Writing/Reading HW (A-plus writer) only
Aseeloo23ANALYTICAL PAPER GUIDELINES
“All our knowledge results from questions, which is another way of saying that questioning is our most important intellectual tool."~Neil Postman
A research paper presents the results of your investigations on a selected topic. Based on your own thoughts and the facts and ideas you have gathered from a variety of sources, a research paper is a creation that is uniquely yours. The experience of gathering, interpreting, and documenting information, developing and organizing ideas and conclusions, and communicating them clearly will prove to be an important and satisfying part of your education.
Your research paper will couple two ideas: TECHNOLOGY and your FUTURE CAREER FIELD.
How has ONE particular technology revolutionized the professional career field?
Writing about the Internet, the computer, the cell phone is too broad. Choose a specific technology that has revolutionized the career field.
The purpose of this assignment is to create an interesting, thoughtful, and well-supported analysis of the ways in which one technology affected, shaped, limited, strengthened, corrupted, challenged - the list goes on and on – your particular field. The research paper is not simply informative – your thesis statement must be ANALYTICAL and supported by SCHOLARLY RESEARCH.
Writing is a series of stages that enhance larger course goals. While the final product of the unit is the finished essay, the process includes the following components: topic proposal, incorporating research exercise, formal outline, rough draft, peer feedback, and rough draft revisions. Completion of each step to the writing process leads to a well-developed and supported research paper.
Grading Rubric - review the grading rubric to ensure that you meet the expectations for this assignment
CRITERIA
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8-10 pages in length
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not including title page or reference page
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If you fall short or exceed, you will lose 5% of your possible points. I will stop reading the paper after 10 pages - any part of the paper after page 10 I will not review/grade.
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APA format
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follow the 6th edition, which is outlined on pages 463-510 of the textbook.
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Written in third person
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10 scholarly sources
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Use scholarly research articles that include original research by the authors.
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Most newspaper and magazine articles, whether in print or electronic form, are allowed but they are written for a popular audience do not count as scholarly material.
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Use of Wikipedia, Pro-con.com, or the Opposing Viewpoints database is not permitted.
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You may add non-scholarly sources once you have met the five scholarly sources minimum; you should, however, recognize that these may reduce the reader’s respect for your research standards.
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You are limited in the amounts of quoted material you are allowed to include. You must WRITE this paper, not assemble a series of ideas from your extras. No more than 15% of your paper can be direct quotes from other people's writing.
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Turnitin.com
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you will submit the rough draft, revision, and final copy to turnitin.com
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peer and instructor will take place through turnitin.com
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LEARNING OUTCOMES
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Raise significant and relevant questions
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Locate, organize, analyze, and interpret data
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Express ideas clearly in oral, written, and visual work
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Use technological tools to research new information, solve problems, and communicate effectively
RESEARCH PAPER TIPS
Organization
While there're always multiple ways to organize any kind of essay, the most user friendly is: introduction with thesis, evidence and support for each area listed in the thesis, and conclusion. A template document is provided for your use.
Sources
Using other people's arguments, especially those from reputable sources, to support your own argument is often an effective and necessary means of argumentation. For this essay, you're expected to include at least ten scholarly sources. Remember that you must cite in the text every idea, fact, and statistic that you gather from your source material. These citations should not simply be plugged in at the end of the paragraph, (despite what you may have been taught), but should follow the sentence that includes it. You cannot have too many in-text citations, but you need to balance your in-text citations with detailed analysis to relate to and support your claim (thesis).
The use of back-to-back quotes, (two quotes in sequence without transitional words from the author leading into and out of the quotes), is strongly discouraged as this will weaken the impact of your writing. It reduces the power of each quote and distances the author from the flow of the paper and the reader. In your argument, you need to show on the References page (equivalent to the Works Cited page used in MLA style) only those sources you wind up using in your paper.
Writing Basics
I expect students enrolled in this class to have acquired adequate fundamentals of composition. Beyond the simple use of spell check and grammar checks, I also anticipate that you’ll have developed the habit of proofreading to ensure your work is free of typographical, spelling, and punctuation errors. Reading your work aloud is one of the best ways to catch and hear errors in wording, structure, and organization. At this level of composition, no mention of conventional sentence structure and use of careful paragraph breaks should be needed, but if you know these are elements you struggle with, please use the tutors in the Tutoring Centers and through the eTutoring online tutoring service.
CHECKLIST: ANALYSIS PAPER
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Is your topic on a technology in your future career field?
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Does your essay include an analytical thesis statement?
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Have you adequately defined terms used for your argument?
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Have you taken into consideration the values, beliefs, opinions of your audience?
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Have you been fair and addressed counterarguments?
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Have you supported your claims with evidence?
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Have you established credibility?
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Have you documented all information that was not your own?
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Have you reviewed the Originality Report and made the proper corrections?
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Have you constructed logical arguments?
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Have you avoided logical fallacies?
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Have you provided your readers with adequate background information?
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Have you presented your points in a clear and concise manner and organized them understandably?
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Have you written an interesting introduction and a strong conclusion to your paper?
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Have you reviewed the grading rubric?