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Writing Project #3:
Research Project
UWRT 150 Snyder
Writing Project 3 (1500-word “Research Project”)
UWP DIRECTIONS
:
•
Conduct research using academic databases available through the RIT Library site
•
Evaluate and use 5 or more sources in the literature review of your proposal
•
Keep track and assess usefulness of sources with an Annotated Bibliography
•
Use MLA or APA citation methods, and include a Works Cited page
•
Compose at least two drafts
•
Participate in peer review
•
Respond to instructor feedback
•
Compose a Reflection about writing process
•
Minimum 1500 words on the final draft (not including Annotated Bibliography, Works
Cited, or Reflection)
•
35% of course grade
OUR DIRECTIONS:
•
Select a topic that you can make into a researchable question
•
Apply what we discussed in class from Harris’s (2017) “Taking an Approach” chapter
•
Write a Research Proposal, following the CaRS model (included below)
•
Your paper must have 1500 words with at least 5 sources.
Use the CaRS Model, Create a Research Space (Swales & Feak, 2004), below to create a proposal
on a topic of your choice:
Move 1 – Establishing a Research Territory
1a
. Show that the general research area is important, central, interesting, problematic, or relevant
in some way.
1b.
Review previous research that relates to your topic.
o
Be sure to first establish a common topic or purpose for your literature review or sections
of your literature review in order to clarify your purpose for including each source.
Move 2 – Establishing a niche
Indicate a gap in previous research OR explain how you will extend previous research in some
way.
Move 3 – Occupying the niche
(Explaining the details of YOUR research study or solution)
3a
. Explain your purpose and give general details about the method/process you will employ to
conduct this research/solve this problem.
3b
. List your specific research questions or hypotheses
3d
. Explain the value of this research/new solution
Reference Page
Choose the most common citation style in your field, and be sure to follow all of the requirements
and formatting for that style.
Include a reference for ANY/ALL sources and images that you include information from in your
proposal.
GRADING PHILOSOPHY
: “To earn a
C
students must clearly restate the project of a text; for
a
B
they must note moments in it of particular interest or difficulty; and for an
A
they must
articulate a position of their own that responds to and makes strong use of its ideas and
phrasings” (Harris, 2017, p. 130).
GRADING RUBRIC
: Thirty-five percent (35%) of final course grade broken down as follows:
A
B
C
D
F
Move 1a
: shows research
territory important,
interesting, relevant, etc.
5
4
3
2
0
Move 1b
: shows
“authority” by
incorporating ideas from 5
sources towards research
purpose using
paraphrasing/
summarizing and
reporting verbs
12
11
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
Move 2
: proposes niche
by extending previous
research or creating
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
Move 3
: successfully
describes how the niche in
Move 2 will be filled
12
11
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
Totals
/35
WORK CITED
Harris, J. (2017).
Rewriting: How to do things with texts
. University Press of Colorado.
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