important tools for improving not only my writing skills but also –and especially—my thinking skills. This class taught me a method for thinking and writing. While looking at the critical research reflection I cannot help but think of the word “reflect? “Since the beginning of this class, I had to reflect on course texts, reflect on the sources, reflect on personal experience, and reflect on peer reviews and discussion posts. Dr. ND asked me to reflect on my writing and to think carefully, especially before
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teach them to write so specifically and in such a hard structured manner, that many students hardly ever learn to write papers that flow. In high school, I always wrote really nice papers that my teachers enjoyed grading, however, I always hated writing them because if I did not use the cookie cutter format that they gave us, my teachers would not accept the work. The format that I am referring to goes as follows: hook, introduction, and thesis for paragraph one, three body paragraphs with two
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and Chairman of the Board of Regents under Resolution No. 198. A s. 2006 dated March 29, 2006 by the SangguniangPanlalawiganng Laguna. This research paper is about the effect of spelling ability of the second year IT students of Laguna University. The student must had books and writing of the correct spelling of words and correct grammar. The aim of this research paper is to develop the spelling ability of the cellphone users. Background of the study In the primitive ages, people have used signals
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write about the very famous author, Stephen King. Stephen King has always fascinated me, not only as an author but as a person. This is a man who seems to have an imagination that is never ending, with a soul and mind so dark, is it beyond compare. How else could you write and publish over 60 horror books? All of which are unique, intense, and ultimately terrifying. My question is, who is this person and what is it that inspires this creativity and horror? As a child, I grew up in a household
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You are doing a short research paper. Therefore, you need come up with research questions or thesis. Think what interests you in what we cover in the class. For example, o If you are interested in outsourcing, your research questions could be “Is the US better off or worse off because of the outsourcing to China?”. Then you go do a research on it. Find academic articles or news articles that support and/or against outsourcing. o You do research by reading those articles
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3 CHOOSING A TOPIC AND THE RESEARCH PROPOSAL Objectives On reading this chapter you should: • • • • • • • • understand the importance of choosing a research topic that lends itself to a ’do-able’ project; be able to evaluate potential topics; be able to formulate a valid research question (and hypothesis); understand the importance of creativity, and its relationship to innovation in formulating your research question; understand the integral role played by the research question; understand the vital
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two of the discrepant behaviors that educators observe in school. This attitude of not being able to communicate also extends to the failures of the students to develop writing skill. It is for this purpose that this study was conducted. Most of the people said that if a student is active in oral communication, he is passive in writing. However, with the theory of Tony VN. Figuera, the researchers would like to know which presumption is consistent, accurate and factual. We
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Writing an Argument Crystal Hernandez MGT/521 May 21, 2012 Jennifer Mims Writing an Argument Learning Team C debated the credibility of an online encyclopedia, Wikipedia. There has been a debate in recent years about the credibility of the encyclopedia. This paper will research the four steps to fairly presenting an argument, and how there four steps relate to the Wikipedia debate. Present Both Sides of an Argument The first step to writing an argument is to present both sides of the
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towards using drug abuse substances. The authors gained primary data by conducting surveys which 303 players participated in, with the questions consisting of performance enhancing attitudes, perfectionism and motivation among other factors. Their research focuses on reviewing the player’s answers to their surveys and their opinions on the different factors which could lead to drug abuse. This article is helpful to me as it indulges into the players own personal opinions on what factors lead to drug
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Edith Cowan University Academic essay Academic Tip Sheet This academic tip sheet: • explains the academic essay as an academic style of writing; • looks at the structure of an academic essay; • looks at the main types of academic essays; • explains how to write an academic essay; and • provides you with a quick checklist that covers most aspects of writing an academic essay. CRICOS IPC 00279B What is an academic essay? For our purposes, we can define an academic essay as a document that has
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