This brief paper is for a college level research methods course. The attached file containes a scholarly article, which must be summarized with some analysis. No sources are required.
Three times during the semester, you are to respond to that particular week’s reading. (You get to pick which
three you want to do.) In these short papers, summarize the main takeaways from the reading and demonstrate
that you gave some meaningful thought to the ideas presented. The key here will be analysis and engagement
with the reading. As a rough guideline aim for having your think piece be 75% summary and 25% deeper
engagement.
Don’t know what to write about? Think about some of the things below.
What was the point of the reading assigned that day? What is it asking us to think about?
How does that day’s reading speak to the question of the day?
What do that day’s reading add to the body of knowledge we are building?
Was there a short line or two in the reading that stuck out to you and why?
What types of sources were examined in creating this work?
What scholarly questions did it generate in you?
**Pieces that are not grounded in the readings will automatically receive a failing grade. Tangents or deviating
from that day’s reading will also result in an automatic failing grade.
Each ‘Think Piece’ must be between 3-4 pages, double spaced, 12ft, Times New Roman, standard margins.
Each Think Piece must be submitted by 8am the day of class. In addition to enhancing your writing skills, these
Think Pieces serve as the basis for our discussion that day as well as help you calibrate how you feel about
certain histories, methods, and practices.
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