Requirements:
- 1500 effective words, which approximates six (6) complete pages.
- Field of Study Format: double-spaced paragraphs; 12-point Times New Roman font
- Documentation: include basic Field of Research in-text citation and Works Cited/Bibliography
- Sources needed: you will need at least betweensix to eight secondary sourcesfrom various academic databases and highly-credible periodicals
Essay Topic/Purpose:
1. First, you will have picked an essay question from one of the three larger pathways (STEM/Science, Language Arts, Social Studies) found on theVisual Writing Promptslink, which is also located within in the Digital Texts module.
2. Next, you will have developed a preliminary, informal research plan for how to approach answering this question, which shall culminate in a formal Research Proposal that is in your Summary Packet.
- Within your plan, outline the kind of subject matter/topics this question covers (This is critically thinking about where to look for sources).
- Additionally, reflect upon WHY and HOW the question may matter within your career field:
- Look through course descriptions: What courses at CSM may this question be part of assessment? What about at the four-year program/next educational step--what courses, etc., does this question matter?
- Develop a specific Guiding Research Question in which you both hypothesize an answer to the question and an answer to why this question is relevant to people within your possible future occupational field.
4. Begin to research your GRQ and your inquiry question both by doing theAnalysis Skills Packet (Three Assignments)and your own extra source finding.
5. Draft your essay from the sources you have found for both the Analysis Skills Packet and on your own.
6. Submit your draft to ouronline tutors (ThinkingStorm), as well as workshop in class.
7. Revise, edit, and submit!
You need to understand, your research has two elements/arguments:
- to make a well-supported argument that answers the question using relevant sources
- to make a well-supported second argument that addresses why the subject matter is topically important within your field.
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