Entering the Academic Conversation : Strategies for Research Writing
ISBN: 9780132435970 | 0132435977
Edition: 1stFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Longman
Pub. Date: 12/14/2010
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Entering the Academic Conversation(not final) is a brief guide for doing research and academic writing in college, which welcomes students into the exchange of scholarly ideas within academic communities across the disciplines.
Contents
Preface for Instructors
Introduction
How We Research, and Why
Entering t... MORE
From Observation to Participation
Starting the Academic Writing Process Now
Making Decisions
Parts of Entering the Academic Conversation
Part 1 The Academic Conversation
Chapter 1 Seeing the Academic Conversation
Choosing Your Own Path
Defamiliarizing Ideas
Building Academic Literacy
Form or Content? Escaping the Report Paradigm
Increasing Responsibility for Knowledge
Writing to Seek “More Interesting Problems”
“Less Efficiency, More Mystery”
Considering Interdisciplinary Issues
Chapter 2 Building a Knowledge Base and Reading for Informative Purposes
Reading to Build Knowledge
Reading Informational Texts
Answering and Developing Questions
Reflecting on an Evolving Knowledge Base
Building on Information
Thinking Skeptically
Starting with Facts
Finding Motivation
Chapter 3 Integrating Academic Reading and Writing
Writing as a Process: More Conversation, Less Isolation
Essential Features of the Writing Process
Adding Sources in the Research Writing Process
Reading in the Conversation
Reading through Multiple Layers
The Reading and Writing Process at Work
Active Reading at Work
Using Margins to Annotate Texts
Developing Annotations with a Reading Log
Tracking Subject, Organization, and Purpose in Texts
Defining Unfamiliar Terms
Recording Significant Passages
Actively Integrating Academic Reading and Writing
Retracing the Author’s Steps: Notes and Bibliography
Chapter 4 Beginning the Research Process
Writing and Reflection: Finding a Subject Area and Creating a Research Question
Connecting Personal and Academic Goals
Positioning Your Topic and Question on a Scale of Abstraction
“A Rose by Any Other Name…”: Adding Hierarchical Order and Describing Relationships
The Scale of Abstraction outside Science
Finding Broader Contexts for Local Issues
Anticipating Your Research Purpose
Developing a Research Question: A Case Study
Making a Tentative Research Plan
Chapter 5 Locating and Evaluating Sources
Researching Large Holdings
Using Subject Headings
Doing Research Online
Distinguishing Types and Purposes of Materials
Peer Review–the Standard of Academic Credibility
The Peer Review Process in Government and Business
Doing Research with Online Databases–the Basics
Expanding and Limiting Terms with Boolean Operators
Specifying with Quotation Marks
Academic Search Premier Case Study
Reading the Academic Search Premier Title Screen
Hypertext Features in Online Databases
Additional Database Features: Limiters
Getting Articles and Other Sources: Online, Library Stacks, and Interlibrary Loan
Moving Beyond Online Access
Narrowing and Refining Searches–a Case Study
Finding the Database That’s Right for Your Research Field and Question
Chapter 6 Incorporating Source Material into Your Writing
Using Source Material Purposefully
Signaling Purpose
Using Quotations
Summarizing and Paraphrasing
When Do I Use a Summary, Paraphrase, or Quotation in My Research Writing?
Considering the Role of the Source Material
Summarizing and Paraphrasing with Purpose
Embedding Source Material in Your Point and Purpose: The Hourglass Approach
Adding Citations to Source Material: Page Numbers and Beyond
Quotes within Quotes: A Special (and Tricky) Case
Avoiding Plagiarism
Chapter 7 Using and Writing Bibliographies
More than Surveillance
Prompting Further Research
Maintaining a Working Bibliography
Basic Bibliographic Techniques
Locating Source Information for Bibliography Entries
Parenthetical Citation Systems–MLA and APA
Works Cited and References Lists
Footnote/Endnote Systems–Chicago and CSE
Documenting Electronic Sources and Online Databases
Using Explanatory Notes
Part 2 Research Writing Projects
Chapter 8 Explaining Academic Terms and Concepts
Acquiring Specialized Knowledge through Definition
Identifying the Conversation through Definition
Understanding Specialized Definitions
Writing Assignment
Drafting
Revising and Editing
Multidimensional Definition: Formal Peer Review
Writing Samples
Chapter 9 Summary and Critical Engagement
A “Door to Critical Literacy”
Writing Assignment
Summarizing–the Core of Academic Writing
| Rhetorical Analysis–Ethos, Logos, and Pathos
Ethos
Logos
Pathos |
Critical Engagement: Occupying a Position of Authority
Creating a Reading Log
Reading With and Against the Grain
The Pressure of Assumptions: a Case Study
Drafting and Revising Your Critical Engagement Essay
Critical Engagement: Formal Peer Review
Writing Samples
Chapter 10 Research Proposal and Annotated Bibliography
Forecasting and Planning the Project
Proposals inside and outside the Academic World
What You Plan to Do–and What You Plan Not to Do
Budgeting Time
Where Are You Now?
Using Your Sources’ Bibliographies to Find More Material
The Proposal: From Reflection to Forecasting
Writing Assignment
The Three-Paragraph Proposal
Essential Proposal Elements
Writing Annotations
Connecting the Strategies
Proposal/Annotated Bibliography: Formal Peer Review
Writing Samples
Chapter 11 The Exploratory Research Essay: En Route to a Thesis
Writing Assignment
“Hosting” Your Sources
Building on Core Skills
Drafting and Revising the Exploratory Research Essay
Introduction
Organization–Who’s on First?
Testing Structure: a Case Study
Narrating Process–Emphasizing Your Voice
Generating New Details: A Brief Introduction to Field Research Strategies
Making Informed and Relevant Use of Field Research Techniques
Analyzing Your Data
Human Subject Protocols/Institutional Review Board at Your Campus
Exploratory Research Essay: Formal Peer Review
Writing Samples
Chapter 12 The Formal Research Essay
Writing Assignment
Anchoring Your Paper with a Thesis Statement
What Is a Strong Thesis?
Embedding the Thesis Statement in Purpose and Organization
Thesis First?
Delaying the Thesis
Forecasting Argument and Organization
Outlining
The Evolving Outline
Organizational Strategies
Trying on a New Voice
Integrating General Audience and Scholarly Sources
Moving from Analysis to Synthesis
Anticipating and Addressing Counterarguments
Drafting and Revising the Formal Research Essay
Writing the Introduction
Writing Transitions between Major Parts
Writing the Conclusion
Revising
Formal Research Essay: Formal Peer Review
Writing Samples
Part 3
Chapter 13 Research Dossier: Readings on Surveillance
Darryl McAllister, “Law Enforcement Turns to Face-Recognition Technology”
John Gunders, “‘Here’s Lookin’ at You’: Video Surveillance and the Interpellated Body”
Nancy Nisbet, “Resisting Surveillance: Identity and Implantable Microchips”
Annabelle James and Chris Taylor, “Video Games: Some Pitfalls of Video Evidence”
Nicholas B. King, “The Influence of Anxiety: September 11, Bioterrorism, and American Public Health”
Gary T. Marx, “What’s New about the “New Surveillance”?: Classifying for Change and Continuity”
Part 4
Chapter 14 Design and Editing
Formatting
Offset Quotations
Elements of Argument
Developing Rogerian Arguments
Purpose
Organization
Integrating Visual Elements into an Argument
Ensuring Clarity: Paragraphs and Sentences
Tense
Voice
Style
Subject-Verb Agreement
Punctuation
Spelling: Homophones and Idioms
Capitalization
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