Research Portfolio
What is 1 of the two citation styles that we corrected the format of citations using guides from OWL Purdue
MLA or APA
Our textbook calls them "rebuttals," but other sources called the "challenges, alternative perspectives to be considered, & nuances to dynamic topics that has more than one approach to them" ____________ instead.
counterargument(s)
When is it important to be ethical in your research and writing?
Always. When working with people (consent) and sources (citations). AND ANIMALS!
What is the name of the document that asked everyone to "pledge to do all that we can, knowing we’ll fail on occasion, to restore compassion to the center of our lives (at least in this course) and attempt to engage with each other in this course with compassion. This means we will work to think first of others, their benefit, their well-being, and their learning, knowing that others are compassionately working for our benefit. We will strive to see our interdependence and interconnectedness, and labor for one another."
The Charter of Compassion
What is the name of the class activity that asked you to sketch out the elements of your PSA?
Storyboarding
What is the method called for reviewing data for patterns and themes that help support an organization or categorization of the data? (HINT: what do we do when our room is messy?)
Data cleaning
What is 1 of the 8 fallacies that we discussed during Falla-gories?
Post Hoc Fallacy
Bandwagon
Appeal to Authority
Ad Hominem
Strawman
Appeal to Emotion
Slippery Slope
Circular Reasoning
False Dilemma
What is 1 question that you can ask yourself that help address ethical concerns in research?
How is research developed and by whom?
How are data and participants treated and protected during the research process?
Who claims credit for the work conducted? Who cites others as collaborators and forebears of their work?
Is research written about intimately, distantly, in first person, in third person??
How is data stored? Who has access to data?
Who benefits or is hurt by research?
Scenario: You missed class. Where would you look to find the readings and information about the class activities?
The Learning Materials
What does the genre PSA stand for?
Public Service Announcement
The second major project asked you to organize your sources by writing an _______________, which is a genre that includes full citations, evaluative summaries, and raw data from your primary research
Annotated Bibliography
Local/specific issue
Defines problem
Names alternative solutions
Identifies best solution
Research based
Feasible call to action
Heidi McKee wrote, “[E]very methods-based decision is also an _______ decision.”
ethical
What is the name of the open-sources textbook that we used frequently to discuss methods and concepts applicable to all research projects and topics?
Try This: Research for Writers
What is 1 of the visual components that Try This encourages researchers to use in their presentations for greater rhetorical impact?
Photographs, graphics, charts, tables
What was the fast-paced class activity where student researchers had 90 seconds to pitch one of their secondary sources by naming the author, title, main argument, and contribution to their research?
(Source) Speed-dating (your sources)
What was the name of the class activity where students had two minutes to pitch their problem/solution, then answer questions from the audience about the social, economical, or cultural realms to consider?
Shark Tank
"Research _______ address the evolving conventions, codes of conduct, and standards research communities adopt to strive for ethical development and circulation of research and to protect audiences, authors, and their research contributions (Try This 22).
ethics
What was the name of the required textbook for this class?
Read, Reason, Write (5th edition)
What is 1 of the 4 components of a successful PSA?
the Hook, the problem, the solution, the call to action
As a form of ____________, student researchers asked a series of questions to real people to gain information about their topic of inquiry
Primary research
What is the name of the class activity --named after one of the stages of the writing process-- that gave you dedicated time to work on your paper in a computer lab?
Drafting workshop
What are "ethics"? And who gets to decide them?
Ethics are the rules and boundaries that WE decide for ensuring that OUR own morals, values, and intentions are made in the BEST interest of our research
What is 1 of the 8 Habits of Mind that are important to becoming a resilient student, but they are also applicable to your professional, personal, and civic life?
Curiosity –the desire to know more about the world.
• Openness –the willingness to consider new ways of being and thinking in the world.
• Engagement –a sense of investment and involvement in learning.
• Creativity–the ability to use novel approaches for generating, investigating, and representing ideas.
• Persistence–the ability to sustain interest in and attention to short- and long-term projects.
• Responsibility–the ability to take ownership of one’s actions and understand the consequences of those actions for oneself and others.
• Flexibility–the ability to adapt to situations, expectations, or demands.
• Metacognition–the ability to reflect on one’s own thinking as well as on the individual and cultural processes used to structure knowledge.
What are the features of rhetoric to analyze for an effective PSA?
Author, Audience, Purpose, Text, Context, Ethos, Pathos, Logos
(Rhetorical Situation & Rhetorical appeals)