles
-Create and organized scheme that helps you locate your printed materials, stick with your scheme, make sure the printed documents provide compete publication information, date notes.
Save organized digital information through: Copy/ paste, Downloading, using email, or even using my phon. etc. etc.
TAKE NOTES!!!
Taking notes benifits by helping me keep track of the most important information ideas and arguments.
Helps me understand my sources more thoroughly.
How should i take notes? Choose a method and consistently use it.(By hand, note cards, photocopies, notebook, random sheets of paper etc.)
Quote Directly: Direct quotation is an exact copy of text from sources.
The Bedford Researcher: Chapter 3 Developing Your Research Question and Proposal
Chapter 3 of The Bedford Researcher guides you through developing a research question or proposal.
3a: How can I develop my research question?
Research question is a brief question that directs your efforts to correct, critically read and evaluate your sources. Explains that developing my research question involves reflecting on my writing situation, generating potential research questions, crafting questions that reflect my writing situation, and choosing/ refining my question.
Step 1: Reflect on Your Writing Situation: Ask myself whether what I've learned has changed my understanding of my writing situation,what I'd like to learn next, and how strongly my intention to understand my writing situation is.
Step 2:Generate Potential Research Questions: Combine a specific focus.
Step 3 Craft Question that Reflect Your Writing Situation:Review potential research questions and select one that interests me the most. Use specific question words; what, why, where, who, and how. Possibly use words such as could, would.
Step 4: Select and Refine Your Research Question: Refer to Shared assumptions and existing conditions - Narrow the scope of my research question - conduct preliminary sources
Research Proposal: Formal presentation of my plan for my research writing project-
*Title Page
*An introduction
*A review of literature
*An explanation of how well you collect information
*A project timeline
*A working bibliography
3a: How can I develop my research question?
Research question is a brief question that directs your efforts to correct, critically read and evaluate your sources. Explains that developing my research question involves reflecting on my writing situation, generating potential research questions, crafting questions that reflect my writing situation, and choosing/ refining my question.
Step 1: Reflect on Your Writing Situation: Ask myself whether what I've learned has changed my understanding of my writing situation,what I'd like to learn next, and how strongly my intention to understand my writing situation is.
Step 2:Generate Potential Research Questions: Combine a specific focus.
Step 3 Craft Question that Reflect Your Writing Situation:Review potential research questions and select one that interests me the most. Use specific question words; what, why, where, who, and how. Possibly use words such as could, would.
Step 4: Select and Refine Your Research Question: Refer to Shared assumptions and existing conditions - Narrow the scope of my research question - conduct preliminary sources
Research Proposal: Formal presentation of my plan for my research writing project-
*Title Page
*An introduction
*A review of literature
*An explanation of how well you collect information
*A project timeline
*A working bibliography
Thursday, January 16, 2014
Chapter 5 Evaluation Tutorial
For the tutorial i used an article in CNN Politics; Christie administration lawyers up; subpoenas going out
1. Check Domain: It is a .com domain, business
2. Check Headline: Christie administration lawyers up; subpoenas going out
3 .Search for Information on Site: By Tom Cohen, CNN
2. Check Headline: Christie administration lawyers up; subpoenas going out
3 .Search for Information on Site: By Tom Cohen, CNN
4. Check Timelines: updated 5:10 PM EST, Thu January 16, 2014
5. Read the Body Text: Opinion: Sure, Christie's team did wrong, but Jersey Dems are just as bad
CNN's Shimon Prokupecz, Ashley Killough, John King and Laura Koran contributed to this report.
6. Check Page Footers For Information: 
© 2014 Cable News Network. Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
© 2014 Cable News Network. Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. All Rights Reserved.The Bedford Researcher: Chapter 5 Evaluating Sources
Chapter 5 of the Bedford Researcher is about examining a sources relevance, evidence, author, publisher, timelines, comprehensiveness, and genre.
5a: Evaluate Relevance: Relevance is the extent in which a source provides infomation about a research project. Important Q's to ask are about your purpose and autience.
Evaluate Evidence: Basically urges the reader to ask important Q's like is enough evidence offered? Is the right kind of evidence offered? Is the evidence used fairly? etc.
Evaluate the author: urges you to make sure that the author of your source is credible/knowledgeable. Tells you to considers Q's like; what id the authors affiliation? How do the authors Biases affect the information?
Evaluate the Publisher: Publisher is a person/group that prints or produces the document. Ask the following Q's: How can you locate information about the publisher? How do publishers biases affect information?
Evaluate timelines: Sources publication date. Articles written on sources nearest to the event you're writing about are most likely very credible.
Evaluate Comprehensiveness: Source provides a complete and balanced view of the topic.
Evaluate Genre: Documentation type. Understand information, ideas, arguments. Ask the following Q's:
What style of writing does the genre use? How is evidence used? How is the genre organized? What citation style is used? How is the document designed?
5a: Evaluate Relevance: Relevance is the extent in which a source provides infomation about a research project. Important Q's to ask are about your purpose and autience.
Evaluate Evidence: Basically urges the reader to ask important Q's like is enough evidence offered? Is the right kind of evidence offered? Is the evidence used fairly? etc.
Evaluate the author: urges you to make sure that the author of your source is credible/knowledgeable. Tells you to considers Q's like; what id the authors affiliation? How do the authors Biases affect the information?
Evaluate the Publisher: Publisher is a person/group that prints or produces the document. Ask the following Q's: How can you locate information about the publisher? How do publishers biases affect information?
Evaluate timelines: Sources publication date. Articles written on sources nearest to the event you're writing about are most likely very credible.
Evaluate Comprehensiveness: Source provides a complete and balanced view of the topic.
Evaluate Genre: Documentation type. Understand information, ideas, arguments. Ask the following Q's:
What style of writing does the genre use? How is evidence used? How is the genre organized? What citation style is used? How is the document designed?
List of Possible Research Topics
- Steroid use in competitive sports
- The use of stretching to combat muscle soreness
- Global Hunger
- Olympic sports ______
-Birth rate in China
- The use of stretching to combat muscle soreness
- Global Hunger
- Olympic sports ______
-Birth rate in China
The Besfor Researcher: Chapter 4 Reading Critically
Chapter 4 of the Bedford Researcher teaches how to read critically
4a: How does reading critically differ from evaluating?
Critically reading focuses your attention on making sense of the source. Evaluating focuses your attention on how reliably your source presents its information.
4b: How can I use my research question to read critically?
Research Question: Focuses your attention on your issue, provides the foundation for your search plan, and directs you to specific sources as you collect information.
Develop a Position Statement: Brainstorm of free-wright in response to your research question. Draft a brief statement of your position and use it to guide your critical thinking.
4c: How can i read with an attitude? Accept nothing at face value; ask questions; look for similarities and differences among the sources you read; examine the implications of what you read for your research project; be on alert for unusual information; and not relevant sources and information.
Approach a Source with Your Writing Situation in Mind: Think about your research question and position statement; your purpose and role;
4a: How does reading critically differ from evaluating?
Critically reading focuses your attention on making sense of the source. Evaluating focuses your attention on how reliably your source presents its information.
4b: How can I use my research question to read critically?
Research Question: Focuses your attention on your issue, provides the foundation for your search plan, and directs you to specific sources as you collect information.
Develop a Position Statement: Brainstorm of free-wright in response to your research question. Draft a brief statement of your position and use it to guide your critical thinking.
4c: How can i read with an attitude? Accept nothing at face value; ask questions; look for similarities and differences among the sources you read; examine the implications of what you read for your research project; be on alert for unusual information; and not relevant sources and information.
Approach a Source with Your Writing Situation in Mind: Think about your research question and position statement; your purpose and role;
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
The Bedford Researcher: Chapter 2 Exploring and Focusing
Chapter 2 of the Bedford Researcher describes Exploring and Focusing on a topic.
Step 1: Create a Plan to Explore Your Topic - a list of perople who can discuss your topic -a list of Q's you can ask people - a system for keeping track of the information you collect - a list of resources to search and browse
Step 2: Discuss Your Topic with Others - Talking about your topic with people who know about it or have been affected by it can provide you with insights that are not available through other sources.
Step 3: Conduct Preliminary Observations - Observing can provide you with information that isnt available from other sources.
Step 4: Find and Review Sources - Search librarys online catalogs, brows librarys shelves, news stands, bookstores databases etc.
2b: How can i focus on an issue?
Step 1: Identify Conversations about Issues in Your Topic - Look for patterns in the information, ideas, and arguements you encounter in your sources
Step 2: Assass Your Interest in the Issue - Determine your personal interests in each issue by asking what interests you most about each one
Step 3: Choose an Idea - Select the strongest candidate and the one that interests you the most
Step 1: Create a Plan to Explore Your Topic - a list of perople who can discuss your topic -a list of Q's you can ask people - a system for keeping track of the information you collect - a list of resources to search and browse
Step 2: Discuss Your Topic with Others - Talking about your topic with people who know about it or have been affected by it can provide you with insights that are not available through other sources.
Step 3: Conduct Preliminary Observations - Observing can provide you with information that isnt available from other sources.
Step 4: Find and Review Sources - Search librarys online catalogs, brows librarys shelves, news stands, bookstores databases etc.
2b: How can i focus on an issue?
Step 1: Identify Conversations about Issues in Your Topic - Look for patterns in the information, ideas, and arguements you encounter in your sources
Step 2: Assass Your Interest in the Issue - Determine your personal interests in each issue by asking what interests you most about each one
Step 3: Choose an Idea - Select the strongest candidate and the one that interests you the most
The Bedford Researcher: Chapter 1 Gettin Started
Chapter 1 of the Bedfor Researcher explains on how to write a research paper with confidence.
Take Ownership of Your Project: This basically means to find something about your research topic that appeals to your interests.
Understand Research Writing Prosesses: He describes how understanding your research paper will help you accomplish your purposes as a writer.
Learn How to Work with Sources: Learning how to identify promising sources, then how to read, evaluate, take notes on, and decide how to use the information.
Learn How to Develope a Position: Single most important idea, insight, or argument that their readers will gain by reading thei topic.
Understanding Genre and Design: Genre (types of documents) Design (the appearence of thsoe documents)
Understand the Importance of Readers ad Context: Contexts that involve one reader. Contexts that involve any readers. Historical, cultural or physical context.
Prepare to Manage Your Time: If time isnt well manages could possible spent to much time collecting information than actually working with it.
1b: How can I choose and appropriate topic?
1. Analyze Your Asignment
2.Generate Ideas About Appropriate Topics
3. Consider Your Witing Situation
Take Ownership of Your Project: This basically means to find something about your research topic that appeals to your interests.
Understand Research Writing Prosesses: He describes how understanding your research paper will help you accomplish your purposes as a writer.
Learn How to Work with Sources: Learning how to identify promising sources, then how to read, evaluate, take notes on, and decide how to use the information.
Learn How to Develope a Position: Single most important idea, insight, or argument that their readers will gain by reading thei topic.
Understanding Genre and Design: Genre (types of documents) Design (the appearence of thsoe documents)
Understand the Importance of Readers ad Context: Contexts that involve one reader. Contexts that involve any readers. Historical, cultural or physical context.
Prepare to Manage Your Time: If time isnt well manages could possible spent to much time collecting information than actually working with it.
1b: How can I choose and appropriate topic?
1. Analyze Your Asignment
2.Generate Ideas About Appropriate Topics
3. Consider Your Witing Situation
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