Synopses & Reviews
There are two kinds of student researchers: those who thrive on the time and detail demands of the research process and those who would rather have a root canal than develop a thesis statement.
The Subject Is Research is written for both of them. The contributors, some of whom are students, all realize that sometimes the process works and sometimes it doesn't. But by researching and studying their processes, they've all improved and gained satisfaction from their work.
The Subject Is Research provides the insight and ideas, directions and insider's advice that will help your students become the best research writers they can be. This research can take many forms - from library and Web searching to interviewing and watching television. Some chapters explode myths about research and others offer inventories, exercises, and alternatives to help students begin, continue, and complete a research project with more comfort and success than they have previously experienced. There are also chapters that illuminate what students are being asked to do. For extra help, "Sharing Ideas" at the end of each section encourage students to think aloud (or in a journal or classroom discussion) about their relationships to systematic, scholarly inquiry, and "Hint Sheets" at the end of the book offer lots of activities and resources for both teachers and students, including information sources, style sheets, and much more.
Synopsis
The Subject Is Research provides the insight and ideas, directions and insider's advice that will help your students become the best research writers they can be.
Synopsis
There are two kinds of student researchers: those who thrive on the time and detail demands of the research process and those who would rather have a root canal than develop a thesis statement.
The Subject Is Research is written for both of them. The contributors, some of whom are students, all realize that sometimes the process works and sometimes it doesn't. But by researching and studying their processes, they've all improved and gained satisfaction from their work.
The Subject Is Research provides the insight and ideas, directions and insider's advice that will help your students become the best research writers they can be. This research can take many forms - from library and Web searching to interviewing and watching television. Some chapters explode myths about research and others offer inventories, exercises, and alternatives to help students begin, continue, and complete a research project with more comfort and success than they have previously experienced. There are also chapters that illuminate what students are being asked to do. For extra help, "Sharing Ideas" at the end of each section encourage students to think aloud (or in a journal or classroom discussion) about their relationships to systematic, scholarly inquiry, and "Hint Sheets" at the end of the book offer lots of activities and resources for both teachers and students, including information sources, style sheets, and much more.
About the Author
Pavel Zemlianksy is an assistant professor of writing and rhetoric at James Madison University. He is coeditor (with Wendy Bishop) of The Subject Is Research (Boynton/Cook, 2001) as well as author of book chapters and articles on research writing pedagogy and using computers in writing. He also collaborated with Bruce Dick on the publication of The Critical Response to Ishmael Reed (Greenwood, 1999).Wendy Bishop, former Kellogg Hunt Professor of English at Florida State University, is the author or editor of a number of books, essays, and articles on composition and creative writing pedagogy and writing research, including Acts of Revision; The Subject Is Writing, Third Edition; The Subject Is Story; The Subject Is Research; and The Subject Is Reading, as well as Ethnographic Writing Research, Elements of Alternate Style, and In Praise of Pedagogy, all published by Boynton/Cook.
Table of Contents
Research as We Think We Know It - Myths, Theories, Ideas
The Scandalous Research Paper and Exorcising Ghosts, J. Nelson
Making The Research Paper Worth Your Time, R. Fulkerson
Learning to Trust the Twelfth Picture on the Roll, B. Ballenger
Research as Art and Action: Generating and Developing Ideas, Data Collection, Revision, and Editing
From Idea to Argument to Research, F. Thomas
Revisiting the Library, M. Miller
Creating Knowledge Through Primary Research, G. Rhoades & L. Sanders
Interviewing, B. Rafoth
The Researching Writer at Work, or Managing Your Data Before It Manages (to Overwhelm) You, W. Bishop
Presenting Yourself and Your Theories
Using Your Preexisting Knowledge, P. Zemliansky
Finding the Voices of Others Without Losing Your Own, C. Moore
The Internet Can Be a Wonderful Place, but . . ., C. Lowe
Genre and Research
Argument as Conversation, S. Greene
Annotated Student Paper
Why Write Literary Research Papers?, W. McLallen
Multigenre Research, C. Johnson & J. Moneysmith
This, Too, Is Research, M. Goldthwaite
Hint Sheets for Students and Teachers