Full Description
Developed for emerging academic writers, Primary Research and Writing offers a fresh take on the nature of doing research in the writing classroom. Encouraging students to write about topics for which they have a passion or personal connection, this text emphasizes the importance of primary research in developing writing skills and abilities.
Authors Lynée Lewis Gaillet and Michelle F. Eble have built a pedagogical approach that makes archival and primary research interesting, urgent, and relevant to emerging writers. Students are able to explore ways of analyzing their findings and presenting their results to their intended readers.
With in-text features to aid students in understanding primary research and its role in their writing, chapters include special elements such as:
Communities in Context - Profiles of traditional and digital communities that help students understand the characteristics of communities and group members
Profiles of Primary Researchers - Spotlights on professionals, giving an illuminating look into the role primary research plays in real-world research and writing
Student Writing - Examples of exemplary student writing that demonstrate how research can be relevant, engaging, and interesting, with annotations.
Invention Exercises - Exercises designed to help students locate primary investigation within communities that they already understand or find appealing
Writing Exercises - Writing exercises that offer students practice in exploring communities and investigating primary materials.
Readings - Annotated readings with questions to guide analysis, pulled from a variety of rich sources, that give students inspiration for undertaking their own research projects.
This text has a robust companion website that provides resources for instructors and students, with sample syllabi, chapter overviews, lecture outlines, sample assignments, and a list of class resources.
Primary Research and Writing is an engaging textbook developed for students in the beginning stages of their academic writing careers, and prepares its readers for a lifetime of research and writing.
Contents
Preface
Part I : Primary Research and Rhetorical Tools
1. Introduction to Primary Research
2. Defining and Engaging with Communities
3. Identifying a Research Topic and Thinking Like a Researcher
4. Becoming an Authority on a Topic
Part II: Methods for Inquiry and Conducting Primary Research
5. Beginning Archival Research: A Practical Guide
6. Fieldwork and Ethnographic Observation
7. Interviews: Researching People
8. Surveys: Researching Beliefs, Opinions, and Attitudes
Part III: Writing and Delivering Your Research
9. A Rhetorical Approach to Research and Writing
10. Reporting and Delivering Research Findings
11. Documenting Your Research: MLA
12. Documenting Your Research: APA
Appendix -Archival Resources
