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Writing Research Papers course outcomes related to research skills:
- WR 222 CCOGSuccessfully organize and manage an extended, research-based, thesis-centered essay of 3500-5000 words (or an equivalent word count in shorter essays) using MLA, APA, or other appropriate documentation styles
Demonstrate critical thinking and problem-solving in the context of research by showing observational skills, drawing reasonable inferences from a variety of sources, perceiving and establishing relationships among multiple sources, as well as evaluating and analyzing the structure and organization of sources and own writing
Independently locate, examine, select, evaluate, and use various primary and secondary sources (including academic, printed, electronic, and interview-based)
Practice and demonstrate skills necessary to research writing, such as paraphrase, summary, direct quotation, citation and documentation
Understand the ethics of research and avoid plagiarism
Suit writing style and research material to intended audience and purpose
Demonstrate control of research and voice to make an original claim
Other indicators of required research or information seeking:
From the Course Description:
Develops skills in critical analysis and documented argument through extensive research writing. Covers techniques to synthesize considered responses to designated text(s) and/or issues with the reactions of other writers. Includes information literacy skills developed through the use of library catalogs, professional databases and other forms of research. Includes paraphrasing, summarizing, quoting, and documenting, using style appropriate to discipline researched.
From the Outcome and Assessment Strategies:
- At least one research-based, thesis-centered, appropriately documented essay of 3500-5000 words (or an equivalent word count in shorter essays)
- An annotated bibliography (or equivalent)
From the Course Content:
- Examine and discuss issues of plagiarism, ethics of research writing, credibility, authority, and self-directed learning
- Advance the concepts of independent study and research, self-knowledge, and the ability to assess own work critically
- Engage in inference, analysis, synthesis
- Solve problems involved in an extended writing project
- Perceive, connect, and integrate a variety of sources and positions, and establish own ideas in such a context
- Demonstrate an awareness of audience
- Recognize the distinction between scholarly (or peer reviewed), professional, commercial, and other forms of writing and resources
- Ability to use library databases to access academic and nonacademic sources
- Evaluate relative authority of print and electronic sources
- Focus on community-based primary sources such as interviews, local information and historical data
Oregon Association of School Libraries
- Standard 1: Use skills, resources, and tools to inquire, think critically, and gain knowledge
- Standard 2: Use skills, resources, and tools to draw conclusions, make informed decisions, create new knowledge, and apply knowledge to new situations.
- Standard 3: Use skills, resources, and tools to create, and share work that expresses and demonstrates new understandings.
- Standard 1: Develop an appreciation for reading
- Standard 2: Comprehend, interpret, and evaluate informational and fictional text.
- Standard 2: Practice ethical behavior when using print and digital resources
- Standard 3: Participate collaboratively, respectfully, and productively as a member of a democratic society
Topic Guide
Research Guide
Additional librarian-created content and tools
- Shared Teaching Materials
- Paper Topic IdeasTopic Guide
Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education
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