Learning Objectives

1. Learn to recognize and avoid plagiarism

2. Apply the process approach to the writing of a short research paper

2.1. Use critical reading and thinking to evaluate source material for accuracy, relevance, reliability, and credibility

2.2. Integrate source material into your writing

2.3. Use a variety of attribution techniques

2.4. Use different types of evidence

2.5. Use proper formatting for the style being used (APA or MLA)

3. Identify and use a process approach to writing by learning to

3.1. Generate ideas through free-writing, mind mapping, pair and small group discussion

3.2. Draft and revise independently

3.3. Give and receive feedback in peer evaluation exercises

4. Relate general writing skills to discipline-specific writing requirements

5. Develop self- and audience awareness by learning to use writing as a tool for

5.1. Discovering and exploring what matters

5.2. Aligning feelings, interests, and values with academic pursuits

5.3. Cultivating personal voice to skillfully express ideas in a manner that meets the expectations of an academic audience

6. Identify and use rhetorical forms best suited to purpose and thesis, including

6.1. Rhetorical patterns of organization such as problem/solution, cause and effect, and exemplification

6.2. Principles for ordering ideas such as old before new information

6.3. Effective introductions and conclusions

6.4. Paragraph development patterns (inductive versus deductive organization)