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| Understanding Research: Purpose, Product, and Process | |
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| Overview: The Purpose of Academic Research | |
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| Assignment 1-1: Start a Research Notebook | |
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| Initial Inquiries | |
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| How Argument Works in Research Writing Ethos, Pathos, and Logos | |
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| Consensus and Controversy | |
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| Paradigms and Warrants | |
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| The Structure of an Academic Argument | |
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| Analyzing Arguments | |
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| Logical Fallacies | |
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| Some Common Fallacies to Notice in Reading and Avoid in Writing | |
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| Finding the Arguments: Some Basics of Library Research | |
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| Research and Writing Projects | |
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| Assignment 1-2: Preliminary Search of the Library to Collect Basic Information | |
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| Assignment 1-3-A: Investigate Who Does Research and What Part It Plays in Your College or University | |
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| Assignment 1-3-B (Individual Work): Short Written Profile | |
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| Assignment 1-2-C (Group Work): Group Oral Report on Findings | |
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| Interviews as Research | |
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| Effective Interviewing | |
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| Assignment 1-4-A: Interviewing Researchers and Users of Research | |
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| Assignment 1-4-B (Individual Work): Written Repot | |
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| Assignment 1-4-C (Group Work): Oral Report | |
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| Closing Inquiries | |
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| Reading, Evaluating, and Responding to Arguments | |
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| Overview: Reading and Research | |
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| Initial Inquiries | |
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| Reading Complex Arguments | |
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| Reading for Audience and Purpose | |
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| Reading Guide | |
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| Reading for the Argument | |
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| Reading to See the Construction of the Argument | |
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| Reading for Information | |
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| Assignment 2-1-A: Reading Questions and Sentence Summary | |
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| Reading: Alfie Kohn, "The Dangerous Myth of Grade Inflation," The Chronicle of Higher Education | |
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| Assignment 2-1-B:Reread, Highlighting for Cues to Audience | |
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| Evaluating Sources | |
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| Arguments and Expertise: Peer Review | |
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| Checklist for Evaluating Sources | |
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| Sidebar: Codes of Ethics and the Professions | |
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| Evaluating the Reliability of Online Sources | |
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| Assignment 2-2: Written Evaluation of the By Alfie Kohn, Based on These Criteria | |
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| Taking Accurate Research Notes: Quotation, Paraphrase, and Summary | |
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| Strategies for Note Taking | |
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| Taking Research Notes From Written or On-Line Text | |
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| Taking Research Notes on "Real Time" Events | |