PROJECT 3
The final project asks students to reflect on the research process, their own learning, and where they can take the skills and ideas from this class in the future. The guiding question for Project 3 are “How is researched information presented in a discipline, what concepts of writing are important for writers to consider?”
In Project Three, you will explore these questions: “How is researched information presented in a discipline, what concepts of writing are important for writers to consider, and
WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING
- writing a prompted Reflection Essay of 3-5 pages minimum, connecting the research and writing knowledge you’ve developed through all the Projects over the semester, reflecting on how that writing knowledge might be used in future.
- locating additional sources or examples of writing in your major (my major is Computer Science) or discipline that show how researched information is presented in that discipline (sources from P1 and P2 can be used if appropriate)
- analyzing those sources by identifying the writing concepts that might be evident in them, or informed by them
- reflecting on your knowledge about writing and your thinking about what is important to consider when approaching any writing situation
In Project Three, students move from conducting and presenting research to reflecting on how research is presented in publications of their academic major or discipline (or one they are considering), using the knowledge and practices they developed in the previous projects, and applying concepts learned in the course in analyzing it – what are the genres of writing in which research is featured, how is it cited in academic and non-academic contexts, how is it presented, considered, and analyzed in a particular discipline.
Students might explore scholarly works, key publications, professional outreach, and/or subject matter communication to understand how researched information is shared in their discipline. They will analyze what a writer in that discipline/career space might need to understand in order to engage in the writing of that discipline successfully. This will help students understand their discipline further, prepare for their continued learning as a writer in that discipline, and develop knowledge about the real-world applications of the writing they’ve started to learn about in 1102. This will also help students begin to develop awareness of primary sources and rhetorical moves used in their chosen field.
The knowledge we gather from research, as you did in P2, has a place in the world of information. There are more sources now than ever, and more reason than ever to understand how information relates to other information, how it works differently in various contexts and genres and for different audiences and is used in the world for various purposes. The old saying, “knowledge is power” holds – the more we know and understand the more power we have in a situation, or to understand something, or to achieve our goals. In order to understand what is being communicated, we must consider key concepts about writing and develop our knowledge about how to strategize writing in various situations.
