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Week 1 (Aug 21– 27)
Lesson 1 (online): Introduction to the course
Review the course syllabus and course schedule
Watch Inform Your Thinking: Episode 1 - Research is a Conversation
Lesson 2 (in class) Finding conversations in your field – Academic and professional discourse communities
Read
Post in Library Subject Guide Discussion by Friday Aug 25
Week 2 (Aug 25 – Sept 3)
Lesson 3: The Rhetorical Situation
Read Differentiating Among Popular, Scholarly, Trade Sources and Grey Literature
Read Understanding the Rhetorical Situation (BlackBoard)
Lesson 4: Choosing topics of interest
Read Narrowing a Topic (to a Research Question)
Read How to Write a Research Question
Post in Preliminary Research Questions discussion by Friday Sept 1
WEEK 3 (Sept 5 – 10)
Labor Day, Monday Sept 4 (University Closed)
Lesson 5: Evaluating sources
Watch: Check Yourself with Lateral Reading
Read /Watch Evaluating Information: SIFT (The Four Moves)
Lesson 6: Evaluating Sources
Small group work: Bring in one source you've found so far for evaluation
Post in Non-Academic Source Evaluation journal by Friday Sept 8
WEEK 4 (Sept 11– 17)
Lesson 7: Using keywords and search terms
Watch Generating Keywords
Post in Keywords discussion by Wednesday Sept 13
Lesson 8: Finding scholarly, peer reviewed sources
Read instructions for Research Log 2: Scholarly Sources
Read instructions for the Literature Review
Read Using Google Scholar @ Mason
Watch Doing an Advanced Mason Search and Managing Sources with Zotero
Research Log 1 and Reflection Due Friday Sept 15
WEEK 5 (Sept 18 – 24)
Lesson 9: Academic Sources
Read Evaluating (Academic) Sources
Read Discipline-Specific Citation Styles and APA Style Guide QuickGuide
Lesson 10: Advanced citation mining strategies
Read Find Sources Fast: Citation Mining
Complete Academic Source Evaluation (journal) by Friday Sept 22
WEEK 6 (Sept 25 – Oct 1)
Lesson 11: Incorporating Sources
Read these guides from the GMU Writing Center
Lesson 12: Synthesis
Watch Synthesis Matrix Tutorial
Read Instructions for Research Log 3
Research Log 2 and Reflection Due by Friday Sept 29
WEEK 7 (Oct 2 –8)
Lesson 13: Paraphrase Practice
Read Avoiding Plagiarism
Complete Paraphrase journal by Wednesday Oct 4
Lesson 14: Small group conferences in class focused on Research Log 3
WEEK 8 (Oct 10 – 15)
Fall Break: Monday classes/labs meet Tuesday. Tuesday classes do not meet this week.
Lesson 15: Literature Reviews
Reread instructions for the Literature Review
Read
Lesson 16: Literature Review examples
Explore GMU Libraries InfoGuide: Literature Reviews (Annual Reviews)
Research Log 3 and Reflection due Friday Oct 13
WEEK 9 (Oct 17 – 23)
Lesson 17: Complete Literature Review Outline (journal) by Wednesday October 18
Lesson 18: Review Citation styles
Explore Purdue Research and Citation Guides
Post in Citation Questions discussion by Friday Oct 20
WEEK 10 (Oct 23 –29)
Lesson 19: Peer Review Process
Lesson 20: Draft of Literature review for in class peer review Thursday Oct 26
WEEK 11 (Oct 30 – Nov 5)
Lesson 21: Revising and Editing
Read
Lesson 22: Revising and Editing
Read Reducing Informality in Academic Writing
Literature Review and Reflection due Friday Nov 3
WEEK 12 (Nov 5 – 12)
Lesson 23: Issue, Audience and Genre Analysis
Read Issue, Audience and Genre Analysis instructions (BlackBoard)
Lesson 24: Advocacy Letter samples
Stakeholder discussion on BlackBoard by Friday November 10
WEEK 13 (Nov 13 –19)
Lesson 25: Presenting an Argument
Read
Lesson 26: Issue, Audience and Genre Analysis due Friday Nov 17
WEEK 14 (Nov 20 – 22)
Thanksgiving Recess Nov 23 – 27
Lesson 27: Review
All revisions due by November 23 (see revision policy on syllabus)
Week 15 (Nov 27 – Dec 2)
Lesson 28: Advocacy Letter draft due Wednesday Nov 29
Lesson 28: Avocacy Letter Peer Reviews in class Thursday
Course evaluations
Advocacy letter due Sunday December 3
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