UMUC WRTG391 Week 1 Discussion (dq1+dq2) Latest January 2019 Question # 00599536 Course Code : WRTG391 Subject: Communications Due on: 03/18/2019 Posted On: 03/18/2019 08:41 AM Tutorials: 1 Rating: 4.5/5

WRTG 391
7970 Advanced Research Writing

Week 1
Discussion

DQ1 Searching Basics: Getting Started on WA #1

1. In your opinion, what is the most important step to take
when reading research articles? According to the material you’ve watched and
read, what is the most important step to take when reading research articles?
Answer in one or two sentences.

2. What research topic do you think that you will focus upon
for this semester’s work? Why? Answer in one or two sentences.

3. After reading “Searching Basics” and/or
watching the first two library tutorials, please find one (1) article on your
chosen research topic that review and give the findings of a research
study. In responding to this discussion
topic, give the author(s), the title of the article, and a brief one- or
two-sentence description of the research study and its findings.

(The activity in this last task will help you get started on
your Critical Annotated Bibliography, which is Writing Assignment #1.)

4. Now take a moment to reflect on one classmate’s chosen
topic (refer to #2). Respond to his or her thread and write one to two
sentences sharing your thoughts on his or her topic.

DQ2 Practice in writing the annotated bibliography

Please access the article, “The CSI Effect at University:
Forensic Science Students’ Television Viewing and Perceptions of Ethical
Issue,” by Roslyn Weaver, Yenna Salamonson, Jane Koch, and Glenn Porter.

This article is in the e-reserves section of your
class. You can access the article by
taking the following steps:

click Content

select Class Resources

select eReserves

select the icon for eReserves in the middle of your page.

in the list of items that appears, locate the article and
download it

After accessing the article, complete an annotation of this
article as if you were considering it for a source in a paper. In addition, please read the document titled,
“Sample_annotation_CSI_at_University_391_model.pdf,” which is listed
in Content for Week 1. That document
provides an example of how to annotate an article for writing assignment #1 in
this class.

Please complete the following in responding to this
discussion thread:

1. List the article in APA format, as the video describes.

2. Write a 100-to-150-word summary/critique of the article
in which you not only summarize the article but also note any strengths or
weaknesses you find in it. In addition,
mention whether it will be a possible article for an essay on the topic of the
CSI effect.

Your annotation thus should include the following:

Focus of the study (~ 1-2 sentences)

Conclusion(s) of the study (~ 1-2 sentences)

Analysis of the study (e.g., any strengths or weaknesses?
Any thing that was particularly remarkable/helpful?) (~ 1-2 sentences)

Its relevance to research on the CSI Effect (~ 1-2
sentences)