RESEARCH & WRITING TOOLKIT: Recommended by MWCC Faculty
Research Toolkit for Faculty
This guide is a collaborative effort of MWCC faculty and librarians to offer tools for improving research papers. Get help asking a good research question, teaching your students how to write a thesis statement, refreshing basic research skills, locating credible sources of information, and citing sources.
This guide is a collaborative effort of MWCC faculty and librarians to offer tools for improving research papers. Get help asking a good research question, teaching your students how to write a thesis statement, refreshing basic research skills, locating credible sources of information, and citing sources.Tried and True Help from Your Colleagues
Is there anything you have created or borrowed that you find helpful in teaching the research process? Let us know and we'll post it on this page!
- Research Without the Dreaded PaperThirty-three smaller projects and activities for use in almost any course.All develop research skills; some are even fun!
- Terms Frequently Used in Writing AssignmentsAnd what you should do if your assignment uses one of them! Recommended by Prof. Lorie Donahue.
- Ten Tips to Help Your Students Write Better Research PapersHelpful hints from Michelle Valois, Jess Mynes, and Suzanne Levasseur, a handout from the Teaching and Learning Roundtable presentation.
- Common Writing AssignmentsSome possibilities from the Purdue OWL.
- Research PlanA step-by-step game plan by Prof. Sue Goldstein.
- The Annotated Bibliography: A Research Paper AlternativeAs a warm-up (or substitute) for a research paper, check out Prof. Sue Blake's annotated bibliography assignment..
- Annotating (How to Do It)Compliments of Prof. Sue Goldstein.
- Letter to the EditorProf. Sue Goldstein uses this as a first step in writing a research paper.
- Paramedic MethodProf. Lorie Donahue uses this sure-fire way to eliminate wordiness in sentences (from the Purdue OWL).
- Grading Criteria for Research EssayProf. Sue Goldstein's list of everything a great research essay needs.
More Tried and True Help
They Say / I Say by Call #: PE1431.G73 2014ISBN: 9780393617436Publication Date: 2016Prof. Sue Blake finds this book indispensable for her LAS Capstone class.
What is an Annotated Bibliography?
How to Write College Papers
Prof. Sue Goldstein uses this quick review.
What's the difference between a report and a research paper?
Mistakes That Tank Your Grade
A little funky, but students enjoy it!
Broaden or Narrow a Topic
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