Composing Inquiry Methods and Readings for Investigation and Writing

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 incombination - 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 anthologizedMarshall, Margaret J. is the author of 'Composing Inquiry Methods and Readings for Investigation and Writing', published 2008 under ISBN 9780131922914 and ISBN 0131922912.