Identifying Research Topics,Finding Credible Sources andSynthesizing Ideas fromArticlesAnswersResearch topics – Identifying an effective focusI.Framing your topicII. Narrowing your topicActivity 1aVideo Clip - Creating a Good Research QuestionBy Georgia State University’s Center for InstructionalInnovation (note-taking activity)Activity 1bComprehension exercise on a video clipActivity 2Rewriting topics into argumentative research paper topicsActivity 3aArgumentative research topics and debatable research questionsDebatable research question quizActivity 3bQuestionnaire for evaluating argumentative topicsActivity 3cCreating your research questionList of banned research topics that students cannot chooseActivity 4Finding information from sourcesFinding sourcesActivity 5Identifying quality academic articlesActivity 6aBrainstorming your topicActivity 6bIdentifying which articles to use for a research questionActivity 6cResearching your approved topic and research questionListening activities on the topic: the Internet and TechnologyActivity 7aVideo Clip – What the Internet is doing to our brainsActivity 7bVideo Clip – The future of educationActivity 7cVideo Clip – The future of educationActivity 7dVideo Clip – Is Google killing your memory?Activity 8Developing a research question based on the videos viewedActivity 9aReading from article 1 –Does the Internet make you dumber?Activity 9bVocabulary from article 1ActivityDiscussion on the mass mediaActivity 10aReading from article 2 –Mind Over Mass MediaActivity 10bVocabulary from article 2Activity 11aReading from article 3 -Using the Internet to accessinformation inflates future use of the Internet to access otherinformationUnit 1
Activity 11bVocabulary from article 3Summarizing and paraphrasing ideasI.SummarizingII.ParaphrasingActivity 12Paraphrasing paragraphsSynthesizing activitiesActivity 13Synthesizing information from Articles 1, 2 and 3Useful phrases/expressions for synthesis writingActivity 14Activity on language useIn-text referencing and use of reporting verbsI.Sentence structureII.Reporting verbsIII. Review of the APA referencing styleActivity 15Identifying errors in in-text citationsActivity 16The APA Style Citation PracticeActivity 17Rewriting sentences with reporting verbs and signal phrasesActivity 18Rewriting sentences with reporting verbs and signal phrasesActivity 19Matching reporting verbs to their corresponding functionsActivity 20Choosing the right reporting verbs for a list of statementsIV. Using information from sourcesSelf-learning online resources for Unit 1Watch the Toonly video on a recap of Unit 1References
Unit 1 Identifying Research Topics and Synthesizing Ideas from ArticlesTeacher’s VersionPage | 31Research Topics–Identifying an Effective FocusA properly defined research problemwill allow a new sense of knowledgeand understanding to emerge. It alsooffers a solid foundation upon which to
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