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Week 1 (Jan 16 – 21)
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 Jan 19
Week 2 (Jan 22 – 28)
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 Jan 26
WEEK 3 (Jan 29 – Feb 4)
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 Feb 2
WEEK 4 (Feb 5 – 11)
Lesson 7: Using keywords and search terms
Watch Generating Keywords
Post in Keywords discussion by Wednesday Feb 7
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 Feb 9
WEEK 5 (Feb 12 – 18)
Lesson 9: Advanced citation mining strategies
Read Find Sources Fast: Citation Mining
Lesson 10:
Read Evaluating (Academic) Sources
Read Discipline-Specific Citation Styles and APA Style Guide QuickGuide
Complete Academic Source Evaluation (journal) by Friday Feb 16
WEEK 6 (Feb 19 – 25)
Lesson 11: Synthesis
Watch Synthesis Matrix Tutorial
Read Instructions for Research Log 3
Lesson 12: Incorporating Sources
Read these guides from the GMU Writing Center
Research Log 2 and Reflection Due by Friday Feb 23
WEEK 7 (Feb 26 – March 3)
Lesson 13: Paraphrase Practice
Read Avoiding Plagiarism
Complete Paraphrase journal by Wednesday Oct 4
Lesson 14: Review Incorporating Sources
WEEK 8 (March 4 –10)
Spring Break
WEEK 9 (March 11 – 17)
Lesson 15: Literature Reviews
Reread instructions for the Literature Review
Read
Lesson 16: Literature Review examples
Explore GMU Libraries InfoGuide: Literature Reviews
Research Log 3 and Reflection due Friday March 15
WEEK 10 (March 18 – 24)
Lesson 17: Complete Literature Review Outline (journal) by Wednesday March 20
Lesson 18: Review Citation styles
Explore Purdue Research and Citation Guides
Post in Citation Questions discussion by Friday March 22
WEEK 11 (March 25 – 31)
Lesson 19: Peer Review Process
Lesson 20: Draft of Literature review for peer review
WEEK 12 (April 1 – 7)
Lesson 21: Revising and Editing
Read
Lesson 22: Revising and Editing
Read Reducing Informality in Academic Writing
Literature Review and Reflection due Friday April 5
WEEK 13 (April 8 – 14)
Lesson 23: Issue, Audience and Genre Analysis
Read Issue, Audience and Genre Analysis instructions (BlackBoard)
Lesson 24: Effective Advocacy
Stakeholder discussion on BlackBoard by Friday April 12
WEEK 14 (April 15 – 21)
Lesson 25: Advocacy Letter samples
Review:
Lesson 26: Issue, Audience, and Genre Analysis
Issue, Audience and Genre Analysis due Friday April 19
WEEK 15 (April 22 – 28)
Lesson 27: Review And Revise
Course evaluations
Reflection Discussion due by Friday April 26
All revisions due by April 28 (see revision policy on syllabus)
Week 16 (April 29)
Advocacy letter due Friday May 3
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