Monday, February 15, 2010

Blog 2 Due Feb. 15

Please respond to the reading due for today, "Aims and Processes of the Research Paper." You can use the study guide for the reading as a way of getting into the blog. I am looking for your responses, questions, reactions.

2 comments:

  1. The article for aims and processes was written mostly for instructors therefore it was hard for me to relate to. However it was helpful because it gave me a whole new persepective about how to write a research paper. At first I thought it was about getting information and literally repeating it in your own words. While in aims and processes it was more about finding a topic and stating a legitimate argument about that topic. They also talked about how it helps both instructors and students to learn more about a topic by writing a research paper about it.

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  2. "Aims and Processes of the Research Paper" was helpful because it explains how to properly structure a research paper. It explains how most common composition texts teach a method that is misleading. In other words, it explains that writing a research paper is more than just a process of information-gathering. It sets a plan on how to write a proper research paper through a pattern of steps, eventually made so that you can support your thesis statement. I thought, however, that the article was not an appropriate guide for students, because the directions and processes were too complex. I believe that writing a paper is a simple, yet methodical process, and also believe that it should be taught in simple contexts.

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