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Week 1 (Jan 21 – 26)
Our section does not meet face-to-face this week.
Lesson 1: Introduction to the course
Review the course syllabus and course schedule
Watch Inform Your Thinking: Episode 1 - Research is a Conversation
Lesson 2: Finding conversations in your field – Academic and professional discourse communities
Read
Post in Library Subject Guide Discussion by Friday Jan 24
Week 2 (Jan 27 – Feb 2)
Lesson 3: Choosing topics of interest
Read Narrowing a Topic (to a Research Question)
Read How to Write a Research Question
Read Understanding the Rhetorical Situation (BlackBoard)
Lesson 4: The Rhetorical Situation
Read Differentiating Among Popular, Scholarly, Trade Sources and Grey Literature
Read Active Reading via Annotation
Post in Preliminary Research Questions discussion by Friday Jan 31
Week 3 (Feb 3 – Feb 9)
Lesson 5: Evaluating sources
Read How to Spot 16 Types of Media Bias
Small group work: Bring in one source you've found so far for evaluation
Lesson 6: Evaluating Sources
Watch: Check Yourself with Lateral Reading
Read /Watch Evaluating Information: SIFT (The Four Moves)
Post in Non-Academic Source Evaluation journal by Friday Feb 7
Week 4 (Feb 10 – 16)
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 Feb 14
Week 5 (Feb 17 – 23)
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 21
Week 6 (Feb 24 – March 2)
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 28
Week 7 (March 3 – 9)
Lesson 13: Paraphrase Practice
Read Avoiding Plagiarism
Lesson 14: Literature Review Conventions
Week 8: (March 10 – 16)
Spring Break
Week 9 (March 17 – 23)
Lesson 15: Literature Review Examples
Explore GMU Libraries InfoGuide: Literature Reviews
Research Log 3 and Reflection due Friday March 21
Week 10 (March 24 – 30)
Lesson 16: Organizing the Literature Review
Complete Literature Review Outline (journal) by Wednesday March 20
Lesson 17: Review Citation styles
Explore Purdue Research and Citation Guides
Post in Citation Questions discussion by Friday March 28
Week 11 (March 31 – April 6)
Lesson 18: Peer Review Process
Lesson 19: Draft of Literature review for peer review
Peer Review draft by Wednesday April 2
Peer Review by Friday April 4
Week 12 (April 7 – 13)
Lesson 20: Revising and Editing
Read
Lesson 21: Revising and Editing
Read Reducing Informality in Academic Writing
Literature Review and Reflection due Friday April 11
Week 13 (April 14 – 20)
Lesson 22: Effective Advocacy
Read
Lesson 23: Advocacy Examples
Read
Stakeholder discussion on BlackBoard by Friday April 18
Week 14 (April 21 – 27)
Lesson 24: Issue, Audience, and Genre Analysis
Review rhetorical sitatuation and advocacy examples
Issue, Audience and Genre Analysis due Friday April 25
Week 15 (April 28 – May 4)
Lesson 24: Review And Revise
Course evaluations
Reflection Discussion due by Friday May 2
All revisions due by April 28 (see revision policy on syllabus)
Week 16 (May 5)
Our section does not meet face-to-face this week.
Advocacy letter due Monday May 5 (Last day of classes)
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