1302FTW Karma

What goes around comes around 🍀🍂 be good 👊🏻

[marinpriscila]

Arrivederci!...

What

I had the privilege of taking rhetoric and writing studies 1302 with Audrey once again! Just like last semester I got to learn many new things. This time around  we got to mess around with Tumblr! Not only was it a fun way to turn in assignments, we could also see our classmates posts and response to them, also, we could receive feedback from our classmates. 

So What

SO taking part two of rhetoric and writing studies has been a blast on getting to learn new things that I will apply for my upcoming courses. Writing my literature review taught me on how to create good research questions and interview questions. This assignment gave me the opportunity to interview someone professional in my filed and practice my communication skills. Even though I felt like this..

Now What

Now that I have completed this course I will apply all of the new things I have learned to the rest of my upcoming classes. This class has taught me very well on how to use the library data base, and I know for my upper classes I will be doing lots of research. I will also use my writing skills if I ever want to apply for graduate school..

Future Students of RWS 1302…

Well I just want to let all of the new people coming into RWS 1302 with Audrey that you made a great choice! Just like many of the students coming into this class worry about essays and quizzes, this class will make your life so much easier. There are study guidelines provided by Audrey that will make all of your essays be completed on time. One of the new features of this class is using Tumblr which I think is really cool. At first I was scared of using Tumblr because I had never used it before. I soon realized that it was not as hard as I thought, I just had to play around with it. One advice that I would give to upcoming students taking this class is to not wait until the last minute to turn in a Tumblr post. Trust me even though these post are not “hard” some do take elaboration and thought. Also, if you ever have a question don’t hesitate to ask Audrey, she will help you!  

[karmaadema-blog]

True, this class has helped us to properly  use the library database and how to find good scholarly articles. Professor Audrey is the coolest. 

Good Job! :)) 

[karmaadema-blog]

Annnddd Wrap Up.

Week 16 

What? 

I was committed to take Professor Audrey for my RWS 1302 because I really enjoyed her class RWS 1301. Rhetoric and Writing Course prepares us for higher classes through different kinds of writing, researching and teaching us how to and from where to use the right resources. One of the very important aspect of this course is our Semester Topic, we choose a topic and work with it throughout the semester. By the end of the semester, we are more knowledgeable and have a greater idea about our semester topic. For example for this semester we strictly focused on diversity in different fields. I now realize the importance of diversity in not just Physics but nursing, military, film and etc by following your tumblr posts. This class was very interactive and I learned plenty from it. Like how to sent an interview request email, how to conduct a face to face interview and of course team work!! Making of documentary was something new and fun. 

So What? 

This class has helped me gain more knowledge about my major that is Physics. As being the part of the underrepresented group in Physics and talking about diversity in physics, has allowed me to do research on various articles giving me better ideas about women in Physics. Rhetoric and writing course has improved me as a writer/researcher. Now I am more comfortable with the APA format, in-text citations and have an idea about primary interview. So much knowledge from one class! 

Now What? 

My future classes will require writing research papers and I can use the skills that I got from this class to write the paper. Writing is essential in every field and I am glad that now I know all the requirements and guidelines to write a professional paper. Also for both the classes we made an e-portfolio and it is one of the many important and fun thing I learned from this class which I can use for future purposes.   

Dear future 1302 researchers

Welcome Aboard! If you are in professor Audrey’s class you are going to have fun. She is one of the best professor in UTEP. She makes the class fun and very interactive. She knows what she is doing and if you ever need help, don’t hesitate to go and ask her. She is very approachable and is always ready to help. She is very cheerful and I really liked her class. 

 Do all your assignments on time and get that A! 

[arantxakarinarws-blog]

Ethos, Pathos, Logos... #Week15

Section A: The Attention Grabber 

I will grab my audience’s attention with the use of ethos and logos by talking about how patients worldwide feel belittled or misunderstood by their physician because their physician isn’t the same race, culture or ethnicity as them. I’ll also introduce the need of diversity in the medical field, medical school in this case, and the benefits it gives to the work ethic of a physician in the making due to the engaging with students from different countries and different beliefs. 

Another way I will grab my audience’s attention is by showing a picture that could express the topic, “the need of diversity”. This is a way of using pathos.

Section B: Policy Change 

In order to solve the problems within the need of diversity in medical school associations such as the AMSA and students in Harvard Medical School are fighting for more programs supporting diversity in medical school, as well as starting organizations within their institution that promotes engaging with the diverse student body. 

Aside from advocating for a diversified education, there’s many other ways to raise awareness for the need of diversity in the medical field, such as engaging people in various issues related to diversity and cultural competency, taking part in interactive exercises to encourage discussion about differences and similarities within our communities and how they can be addressed, attend workshops on issues of ethnocentrism, language and communication in health care and culturally appropriate medicine, among many more solutions.

Section C: Call to Action 

To be able to minimize poor health care treatment we need to change the views towards diversity, and prove how being part of a diverse student body will only enhance and facilitate the work ethic towards the future diverse patients. Many organizations within medical schools promote the growth of diverse study groups and are asking for diversity within the faculty as well. By doing so, not only are they engaging with diverse students but with diverse professors, allowing them to learn from different people and different ideas, ultimately bettering their work ethic by creating some sort of vulnerability, understanding and respect towards future patients. Patients worldwide are demanding the equal competent care they deserve and diversity is a major way to enhance this. 

[karmaadema-blog]

Good Job as always. And I strongly believe that to facilitate good work ethic towards diverse patients, diversity in medical field is important. 

[karmaadema-blog]

Week 15

A. The attention Grabber I will grab the attention of the audience by giving them the numbers of women in physics and stating the large difference between women and man in physics. I will also talk about how women are treated inferior to man physicist and their difference in salaries. 

B. Policy change

I will talk about the policy change by discussing how important gender diversity is in physics field. And discuss that diversity in physics in physics is not just for the sake of diversity but to bring more ideas into the physics field. The video below features women and they discuss about how it fells to women in physics and why most women don't choose to study physics. 

C. Call to action 

 In order to increase gender diversity in physics there should be more scholarships and grants that not only reaches out to people with connections but to everyone who is eligible. The bias towards women should be discussed and women in physics should be taken as seriously as the men and should be given equal pays. The work area should also provide facilities for women like child care and health care. And one of the most important thing is to discuss about the underrepresentation of women in physics in the high school because the reason we don't have women in physics at the undergraduate level is girls in high school and middle school are not aware of the underrepresentation. High school teachers should talk about these important issues and not only talk about the male role models but also the female role models. This will help to slowly break the gender stereotypes in physics and girls will choose to major in physics in college level. The video below features women and they discuss about how it fells to be women in physics and why most women don't choose to study physics. 

[karmaadema-blog]

Week #14

 Time to Speak. 

Section 1

I watched the video that was uploaded in our tumblr Thursday prompt. 

Hugh Evans gives an inspirational talk about global citizens and how people are taking action on fights against extreme poverty, climate change, gender equality and many more issues that the world is facing right now. Such confidence and the way he speaks with an enthusiasm to change this world for better is mindblowing. He has this passion in his voice and the will to end various issues and help the community is fascinating. Wish I could speak to a crowd like this even something close to what he did will do. This is the thing about TED talks , they are extremely influential and visionary. Our next assignment is to present our documentary to our classmates by giving them a full understanding of our topic and make sure that by the end of the presentation the audience has a clear idea about our documentary. During the presentation, it is important to engage the audience’s attention. You should be confident and clear on what you are talking about. Giving a TED talk must be so stressful and must have required plenty of practice so to make a good presentation practice is a must. “Practice makes men perfect”

Here is a video on how to make powerful presentations. You are welcome :D 

In this video the author talks about using the notes section in powerpoint slides which can be only seen by the presenter during the presentation and I think it is a cool way to help us remember what we want to say. 

Section 2

I found this op-ed on the internet and it was very informative also considering that Ginger Kerrick studied at University of Texas at El Paso. The author gives the reader an insight of what Ginger Kerrick talked about when she spoke at the University of Texas at San Antonio. She addressed the issue of what was holding women back to study Physics and how difficult it was as a woman with an interest in physics to survive in the field. The author used pictures, quotes and statistics.  

This opinion piece and my semester topic is very much related as it discusses why women are underrepresented in physics field. One of the many reasons is the lack of role models and gender stereotyping which Ginger Kerrick addresses in this opinion piece. This article also discusses about the early life and the problems Ginger Kerrick faced when she was little. She was the only female student in her class and she faced many obstacles. Hugh Evans in his talk also explains his early life and how from an early age he was interested in helping others and has a vision to eradicate extreme poverty by 2030. Talking about personal experience helps to add on ethos and pathos. 

Section 3

It is high time that there are equal numbers of females and males in Physics and any other STEM field. Women are way underrepresented and initiatives should be taken to encourage and inspire women to study physics. Gender diversity in physics field will help women to get health and child care center in the departments and will discourage women to quit STEM jobs due to family obligations. Gender stereotypes about women in STEM should end. A women can be whatever she wants to be and there should be no limits. 

To convey the ideas, I will use data analysis, pictures, quotes and infographics. 

Okay so some more writing and a presentation.

But we got this!! 

[thebookofalan-blog]

Publius

Public Speaking:

The TedTalk we watched was a great way to connect the topic from our research to advocacy. I believe that the video has some great rhetoric and can give us tips on how to promote a topic and encourage action alongside awareness and advocacy.

I found a great article with 7 tips about public speaking on ABCNews webpage. The first on the list, and my personal favorite, “the audience is the most important person.” I believe this is the most important because it truly does matter for a speaker to know, understand, relate to, and care about their audience. A lack of connection with the audience is the beginning of a speech gone to waste.

It is so important for the audience to feel as if the speaker cares about them and that they feel that they can relate to the speaker. This creates a bond that will allow them to listen more intently to the ideas and advocacy that is being shared and will lead to a more responsive audience. If this aspect of public speaking is ignored, the audience will feel disconnected and will not listen very well to what is being said.

Public Opinion:

I found this great Op-Ed on the LATimes webpage!

One connection between this Op-Ed I found and the TedTalk is that they both clearly represent the problem to the issue that they are trying to advocate for. Both sources point out salient arguments in favor of a solution that they would advocate for.

One concept that was discussed in the TedTalk was the need for action. Collective action, rather. People may ask themselves, “What difference would my vote make?” and in their narrow mindset would opt out of voting and stay home. A point that Mr. Evans brought up in the video is that if we all act, then we are not alone. If more people were to go out to vote in this election cycle, we would have no issue of diversity. 2016 contains the most diverse electorate in the history of the United States of America. There needs to be a collective movement to vote. 

Public Outreach:

These connections could turn into real life change if more people realized that, though their action may seem like a single action, if everyone were to do it, the collective action would bring change. One drop of water can evaporate easily, but a rain storm can flood an area.

I think the genres that are available and can most clearly help convey these ideas are info graphics and videos containing the actual numbers correlating with voting diversity. I believe that when people see how real the numbers are and how they are not acting alone, they will be moved to act and to create change.

[karmaadema-blog]

I agree on your point that collective action can bring change. People should get together and work towards solving a certain issue like climate change because it is affecting us. “United we stand, divided we fall.“

Good job. 

[mmnunez2-blog]

Week 13

Hmmm… Sounds like a great idea!!

a. I am commuting the rest of this week to continue to find further information to improve our project!!

b. My group will be meeting to put everything together! I will be spending a portion of everyday to Find new information and try to conduct and interview with an academic scholar.

  c. My group has decided to gather information that will help improve and tie everything together! Such as new interviews to improve he documentary.

d. I will continue to find different scholarly articles to contribute to our project as well as try to interview academic scholars.

e I am concerned on how everything will turn out! I’m nervous to see the final product but I’m sure we will do great!!

f. I am comfortable with being able to get accurate and fitting information for our project since I have amazing group members!

[karmaadema-blog]

Same girl, concerned about how everything will turn out but let’s hope for the best! Can’t wait to see everybody’s documentary addressed on different and important topics. Good luck! :) 

[karmaadema-blog]

Documentary time!!

a. What days and times will you commit to the project? 

This whole week is dedicated to working on our documentary!  

b. What days/times are you working as a group and when will you work alone?

 On Tuesday and Thursday our group decided to meet and bring together our ideas so that we can share the ideas and put it in one piece. The days when we don’t meet we will be gathering datas and information regarding diversity of women in STEM. 

c. Specifically, what aspect of the project will you address on each of those days?

On the days when our group don’t meet, I will be for looking information about diversity of Women in STEM at UTEP. Look for solutions on how we can make the STEM field diverse.

 d. Specifically, what will you do to complete those aspects of the project? 

To complete those aspects I will go to the department of sciences in UTEP and ask for information. Get someone to interview for us and help us to answer our questions.

 e. What specific aspects of the assignment are you most concerned about? What can you do to address those concerns?

What I am most concerned about is working with imovie and putting together the information as we have no experience on creating a documentary. But we are a large group and it will help us to divide the work and come up with a great documentary. 

 f. What specific aspects of the assignment are you most comfortable with? Why?

Being a group of five is comfortable as we can divide the work and we have different ideas coming. 

Good luck to everyone. :) 

[karmaadema-blog]

Extra Credits!

Introduction to Islam by Yusuf Estes On 8th April I attended a lecture by Mr. Yusuf Estes. This event was sponsored by the Islamic Centre of El Paso. He gave us a talk on "The universal message of Islam" . He talked about what is Islam and gave us a deeper understanding of Islam.

 He talked about Allah. Allah is one in Islam. Allah has no son or father and Allah has no parallel or equal. Yusuf Estes talked about the similarity between a Bible and Quran. I have never read a bible or a Quran but have some understanding about what they are and what is stated. He talked about the 10 commandments, thou shall not kill , thou shall not steal and realized that I as a Buddhist also learn about this in our Buddhist teaching. I saw a connection between Buddhism and Islam. In Islam, there is no mediation between Allah and Man. You do not need to visit a priest to confess or repent. In Islam, every Muslim has direct contact with Allah, no matter how weak, poor, or ignorant he is. 

Listening to his lecture I realized that God is very important in Islam. He explains the true meaning of Islam and how the media is giving people the wrong idea of Islam. 

 What I can do with this information is, if I ever meet feeble minded people who thinks different of Islam, I will tell them how wrong they are and to respect every one's religion and believe. Violence shall end if people respects each other's religion rather than saying only your God is true/great/superior. Everyone is equal and no religion is superior or inferior.

[ourmariacasas-blog]

In the process of a documentary...

Part 1:

Topic: Education and Health in the Hispanic Community

Stance: Improving education in the Hispanic community should contribute to the improvement in health for Hispanics because higher education can lead to better jobs, such as in the health industry, with knowledge of good health and better opportunity.

Audience: Hispanic community to educate on improving education and health.

Solution:

Part 2: AUDIENCE

Audience: Hispanic community seeking higher education, college level and above.

The community is aware of the issue contributing to Education and Health in the Hispanic Community…

Ethos:

As stated “Racial and ethnic health disparities undermine our communities and our health care system.” (Families USA, 2014)

Minorities are overseen as part of the community within health care systems… Higher education contributes to improving conditions within the Hispanic population.

And “NAHN is committed to advancing the health in Hispanic communities and to lead, promote and advocate the educational, professional, and leadership opportunities for Hispanic nurses.” (National Association of Hispanic Nurses.)

Pathos:

The Hispanic minority group is being undermined in an educational and health level where they are restrained from opportunity that non-hispanic individuals have at a better reach.

When being in the educational level “Minority nursing student’s face multiple barriers to success including insufficient academic advising, program mentoring, technical support, and professional socialization. This highlights the need to create and maintain nursing programs capable of aggressively supporting minority student needs.” (Loftin, Newman, Dumas, Gilden &Bond, 2012)

In health care systems “Hispanic health is often shaped by factors such as language/cultural barriers, lack of access to preventive care, and the lack of health insurance” (U.S. Department of health and Human Services Office of Minority Health.)

Logos:

“Today, in fact, Hispanics account for 42% of the population… roughly one third of the population in California and Texas.” (Minority Nurse.)

Hispanics are in fact one of the largest minority groups …

“Yet only 2% of the nation’s registered nurses are Hispanic, and the percentage of Hispanic nurses educated at the higher level is even smaller.” (Minority Nurse.)

Due to the lack of Hispanic opportunities with higher education levels

“More than one-fourth of Hispanic adults in the United States lack a usual health care provider, and a similar proportion report obtaining no health care information from medical personnel in the past year.” (Livingston, Minushkin, & Cohn, 2008)

Solution…? 

“Universities, colleges, and nursing programs specifically are beginning to focus on increasing diversity as they seek to effectively prepare nursing students to serve diverse clients and communities.” (Bednardz, Schim & Doorenbos, 2010)

“The American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education (AAHHE) is an agent of change for improving education, thus enabling Hispanic students to fully participate in a diverse society.”

Health education for the community such as, “Eat Well El Paso department of public health incorporate health programs to help educate youth on healthy eating.”

“It is necessary to work in order to increase awareness and knowledge of the positive effects that healthy food choices can have on our health and our Hispanic community.”

Advocacy: 

Our mission is to improve health and advance education for the Hispanic community. Hispanic “community empowerment and developing a well articulated voice” 

“efforts strive to deliver and form a fresh Hispanic perspective… as a solid voice for our Hispanic community, on topics of Health and Education” (Latino Institute.)

[karmaadema-blog]

Woo. Your group has done a very detailed job with relevant information. I feel like our documentaries are going to be very informative as we are addressing on diversity in different fields. And what is more important than education and health? Very interesting and knowledgeable topic. Excited to see the videos. :D Good Luck! 

[karmaadema-blog]

Week #12

Group STEM! 

Part 1.

A)Topic: Diversity of Women and minorities in STEM

Our topic is on Diversity of women and minorities in STEM with a focus on how the minority women in STEM field are underrepresented. We will discuss why there is underrepresentation of women and minorities in science fields and will work to find the solution to encourage them to join the STEM field if they are interested in it. We will discuss the reasons why women and minorities choose not to take major as science subjects.

B)What we all think about the diversity in Stem Is that we do have diversity but it is not enough. Surely we all can see diversity in STEM but we want more women to be in STEM. You could easily see that women is lacking in STEM and of course women can make difference if they are with us. More effort should be made to attract more women and even minorities because diversity totally helps and it brings positive impacts to every one of us.

C) We chose to persuade women and minority groups in STEM on our video. We pick this audience as our targeted audience because without them there would be no noticeable diversity in STEM. We are targeting them because we are part of those audiences and we want more of our people in STEM.

D) One of the possible solutions for the lack of diversity is increasing funding for minorities and women in STEM at all levels. Although there are already plenty of scholarships at the undergraduate level, there is not enough for minorities and women seeking to obtain a masters or Phd. Another solution is to create retention programs at universities so that students who enter STEM majors stay and complete their degree. For example, study groups can be created in each class that will include all students so they can develop a sense of belonging and reduce the likelihood of changing major. These solutions will, over time, create more role models for people from all backgrounds, ethnicities, and genders, which will in turn make STEM majors more approachable by all people.

PART 2 

For this individual post I am focusing on Ethos and Pathos of the topic. 

Ethos: Participation of women in science is very important as there is very less role models for young girls. I interviewed Dr. Tuna Baruah a physics associate professor at UTEP for my primary research and she said that girls need to join Physics field so that there are more of them who can be role models for young girls interested in science and there will be more facilities like child care and health care for women. 

Pathos: In one of the scholarly article that I used for my Literature review, gives us the statistical data of women in physics.. Author  Barthelemy, Grunert, Henderson states that, “The dearth of women in academic physics is obvious through both anecdotal and statistical data. The field, at the undergraduate level, is around 78% male and 22% female. The discrepancy of men and women majoring in physics is even more staggering when considering that women earn around 57% of US bachelor’s degrees.”( 2012, pg-66) This is a data for physics subject but the numbers are similar for all STEM- (Science, Technology, Engineering and Science”) subjects and we can see that women are underrepresented. Women themselves are a minority in the field of STEM and the small portion which represents women are mostly white women. We don’t have much women of color in STEM fields and it is an issue that needs to be discussed. Because diversity in STEM is just not for the sake of diversity but to change the STEM field with different ideas and knowledge contributed by different genders and race. 

The graphs below will show the statistical data of women and minorities in STEM. 

[jsgallegos-blog]

Reflecting on skills, skills, and more skills 😎

The research done for my RWS helped me understand the cultural diversity in the field of nursing. Before having to do this assignment I would of never imagine the struggle there is in nursing, and the importance of having different cultures in the field. My topic was “Cultural diversity in nursing.” Having this topic I created a literature review and it was pretty hard at first, but then I got the hang of it. The research I did on this topic taught me new stuff making me think more about my future career in nursing. The importance of learning all this was to prepare me for the future. Not only the nursing information will help me prepare but also having to do all this research helped me understand what to expect in the future. Professionally I will be able to conduct future interviews as I did with Dr. Morales. The interview with him took a big part in my paper now that he focused on diversity in nursing and he told me about his experiences I the field. Recently I had advising for the summer semester, and I will be taking Speech in the summer. 😩 Having this experience of developing communication will help me in this course. Now that before giving the interview I was so scared of it. Now I know it is not bad having to speak with new people 😁

[karmaadema-blog]

Short and sweet! This assignment though long and required lot of work, it sure helped us to get familarized with writing good research papers and how to conduct interviews which was new for many of us. I see that many of you are doing diversity in nursing field and I too believe that cultural diversity is imporant in nursing field. You go girl! 

&  High 5 on finishing this looooong assignment ! 

[karmaadema-blog]

Reflection in 3 Parts!

What? So what? Now what? 

What? 

Done with Literature Review! So glad. This assignment was heavy and required a lot of work. But at the end of the day, you sleep learning something new. Through this assignment I have learnt alot about my field, that is Physics. My research topic was Diversity of women in Physics and it mostly talked about how women are underrepesented and also touched a little on participation of minority group in Physics field. I learnt women are underrepresented and the main reason behind less participation of women is the sterotypes that Physics is really hard and it is not a field for women. The lack of role models also demotivates women to take physics and as a physics student sometimes we really need someone to look up to.Everybody needs motivation and for some reasons the lack of role models demotivates women who are interested in physics to take physics . 

About creating literature reviews, I got more familarized with the APA format. I think creating literature review also helped me into developing strong research question through feedbacks from my instructor and peers. New thing i learned about creating literature review is the primary research. I know how to write interview request emails and what to do after I get the email for interview confirmation. And for the first time I did a face-to-face interview with my choice of scholar. It was kinda scary the first time but as I begin asking questions it gets easier. I learnt the rules for interviewing a scholar. This research has taken me into another step of doing research as I learn about interviews and sources more. Before it was just reading articles but now I reached another level of conducting research like contacting my scholar through email and doing face-to-face interviews. 

So WHAT?

The skills that I gained from this assignment is very important for this course as Rhetoric and Writing class is all about looking for good scholarly articles and open articels related to our topic and conducting research based on it. The citations are very important as well and we learned loads about how to use the quotes and write the research to make our paper unbiased. This course prepares us to write academically sound research papers for our future classes as a grad. Writing is required in very field and as a physics major it will help me plenty to write research papers. Learned so much from this assignment! 

Now WHAT ? 

Conducting this research has helped me learn more about my field, i.e Physics. As I am also representing the minority group in physics, I know what are holding women behind and why Physics is male dominated field. The knowledge I got through this assignment can help me further do a research on diversity of women in Physics. Studying physics requires alot of research and this assignment got me familarized with conducting research so for my future classes I can use what I learned from this class to write a good research paper. 

[karmaadema-blog]

#RWS16 #1302FTW #1302dempointsdoe #extracredits

[marinpriscila]

Methods & Interview Material

If you are feeling like this on either methods and interview material, then you should probably read this post lol…

Assignment Requirements: Methods

+ Goes after the introduction

+Should be around a page long

+ Explain the purpose of your primary research (Give your interview a name, give a statement of what you hoped to find out)

+ Explain the methods used to conduct your primary research (Where, how, and when you conducted your primary research)

+ Give your results of primary research (list down your research questions, briefly answer them, and give any demographic information)

+ Talk about the implications of your primary research (how does your primary research relate to what your other sources say)

Assignment Requirements: Interview Material

+ Send an interview request to your chosen scholar (Make sure to add a subject) 

+ Once they respond, send them the “Interview Confirmation” (This will have your research questions, scholarly articles, and Interview release form attached)

+ Make sure you have the appropriate materials to record the interview (Camera, tripod, paper, pencil, phone, ect.)

+ Once the interview comes, you will want to dress appropriate, act professional, and bring a copy of the “Interview Release Form.”

+ Even if you are recording the interview make sure that you are writing down the main key points.

Where did I find this information: Methods

-You can also look at the supplementary guidelines provided in Bb (Week 10 Literature Review Supplementary Guidelines)

Where did I find this information: Interview Material

-You can also find more detailed information in Bb (Week 9, “Interview Material”)

How will I meet these requirements?: Methods

This website is very helpful: https://yuwritingcenter.wikispaces.com/How+to+Write+the+Methodology+of+a+Research+Paper 

How will I meet these requirements?: Interview Material

[karmaadema-blog]

Thank you for the information. 👏🏻 Good job.

[karmaadema-blog]

PIECING TOGETHER THE LITERATURE REVIEW

Working on Introduction and In-text-citation

Class Requirement for our Introduction section:

 Background information on the topic 

 Stated research questions (4). These questions should appear in bullet list format. 

 Thesis: “Announces the main point, major claim, or controlling idea in an essay. 

A clear thesis helps readers because it prepares them for what they will be reading” o Ex: “This report investigates the following community problem, and will address point 1, 2, 3, and 4.

Writing the introduction

In the introduction, you should:

Define or identify the general topic, issue, or area of concern, thus providing an appropriate context for reviewing the literature.

Point out overall trends in what has been published about the topic; or conflicts in theory, methodology, evidence, and conclusions; or gaps in research and scholarship; or a single problem or new perspective of immediate interest.

Establish the writer's reason (point of view) for reviewing the literature; explain the criteria to be used in analyzing and comparing literature and the organization of the review (sequence); and, when necessary, state why certain literature is or is not included (scope). 

(Information retrieved  from: https://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/ReviewofLiterature.html) 

RWS e-book pg-254 states 

In-text citation.

What is in-text citation. Google defines in-text citation as “The purpose of an MLA in-text citation, sometimes called a parenthetical reference, is to help readers easily find the sources in the Works Cited page that correspond to your referenced passage.”

Here is a short video for in-text citation. I found this video helpful. 

We can also get information about in-text citation from our RWS ebook pg-43

I hope this helps! If you have any question don’t hesitate to google it. Just kidding. Do ask your doubts and questions !!

And I am done!! 

[aimacias2-blog]

Week 9

sgI decided to go and interview Dr. Jorge Lopez, as my major is Physics it is even better to interview him about my topic “ Minorities in the field of STEM” I began by sending him an interview request:

Dr. Lopez is a very awesome person he responded me right away, and directly to the point.

I sent him my questions about two hours before i arrived and he replied again right away

Even though I got these answers I still went to his office so I could get the form signed

After all this I am done, I felt pretty shy at first but after I saw that Dr. Lopez is such a great person I felt more comfortable.

[karmaadema-blog]

Damnn Macias. Done already? I still haven't got an email back. I think Dr. Botez is out of office. Maybe I should email my second choice of scholar. Anyways good job! 👏🏻