Reading Journal
| Title of Article + Proper MLA Citation for Works Cited page | Introduction to Primary Research: Observations, Surveys, and Interviews
By: Dana Lynn Driscoll |
| Summarize the article — include your reaction, thoughts, anything to help you remember its claims. 100 to 150 words | In this article, Driscoll ultimately went over ways to incorporate research into your work and essays. Driscoll went over how to know which information is relevant to use and ways to primarily research topics in an efficient and useful way that will help make your essay or paper the best that it can be. He even gave some personal examples of how he has used primary researching in the past and how it can be useful to each genre of writing. |
| Define new terms and concepts by quoting or paraphrasing the original author. | Voluntary participation: using other people with their permission for your primary research
Researcher bias: Collecting data and writing about something you might already have previous knowledge on and it sounding a little biased |
| How does this reading connect to other articles from class and/or your own research?
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This article connects to the genres article we read about because this gave another side of the work that goes into writing essays and how it’s not just about writing, it’s about picking a topic/genre and really diving in and doing your research on that specific topic. |
| Based on the reading, craft one question to act as a springboard for class discussion. | I would say my one question is what are ways to avoid researcher bias? Is it possible to write an essay on something you are already familiar with without sounding bias to one side? |