Teaching the Research Paper From Theory to Practice, From Research to Writing

by Ford, James E.

• ISBN13: 9780810837775
• ISBN10: 0810837773
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-02-09
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Summary

Dedicated to helping teachers teach the research paper more effectively (as distinguished from the numerous manuals written for students).

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Need for TRP	1	(7)
From Theory...	7	(124)
Theoretical Pros and Cons	9	(22)
The ``Research Paper'' in the Writing Course	11	(8)
Richard L. Larson
The Aims and Process of the Research Paper	19	(12)
Robert A. Schwegler
Linda K. Shamoon
Practical Pros and Cons	31	(22)
Apologia pro pedagogia mea; or, How I Kicked the Research Paper Habit and Learned to Teach Freshman English	33	(10)
Joseph F. Tuso
Practical Aspects of Research Writing	43	(7)
Stephen M. Watt
Bibliography: More on the Research Paper Debate	50	(3)
The Research Paper in Rhetorical Context	53	(58)
Putting the Research Paper into Rhetorical Context	55	(13)
Thomas E. Gaston
Bret H. Smithand
Robert P. Kennedy
``The Rhetorical Situation'' and the Research Paper: An Integrative Approach	68	(7)
Marcia Noe
A Process-Oriented Research Assignments: I-Search Before Research	75	(23)
Bernadette M. Glaze
The Research Paper and Postmodernist Pedagogy	98	(12)
James C. McDonald
Bibliography: More on the Research Paper in Rhetorical Context	110	(1)
Overview: The Research Paper in the Nineties	111	(20)
The Value of the Research Paper in the Nineties...and Beyond	113	(18)
Greg Larkin
...To Practice	131	(188)
Libraries and Librarians	133	(50)
A General Research Model for Research Paper Instruction	135	(9)
James E. Ford
The Research Writing Process: An Undergraduate Assessment Tool Grounded in Teaching Staff/Library Cooperation	144	(13)
Carol Lee Saffioti
Beyond Orientation: The Library as Place of Education and the Librarian as Educator	157	(5)
Bruce Morton
The Creative Researcher	162	(10)
Douglas H. Shepard
Interpreting the Past: Using Archival Materials in Group Research Projects	172	(8)
Donald F. Larsson
Richard Pifer
Bibliography: More on Using Libraries and Librarians	180	(3)
Model Courses, Units, and Solutions to Specific Problems	183	(136)
Exploring the Hero Cycle: A Heuristic for Research and Criticism	185	(12)
Mimi R. Gladstein
Robert M. Esch
Fact, Transition, and Comment: A Practical Approach to Research Paper Writing	197	(8)
Greg Larkin
Combining English Classes: An Alternative Approach to Teaching the Research Paper	205	(9)
Elizabeth B. Griffey
Mary Sue Koeppel
The Casebook and That Hairy Devil, Research Work	214	(3)
Tommy Dodge
Controlled Source Research	217	(3)
Philip M. Griffith
Mexican-American Folklore: An Approach to the Research Paper	220	(8)
Jan Seale
Teaching Minority and Disadvantaged University Freshmen to Write a Research Paper: Toward a Multicultural Model	228	(10)
Sara Zimmerman Steinman
The Research Paper and the Future: A Solution	238	(5)
Gweneth Schwab
A Work-Sheet Approach to the Research Paper	243	(8)
Ellen Strenski
Freshman Histories: A Basic Research Assignment	251	(9)
William F. Woods
Career Research---A Multi-Discipline Approach	260	(9)
Gwen Dungy
Mary Sigler
Jane Bergman
Elaine Blatt
Outside the Library: The Interview Profile as a Model for Research	269	(8)
William F. Woods
Research Outside the Library: Learning a Field	277	(9)
Thomas N. Trzyna
Plagiarism and Documentation: A Self-Instructional Lesson	286	(12)
Beverly Lyon Clark
Citing Borrowed Material	298	(4)
Katherine Burton
Note-Taking for a Documented Paper	302	(2)
Mary B. Deaton
A Note on Note Cards and Note-Taking	304	(7)
Irwin Hashimoto
A Follow-up Theme on the Research Paper	311	(3)
Elmer F. Suderman
Bibliography: Model Courses, Units, and Approaches to Specific Problems	314	(5)
About the Editor	319