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Research papers anyone?

by Coach

Jul 14, 2012

After three athletes failed a six week period, my principal asked that I not put the pressure of a research paper on the students next year. He actually asked me if "any even does research papers anymore". So...does anyone still work through the research process - or am I "old school"?

skylark2868 Oh, yes! We do research papers. At my school the students do one every year in high school. The 9th grade paper is not very long, but they learn how to do MLA. The paper has to be at least 6 pages. Every year they get longer. If the athletes can't keep up with their class work and play sports, then they probably shouldn't be playing sports. I think...See More

Jul 16, 2012

marjoryt 1. I assume these athletes want to play at the college level? If so, then they must take AND PASS Freshman Comp. I and II. The national standard is that a research paper be done in at least 1 of those courses. Many instructors, including my husband who teaches computer science, require short research papers of 2 - 5 pages as a major project grade. ...See More1. I assume these athletes want to play at the college level? If so, then they must take AND PASS Freshman Comp. I and II. The national standard is that a research paper be done in at least 1 of those courses. Many instructors, including my husband who teaches computer science, require short research papers of 2 - 5 pages as a major project grade. In my sophomore level American Lit. class, my students have 2 mini-papers (3 pages, 3 sources). 2. I currently teach at a community college, and here's what we do - in Comp. I the students learn library research and MLA format. They produce an annotated bibliography and write essays. I personally require my students to write a few essays that include a few simple quotations. If there are quotations, then there is a works cited page. This means my Comp. I students get the overall concept. Our department standard, which reflects many other community colleges in the state, is that with no bibliography, they automatically do not pass the course. In Comp. 2, we do review the library research process, and begin from the first essay to require a quotation or two. Submission of a gradable paper is a requirement to pass the course. Last month I had a quarterback retaking Comp. 2 with me - he didn't do the paper last fall and failed. Without passing the course, he wasn't given a transfer football scholarship out of state. He had to do the whole course in 3 weeks, and believe me, he definitely wrote that paper and passed it before boarding the plane.

A few of us actually try to get several essays from the students EARLY in the semester. Then, we work individually with students to choose the strongest essay. This becomes the partial draft of the research paper. The student must draft additional paragraphs to be added to the research paper. These are done BEFORE any outside research. Once this draft - full of blanks - is done, we have the students add quotations from the source work. My personal preference is 3 from the source (average for my students is 5 - they generally want to add a few more). Then, they must find a relevant article from EBSCOHost (we like Academic Search Premier to find articles), and incorporate relevant quotations. Generally student know which paragraphs are weak, and they seek to fill the holes. Our final step is to find relevant websites, and then fill in the final holes. My normal requirement is a minimum of 9 quotes, using at least 2 articles and 2 websites. Average for my students is about 12 quotations, using about 2 articles and about 4 websites. Average length of the papers is 4 pages of text plus the works cited page; I've had them go as short as 3 pages of text and as long as 8.

My topics are literature based. Favorites are "Men vs. Women in Susan Glaspell's Trifles," "A Psychological Problem of Emily Grierson," "PTSD in the Snopes Family," and "Culture Clashes in Hamlet." 2. Benefits of using an existing essay as the base and requiring draft BEFORE research include: students generate a stronger thesis statement. Students generally have strong topic sentences and paragraph conclusions. They can immediately tell what is theirs and what is added (resulting in quotations). These papers actually emulate "real world" writing assignments in business and journalism - we begin with what we know, identify what we don't, and seek to fill the blanks. 3. I encourage students to use technology - print the articles and highlight, use word processing, use [link removed].

Please consult your state's curriculum standards for the grade and English. Surely somewhere something refers to library research? I would show that to the principal, because if he doesn't get on board very quickly, you are doomed to drop the rp process, condemning your students to a much harder time in college English courses.

My current crop of Comp. 2 students are finishing their drafts this week to submit the 1st draft Sunday night to TurnItIn, and we'll do revisions Monday and Tuesday. I surveyed this afternoon, and the average number of quotations already incorporated was 5; none had yet consulted a website, so all those quotations were coming from the source work and articles. All of them already had started their works cited page in easybib. Average length of the draft paper (with some quotations still to be found and inserted) was 4 pages.

I hope you find a something usable in all this content - you can tell I'm pretty rabid on the topic!

Jul 19, 2012

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