Course Specific Research Support for ENG 207: Home

1.1.A. Develop a researchable question which demonstrates curiosity about a topic
1.1.C. Generate questions related to as well as embedded within a focused topic statement, evaluate those questions for perspective and point of view, identify research questions that practitioners or scholars are studying on the topic, and synthesize to a researchable question which addresses a problem or issue
1.1.J. Reflect on the effectiveness of a research process including problem solving, and progress through developing a topic into a researchable question

1.2.C. Use tools to concurrently organize, analyze, and synthesize information
1.2.G. Make and defend informed conclusions based on complex criteria, including exploring multiple points of view, setting aside personal prejudices and assumptions, locating best evidence, and considering criteria specific to a topic

1.3.B Select the most appropriate tools to create and share work based on purpose and audience

2.2.C. Critically analyze and evaluate the information presented in an information source, to locate evidence for building and supporting comprehension of texts, use comparisons to identify similarities or differences, ask inquiry questions when something from the text inspires seeking new knowledge
2.2.E Identify how an author or authors, including organizations and companies as authors, write with a variety of purposes and for particular audiences, and evaluate effectiveness of text to purpose within the field of study or discipline specific content

K.3.B Participate in reading and learning communities, to develop skills for increased academic conversations, and to further research and inquiry within the field of study or discipline specific content

Knowledge Practice:
Articulate the traditional and emerging processes of information creation and dissemination in a particular discipline

Knowledge Practices:
Formulate questions for research based on information gaps or on reexamination of existing, possibly conflicting, information

Use various research methods, based on need, circumstance, and type of inquiry

Synthesize ideas gathered from multiple sources

Draw reasonable conclusions based on the analysis and interpretation of information

Disposition:
Consider research as open-ended exploration and engagement with information

Knowledge Practice:
Identify the contribution that particular articles, books, and other scholarly pieces make to disciplinary knowledge

Disposition:
Seek out conversations taking place in their research area;

Disposition:
Seek guidance from experts, such as librarians, researchers, and professionals