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Week 1 (Aug 26 – Sept 1)
Lesson 1 (in class): Introduction to the course
Review the course syllabus and course schedule
Watch Inform Your Thinking: Episode 1 - Research is a Conversation
Lesson 2 (online) Finding conversations in your field – Academic and professional discourse communities
Read
Post in Library Subject Guide Discussion by Friday Aug 30
Week 2 (Sept 3 – 8)
Labor Day Sept 2. University Closed. No classes. All instruction will be online (asynchronous) this week
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 6
WEEK 3 (Sept 9 – 15)
Lesson 5: Evaluating sources
Watch: Check Yourself with Lateral Reading
Read /Watch Evaluating Information: SIFT (The Four Moves)
Lesson 6: Evaluating Sources
Watch the GMU Library tutorial on evaluating sources (the CRAAP Test)
Post in Non-Academic Source Evaluation discussion by Friday Sept 13
WEEK 4 (Sept 16–22)
Lesson 7: 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
Lesson 8: Using keywords and search terms
Watch Generating Keywords
Research Log 1 and Reflection Due Friday Sept 20
WEEK 5 (Sept 23 – 29)
Lesson 9: Advanced citation mining strategies
Read Find Sources Fast: Citation Mining
Read Evaluating (Academic) Sources
Lesson 10: Evaluating Academic Sources
Review the GMU Library tutorial on evaluating sources (the CRAAP Test)
Read Discipline-Specific Citation Styles and APA Style Guide QuickGuide
Complete Academic Source Evaluation by Friday Sept 27
WEEK 6 (Sept 30 – Oct 6)
Lesson 11: Incorporating Sources
Read these guides from the GMU Writing Center
Lesson 12: Paraphrasing
Read Avoiding Plagiarism
Research Log 2 and Reflection Due by Oct 4
WEEK 7 (Oct 7 – 13)
Lesson 13: Synthesis
Watch Synthesis Matrix Tutorial
Read Instructions for Research Log 3
Paraphrase exercises in class
Lesson 14: Literature Reviews
Reread instructions for the Literature Review
Read
WEEK 8 (Oct 14 –20)
Fall Break: Monday Classes do not meet All instruction will be online (asynchronous) this week
Lesson 15: Literature Review examples
Explore GMU Libraries InfoGuide: Literature Reviews
Research Log 3 and Reflection due Friday Oct 18
WEEK 9 (Oct 21 – 27)
Lesson 16: Review Citation styles
Explore Purdue Research and Citation Guides
Literature Review Outline due Friday Oct 25
WEEK 10 (Oct 28 – Nov 3)
Lesson 17: Peer Review Process
Providing Feedback to Writers
Post Literature Review draft by Wednesday Oct 30
Lesson 16: Peer Reviews (online)
Post peer review by Sunday Nov 3
WEEK 11 (Nov 4 – 10)
Lesson 17: Revising and Editing
Read
Lesson 18: Revising and Editing
Read Reducing Informality in Academic Writing
Literature Review and Reflection due Friday Nov 8
WEEK 12 (Nov 11 – 17)
Lesson 19: Issue, Audience, and Genre Analysis
Read
Stakeholder discussion by Friday November 15
WEEK 13 (Nov 18 – 24)
Lesson 20: Advocacy Letters
Issue, Audience and Genre Analysis due Friday Nov 22
WEEK 14 (Nov 25 – 26)
Thanksgiving Recess Nov 27 – Dec 1
Lesson 21: Review and Revise
All revisions due by November 26 (see revision policy on syllabus)
Week 15 (Dec 2 – 8)
Lesson 22: Advocacy Letter Peer Reviews in class Monday
Week 16 (Dec 9)
Course evaluations
Advocacy letter due Monday December 9
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