The first composition text to present in-depth primary and secondary research methods, disciplinary readings and writing instruction to facilitate authentic investigations.
Composing Inquiry is a reader/rhetoric that takes seriously the call to engage undergraduates in intellectual work. All of the readings included here serve to illustrate methods of research and investigation used in various academic disciplines, and all inspire similar projects that can be done by undergraduate students as they learn to work on their writing. Unlike traditional readers, Composing Inquiry also includes chapters meant to help students understand methods of inquiry commonly used by scholars to collect data or test theories. These method chapters can be used in conjunction with the readings or independently, depending on the program/course goals or the preferences of individual teachers.
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Encourage the habits of mind necessary for academic and professional life
Curiosity, flexibility, tolerance, precision, deliberation, self-reflection
Introduce students to research methods used in academic disciplines
Observing, interviewing, surveys, numerical and textual analysis
Promote work with different kinds of material
Artifacts, visuals, oral histories, focus groups, numerical data, archives, speech, music, and written texts
Teach common rhetorical strategies and issues of writing as a part of the process of presenting research for different audiences and purposes rather than in isolation
Discourse communities, genre expectations, framing, analysis and argument, quotations, summaries, citations, style and clarity, transitions, headings, graphics
Use readings from academic journals and books across disciplines as models for inquiry and presentation
Undertake longer inquiry projects structured to allow collaboration
Sample projects feature investigations centered on sustainable resources (water), local histories, public space and organizational needs and feature ways for connecting student research to on-going or local research projects
Help students understand strategies for critical and effective reading, posing appropriate questions, revision, and ethical research practice
Special Features:
· Research methods are clearly explained with specific techniques described
· Ethical issues highlighted throughout
· Practice Activities in each chapter
· Sample student writings included in each method chapter
· Internet resources highlighted in each chapter
· Methods chapters linked to readings and assignments
· 23 assignment sequences built around themes introduce methods alone or in combination
· All assignment sequences encourage different kinds of revision and self-reflection
· Final assignment in each sequence can serve to introduce a writing portfolio
· 4 Sample Projects allow for extended focus and collaborative investigations
· 20 readings, all published research that has not been previously anthologized
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