03 Class TUE SEP 13
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Defining Terms “Your Way”
The Peoples Republic of China (mainland China, excluding Hong Kong), has for some time been repressing the defenders of the more democratic government of the small part of China designated the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China (HKSAR). Some would argue there is very little democracy left in Hong Kong. This morning (TUE SEP 17, 2021) on BBCHARDTalk, host Steven Sackur put the question to Hong Kong legislative councillor Dominic Lee Tsz King, a high profile defender of Beijing’s increasingly tight grip on the territory: “With pro-democracy activists arrested, exiled or cowed into silence, has ‘One country, Two systems’ morphed into one country, one system?”
Lee offered this novel definition of Democracy;
Link to the HARDTalk broadcast
When we look at democracy, there are a lot of different systems. Democracy does not just represent election politics, if that’s what you’re referring to. In China, we practice what we call “Whole Process Democracy,” at which democracy is in every stage of the decision-making process—an election is one part of it, one big part of it, but if we’re too consumed about elections, we put too much focus and too much time into elections . . . .
Warm Up
Daily Notes Reminder
Class Notes are my technique for taking attendance, evaluating your level of engagement with the classroom, and encouraging you to practice Purposeful Summary of what goes on while we’re together.
Record your Notes as a Reply to the daily Agenda (that is, to this page).
- For a refresher on how to write Good Class Notes, follow the link.
My Hypothesis
- Workshop: Bearing Down on the Research Hypothesis, using examples of student work so far.
The White Paper
- Workshop: Tracking your Research in Real Time
- Model: The White Paper: Why We Still Have Polio
Task
- White Paper Quiz. Follow this link to a quick quiz on White Paper technique and grading.
- Complete by midnight WED SEP 14.
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Counterintuitive Fall 2022 
notes – blue22
I always found the topic of Hong Kong very interesting. I have studied it somewhat extensively, back to when it was formed during the Opium wars. Somewhat recently, Hong Kong was returned to China. Back when this happened, the Hong Kong GDP was a large percentage of the Chinese economy, so the government wisely let Hong Kong continue to have its freedom. Now that China has become an economic superpower, they have no reason to keep Hong Kong independent. They are becoming more and more blatant in attempts to suppress Hong Kong’s freedoms. I think it is particularly entertaining to watch Chinese officials try to explain and justify their unnecessary expansion as to not destroy relations with the rest of the world.
“Which one is African American” was particularly interesting to me. I have always viewed “African American” as a way to describe someone with dark skin. This has definitely altered my perception of the term.
I’m happy to have found two ways to engage your attention this morning, blue. And I agree it’s fun to watch politicians squirm as they justify their lies, but also depressing. What’s more disturbing is that we can’t pretend to moral superiority as our own version of democracy grows ever more diluted. Not as much fun when our own politicians squirm as they pretend we’re not a corporatocracy.
As for the African-American riddle, yeah, it’s most peculiar that we use the names of a continent and a country to describe someone’s race. Ridiculous, really.
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Full credit for your Notes today, but I will say in future the bar will be higher. You’ll need to mention at least something about the rest of the day in class beyond the riddle.
Class Notes: 1-26-22
Research and its “purpose”
-Initial thoughts
–Research is dependent on the subject and other claims that are relevant
—it’s not entirely about learning, but also teaching. Most times a subject is chosen based on passion, and if it’s something you’re passionate about, it is highly likely that you already know a lot of information about it and already have an opinion. When looking up published scholarly works to back up your opinion, you begin to write on that, which in turn teaches the reader. The reader can then argue your opinion, therefore even teaching you, making a continuous cycle.
Thoughts From Professor
-Chatted about the two differing forms of government within china.
— “One Country, Two systems”
—Isn’t that what we have in the US? Although not separated by a literal geographical barrier. Rather our government is a combination of a democracy and a republic.
—-If this is what we have in the US then will there be a time where we stray away from our form of government to the point where it’s not even a democratic-republic anymore?
-Defining your own terms:
–I feel that defining your own terms can also lead to some issues. In terms of Democracy, the person who is not talking about “true democracy” should have to explain what they mean, not the person using the true definition of the word. At least in my opinion.
-“A good essay is open faced- poker”
–I started laughing because this thought ran through my mind: If it’s open faced poker, if I happen to have the “highest scoring” essay, is there a chance I will win money lol
Hypotheses time:
-Another joke, going through my head…
–What’s a writer’s favorite body of water…. Hypothe..seas..
— Yes , I know it’s not grammatically correct….I apologize for that
More serious Hypothesis notes:
-There should be nothing in question about what opinion the author has
–Going through the hypotheses, I feel as though things should be very concrete and very precise.
White paper task:
-Working collection of sources and reactions
–Test hypotheses and ideas
I love that your Notes are a conversation, Pluto. You’re not merely recording; you’re grappling and synthesizing, arguing, finding out what you believe by writing.
—What you say about letting our passion choose our research topic gives me pause. I won’t change my advice about researching a topic we’ll be certain to find compelling for 15 weeks (That’s essential.), but I should also caution that it’s hard to put aside our prejudices about a topic we’ve nurtured for years, and harder to remain open to changing our minds.
—We could have a long conversation about whether America is still a democracy. I’d enlist blue22 to join that conversation too. They’ve been studying China’s Two Systems for awhile (see above).
—Absolutely defining our own terms is problematic. But so is deciding who’s in charge of “true democracy.” EVERYBODY should “have to explain what they mean,” especially those who think they’re using “the true definition of the word.” At least, in my opinion. 🙂
—I’m in for ten bucks. 🙂
In future, I will deduct a point on Notes for terrible puns like Hypotheseas. 😉
But, keep them coming anyway if you can afford them, please.
—Yes, the more specific the hypothesis, the better. “Concrete and precise” is a good way to put it.
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Full credit for Notes without hesitation.
Thank you for an entertaining read.
I do agree that passion could cause some prejudice, however my counterargument is that shouldn’t an opinion be based on facts that both aid to and counter your opinion? I feel that you can’t construct a detailed argument for an opinion that isn’t based on fact, which both includes research that aids and contrasts your cause.
I apologize for the terrible jokes and puns. As ridiculous as it sounds, making awful jokes to myself has became a way to encourage my thinking to be outside of the box.
I also am very excited about these essays. I feel as though I’ve never been great at writing and getting constant feedback on my thoughts/notes/thinking forces me to see where I can improve continually.
**All my notes erased by accident , so I am going to try to remember what I had previously typed.**
-what it says and not what it is about is a purposeful summary
-the riddle was about Denzel Washington and Charlize Theron. The riddle was asking who was the African American. Off the top of my head i’m automatically thinking Denzel. Although he is the black man out of the two people that were shown, Charlize is the African American because she was born in South Africa. Denzel was born in America so he is just an American in that aspect. He is an African American man due to his ancestors originating from there.
-After going over the “My Hypothesis” assignment , I realized I probably need to dig deeper into what I want to talk about. What I have is good but it is too broad , so I need to narrow it down.
-Small pox was eradicated in the 1950’s through vaccinations , and they are trying to do the same thing with Covid-19 but there are so many new strains being discovered every week that is it hard to keep up.
I’m sorry to hear about your lost Notes, chance, but these will certainly suffice for today. I’m delighted to hear that you’re planning to dig deeper and revise your My Hypothesis (no matter how good it may already be! 🙂
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I really like how you give your students fedback. It will help me throughout this course
– summary writing is important for context.
– research familiarizes yourself with info you need.
– research=rationalizing
– definitions can be subjective
– words can be twisted and warped
– use the right words at the right time
– show your cards
know the context of your words and where they fit into your piece
– start with affirmation when workshopping any form of writing big or small
Research probably does equal rationalizing for a prejudiced researcher, but of course our ideal is to lose our prejudices through research and use it to elucidate our new understanding of a truth, at least a provisional truth.
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Your insight and views are very interesting! Looking at this research as prejudiced is something I have never really considered.
Class Notes:
-It is wise to research and then update your writing as soon as you gather information.
-African americans are often categorized as such because people assume that all black people are from africa. However, this is not the case. For example, Charlize Theron is “white” and has a citizenship in Africa. Denzel Washington is not from africa but can often be stereotypically assumed as such because of the color of his skin.
-This riddle was definitely eye opening because I have found myself falling into this category. I will now rethink the things that I say when it comes to assuming people’s descent.
-The idea of democracy has several different meanings depending on where you are and what you believe in.
-You can always go back and see the original edit on WordPress.
-Oftentimes, professor will never be satisfied, so it is an ongoing process of improving your work to become more concise, specific and to the point.
-Isolate the important part of the article and shape it into something that makes sense to you as a writer
-Use the white paper quiz to edit and revise the hypothesis.
-Write about sources, do not think!
—I was thinking it is wise to write WHILE you’re reading as a method of interacting with your source material AS YOU GATHER IT. The work doesn’t have to be polished, just a record of what you were thinking as you encountered new evidence.
—Yeah, I don’t think anybody naturally assumes Denzel Washington WAS BORN in Africa based on his skin color. But it’s quite odd that we describe him as African-Anything! The term was meant to be more polite and less overtly racist than Black, but it’s still deeply illogical and weird.
—What I’m trying to emphasize with all this talk about Definitions and Categorical statements is that nobody OWNS a term or has the right to insist that their meaning is the RIGHT meaning. Every Definition is an Argument. Our democracy is certainly different now than when our country was founded.
—Not oftentimes; every time. That’s what never means. 🙂 My hope is that you’ll internalize that reaction and always strive for better in your own work, even in what we eventually have to call your “Final” draft.
—I COULD NOT have written a better definition of Purposeful Summary than that!
Dude! You’re on a roll!
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I agree that I should continue to take notes while reading instead of afterwards. Generally, I think that I should read the sources and work on the purposeful summaries to allow myself to engage in the commentary of the source.
1/26/22 44Elk Class Notes:
When doing research for my research paper, it is important to not find a small “nugget” of information aligned with my point of view, but it IS important to find a plethora of information from multiple points of view and sources to familiarize myself with them and improve the quality of my work.
We next talked about the “definition of democracy” in context with Chinese electoral practices and how HAR Dtalk calls them out for misusing the word “democracy.”
We next talked about the “Find the African American” riddle. I learned that the exact term “African American” can be used in two completely different ways. Denzel Washington (a black actor) can be labeled as an African American if someone is referring to him based on the color of his skin. Charlize Theron (A white actress) can also be labeled as an African American if someone is referring to her based on where she was born (South Africa). Both live in America. It’s quite interesting to talk about the term “African American” in two completely different ways.
I think it would be helpful for Mr. Hodges to record a brief “How-To” video for daily notes just for me to make sure I’m doing it correctly.
We next looked at a ‘My Hypothesis’ example from ilovecoffee18 and I updated my assignment to be in the ‘My Hypothesis’ and ‘44Elk’ categories.
We next talked about the “White Paper Technique” and the assignment that coincides with it. I think this will personally help me because I like to splurge my ideas into physical text when I get them to avoid forgetting them and losing them to the abyss of the forgotten ideas.
We next talked about Polio and Smallpox. Not necessarily the viruses, but how an introduction/counterintuitive section to a research paper on that topic would work. The counterintuitive note example was not good.
The real question is, “Who’s in charge of deciding who’s USING the word democracy, and who’s misusing the word?”
In your Definition/Categorical argument, you’ll do what participants in arguments too rarely do before they start airing their opinions: you’ll clarify what you mean when you “correctly” use the terms you will employ.
It’s so odd that we would combine the name of a country and the name of a continent to describe a man just to avoid identifying him by race, but that’s why the term was first invented.
—I shall do that.
As a person very familiar with the territory, I both love and am appalled to recognize your beautiful term: “the abyss of the forgotten ideas”! 🙂
I don’t understand what this means:
Does it mean you’re discouraged that vaccinations will paralyze 1 in 3 million vaccine recipients?
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Thanks for the feedback! I like how you respond to direct quotes from my notes with your thoughts. It makes the feedback much easier to understand.
Research has the purpose to familiarize us with information, so we can learn what we believe. We will come to our own ideas and reactions to that information we read, and make purposeful summaries along with it. That is the idea of finding a pheasant on a foxhunt. Being open minded, and finding or coming to an idea that is unexpected. This comes to defining terms in your own sense. How one person may view one word could potentially be a completely different word and definition for someone else. In importance to explaining your ideas and reactions, is using words and defining what those words actually mean to you. It is not like playing poker and hiding behind the set of cards you have, you are actually showing your cards and showing what you have so everyone knows. Charlize TheRon is an example of how we define words differently. She is a white woman, but actually she is African-American, because she was born in South Africa but has dual citizenship in America. Using her as an example explains seeing is one thing, but actually diving under the surface is a different idea. In purposeful summaries, you must be able to track and record everything you read. While your reading is to record your impressions. Like for the Stanford Prison Experiment we recorded our reactions and impressions while we watched the video and read the articles, for future use. The White Paper is used as a place to save and record ideas for future reference, and also a place for trial and error. By copying bibliography research, you can write in your ideas and summaries and have them side by side for later use.
I like your technique, reesespieces.
It’s a running record of what you’re thinking as class proceeds. You’re analyzing, drawing conclusions, making observations throughout, and noting them. I suspect if you read these again in two months, you’ll be able to recall the details of the lesson plan very well.
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Thank you very kindly. I believe that I am already getting better at making observations and think about things I have never thought about before. Especially with the daily riddles, after our class I will text my father the riddle everyday, and we will spend all day texting and debating about it. A few we have even had to post on Facebook so our friends and family can get in on it. So thank you for those! I can’t wait to see how much I will improve by the end of the semester.
Starting off class, professor mentioned, when reading an article writing down conclusions or thoughts of your own can be very helpful.
Defining terms in your own way can help words flow onto your page when writing.
Next was the riddle finding out both actors depicted were both African-Americans depending on the way you’d classify them.
Her name being Charlize Theron.
Clarified how to post in the blog and how to categorize your postings.
Reviewed classmates hypotheses and gave suggestions.
Making revisions and improving in this class is essential to maintaining a high grade average.
White paper discussion provided useful information to research paper.
White paper quiz due Sunday.
Too many of your observations could be replaced by an outline, kaboom. Not for my sake, but for your own, try to record the POINT of the material we handle, not the name of the content.
This is a partial outline based on your notes:
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Full credit for notes this time.
Better notes would be the things you write in the margins of that outline while you’re sitting in the class and want to remember what happened.
Ok, thank you for the feedback. Was kind of unsure how to formulate my notes.
Research- familiarize yourself with as much material that has been gathered or produced on a topic that you are interested in.
Write reactions to the work that you are reading
Fox hunt- went looking for a fox and came back with a pheasant
Research- went looking for information, you learn something new
Learned something in the process and shared it
Defining terms your way- ex. Democracy
There are many ways to define democracy
Chinese government- democracy is at every step of the process
Specifying what you mean, putting things in your terms is what research papers are all about
“Show your cards” – show what you mean and feel
Riddle- Charlize Theron and Denzel Washington are both African American in their own ways
Charlize- was born there
Denzel- from descent
Two different perspectives and two different meanings for the same term
White Paper
Not just save the article, record your impressions
Gather your own opinion, that is what your research paper is all about
“Final draft” does not exist, you are always able to improve your writing
Several hypotheses tested
Trying out things for your own benefit
Note the other side of your argument, and then say how that side is “wrong” compared to your side
Rebuttal
Grading process- periodic
Thinking of topic and sources- no good
Writing is good
Simplest way to build a large collection of useful sources- use reference list from articles
Point of having more than one hypothesis
Why is there so many practice openings- changing mind
Value of creating sections- easier to find sources
If I have made steady progress- you will have almost no work by the time the research paper is due
These are terrific, swim. Just the nuggets. But nicely chosen and perfectly apt. I particularly like, but for a different reason, that you were able to provide yourself answers to the quiz questions as I breezed through it on the blog. Very resourceful!
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Reminder
A “how to” for daily notes would be very helpful
*Fun fact* Presidential Summit occurred at Glassboro State in 1967
Discussion
Purposeful Summary: what it says not what it is about
The purpose of research is to familiarize yourself with all the material in your topic of interest in order to gather what you believe.
Define terms “Your Way” in order to have a conversation
“Your Way”: being completely transparent about what your terms mean in order to be fully understood
White Paper: working collection of sources and reactions to them
*fun fact* A doctor found that washing his hands could reduce the death rate by 50%
Riddle
Denzel: African-American but from Detroit
Charlize: African-American and from South Africa
same terms, different meanings
—I shall do that!
—Definitely that, but also: What I say it says, and why that’s important to my argument.
—Nice.
Ridiculed for Hand Washing.
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I’m looking forward to the “how-to”! I also hope to hear many more interesting facts in relation to the course material, I was truly captivated by the hand-washing.
Didja hear the one about the monarch butterflies? 🙂
My Notes
Defining your way is important. As Dominic Lee Tsz King describes a bit into what China’s ‘democracy’ is. Although through this we just have to define our terms and describe what we mean and what we experience, on our standards. Brief overview.
A 2 minute how to video might be helpful with being more specific notes, or some expectations. Which would allow students to better work with their notes in regard to this class. That’s up to the professor and the students.
More about the hypothesis process, the more specific pointes you make the better a paper can be. Don’t keep too broad, try to focus on something narrower that you can write enough about.
The White Paper allows for a draft technique. Still have to learn more about white paper and understand it better. Have to continue to improve on the white paper to do better support my argument.
—I shall do this!
—Maybe about this, too!
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Full credit for notes this time, but they’ll have to improve to keep earning full credit every class, rushhour.
Yeah! Now looking back at the comments, and others notes as well as your feedback, a little video might be good so that I can more fully understand your expectations as well as try to improve on my notes more! That also is actually as pretty good idea regarding the white paper. I say that because as I work on the little quiz and look at the information given regarding the paper, I still am a little confused on it, so I believe that the video for the white paper will give me more clarification on that!
During this semester we discussed, A good essay is putting all your cards in there. Just like poker.
During the semester we discussed 2 actors and asked us which one is African American.
Denzel Washington and Charlize Theron. Charlize and Denzel were both born in South Africa but Denzel is African American.
For the My Hypothesis assignment, the professor wants us to put the assignment in the My Hypothesis tab.
For homework, we have to do a white paper quiz due midnight Sun Jan 30
During the semester we discussed, an example of a paragraph about children from Iraq got Polio.
You will surely benefit from reading the Notes of your classmates, BubbaRowan. Get an idea from what you see from them about how to engage with the course material and make observations about the subject matter.
I’m puzzled by your observations about the African-American riddle. Both actors can be described as African-Americans but for very different reasons. The term is ambiguous and quite odd as a way to describe race. You appear to have misunderstood something.
Denzel Washington WAS NOT born in Africa.
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Full credit for notes this time, but see if you can learn from your peers how to record more of what you’re thinking and reacting to the topics.
I will fix my notes based on what you told me. Maybe a video on taking notes would be very helpful.
1/26/2022
Today in class professor Hodges started off by talking about the purpose of research. Research is supposed to be reactions to the readings we read and making our own conclusions about something new.
The purpose of research is to be on a foxhunt and whatever you find you bring back such as instead of getting a fox you get a pheasant which will teach you new things. This example made me realize that research is more about learning new things and different perspectives rather than talking about things we already know.
An example was given about Plan B and how it is more of an abortion pill compared to birth control that we do not even notice unless we think more about it.
We discussed the people of the Republic of China where we talked about Hong Kong and how it was as if it were a different country because of its independence from the mainland of China. We can describe the word democracy in many different ways with many different meanings.
For example, democracy is not only about political elections but there is rather a system that is used for the government to make decisions.
The riddle discussed in class showed how looks can be a very easy way of making assumptions. There was an image of a white actress Charlize Theron next to a black actor and what might have seemed like an easy question,” Who is African – American” became more questionable. The white woman was born in Africa which made her African – American meanwhile the male actor was born in Detroit which only made his African descent. This riddle showed me that it can be easy to make quick decisions about those we do not know which makes me more open-minded.
The white paper is used to keep a collection of resources that are used and the reactions we have to them to have a good understanding and get a refreshment.
—I would phrase your point almost the same way, cookie, except I might emphasize that what we learn might change our perspective about things we thought we already knew.
—Not just Plan B but any birth control pill doesn’t prevent a sperm from fertilizing an egg; it prevents it from implanting on the cervix, so the fertilized egg (some would say a human life because life begins at conception) is discarded.
—I certainly didn’t mean to accuse anyone of being closed-minded, cookie. We use a very peculiar term, “African-American,” to describe race plus citizenship, which is a terrible idea that confounds everybody’s understanding. My riddle doesn’t expose prejudice. It just points out that the term is ambiguous.
—Refreshment? 🙂
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Word press did not let me reply today. Thank you for the reply and I will give more detailed notes that include more outside of the box thinking.
Have you tried to reply to this thread from a different device, login, network, or connection, Cookie?
It is important to define a word that you are using with the definition of the word that you have in mind. Words like democracy have multiple interpretations by different people, so you must make sure everyone understands what you are trying to say. For example, democracy, to most Americans, is associated with the Democratic party, and what the ideals of the democratic party are. However, democracy is just a system of government in which everyone in a state is able to vote, usually through representatives. Because of these two different interpretations of democracy, it can be confusing for readers what the author means by democracy because it is two different things. Hence, it is crucial to make sure everything is explained in the way you want it to be.
In today’s riddle, who is the African American, my answer was Denzel Washington because an African-American is generally reserved for Black men or women. The definition of African-American according to Google and Oxford dictionary is “a black American” However, the interpretation for the word African-American in the riddle was just a person who was born in Africa and now lives in America, hence, Charlize Theron being the correct answer to the riddle. This riddle highlights the importance of defining what you mean when using certain words especially when they have different interpretations.
Make sure to have everything correctly posted.
Add username next to heading at the top: My Hypothesis – NotoriousFate
Include a title of what the summaries are about.
Make sure to include the categories before posting. The two tags to include for this assignment are: NotoriousFate and My Hypothesis. For future assignments, username must be included while the other category is just what assignment it is.
Please make a “How to” for daily notes.
https://hodgescomp2.com/author/notoriousfate/
—Between Democracy and African-American, I see why you found the takeaway for the day to be an emphasis on the importance of defining one’s terms!
—I shall do that!
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– When the riddle was first introduced, I was confused why it was even considered a riddle because the answer seemed so obvious. So obvious, that I felt something was off and guessed that Charlize Theron was born in Africa and Denzel Washington was not. However, I still chose to go with my original answer because my interpretation of the question was different from what it was really asking so I just answered it to what I thought it was asking.
– Thank you in advance for making the “How to” for daily notes because I am not fully sure if my notes are the correct way, and it will help me taking notes in future classes as well.
COMP II Class Notes – Day 3
Finding Pheasant on a Fox-hunt
Write reactions to what you are reading
Actively synthesizing
Defining Terms “Your Way”
What do you really mean?
Interpretation is different for each person
Define more clearly
Peoples Republic of China*
Definition of democracy?
Too concerned about elections.
Riddle: Who is the African American ?
A: Both Denzel Washington & Charlize Theron
Different means
Reviewed hypotheses
Put them into our own specific categories
Affirmations for other hypotheses
The White Paper*
Working paper of sources and thoughts
Record impressions
Pre-Notes
Citations
Eradicating polio (smallpox)
White Paper Quiz!
Reminder: How-to video for taking Daily Notes 🙂
—Ignore the fox. It’s already been caught. Find whatever else there is to find.
—An entirely legitimate hypothesis would be: “America is no longer a democracy.”
Your Notes are in danger of becoming an outline of topics covered, Wanda. As such, they’re not much different from the Agenda itself. Better notes, for your own sake, would be reflections on the value of the topics covered, how they change the way you think or why you think they’re full of dog dirt. Either way, your fingers are on the keyboard; why not express yourself?
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I think I’ve become used to this one note-taking style. However, I do see how my notes look like I’m just re-stating the agenda/information. I will work on adding my own thoughts, opinions, and reactions to the class notes. I would still appreciate a how to (video) for daily notes to make sure I’m completing it correctly. Thanks.
When researching, do not just follow the typical model of only trying to find one specific thing that has already been known. Instead look around with an open mind to be surprised.
There is a desire to switch to a democratic system within Hong Kong.
Lee offered his definition of democracy by instead defining it by talking about the general definition, instead he defined the system that is used within his country.
Showing a picture with Denzel Washington and Charliize Theron the question of “Which one was an African American was asked?”
Both of them were African Americans being that Denzel Washington is a descendant from Africans while also being an American citizen. Charilize Theron was born in South Africa however gained American Citizenship.
OK.
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Thank you for the Reply. Thanks for going more in-depth about what you wish to see in notes. I will have better quality next time.
When you are trying to do research an example is when you are trying to see what is abortion and then you find out that the pill plays a big role. This maybe be surprising to you because you may have expected to see when researching but this could occur when doing research.
When doing the 1000 words part of the paper you will need to be doing defining terms but the way that works is that we will have to explain the meaning in our own way so that readers who may have different definitions of the topic may see where you as the writer is trying to get across.
Denzel Washington and Charlize Theron are both referred to as African Americans but they are different meanings because Charlize has dual citizenship from America and South Africa while Denzel is from Detroit. This shows that they may be different definitions of the same word and interpreted in many ways.
Hey, Devils17, the most important aspect of daily Agenda Notes is citing the specifics of the lessons learned. Clearly the pill “plays a big role” in birth control, but the point of the example was that for many committed right-to-life advocates, birth control using the pill is a form of abortion because the egg is fertilized but prevented from adhering to the uterine wall.
Agreed, the Definition/Categorical argument is your chance to describe the essential terms of your argument as you will use them in your paper. You’ve cited a good example: “We will use African-American in its original and peculiar sense, as a racial term to describe the vast majority of dark-skinned Americans whose ancestry can be traced back to Africa.”
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Hey Professor, I agree that when writing my notes I should include more specific feedback like the birth control pill and how it plays a role. The definition and categorical argument will be going on forever as people these days get confused.
Note taking purpose
purposeful summary of class
purpose for research
not an attempt to scour work looking for something you already believe
it is to find out new things about the thing you believe
make purposeful summaries of your research
finding a pheasant on a fox hunt
finding something you didn’t know was there
defining terms your way
described the way you will use it bc some may use it differently
can not make things up but explain what your words mean
Riddle: Who is African American? Denzel Washington or Charlize Theron?
surprising but Charlize Theron is African American because she was born in Africa and Denzel Washington was not so he is just American
posting category
your name and assignment
add username to title for posting
Sometimes we devote our time to finding a certain thing (the fox) but there is always a chance that we could find something better than that thing that we are searching for (the pheasant)
We start the class off with a warm up including a riddle explaining how the lady was actually an African-American instead of Denzel Washington
If you’re going to begin describing and stating a certain category, you need to go into detail and explain why it is like that instead of just “talking about” that certain topic. Don’t tell but explain.
When going into detail about a research paper, it is all about “turning the research and making it into your own language.”
Stop thinking about doing everything and actually begin to do them. It is just a waste of time to just think about doing this and that when you could be putting those thoughts into action as soon as you get them and begin your writing.
Hey, fatboy!
These are fine notes for the first week of class. The curve may steepen during the semester, so don’t let your quality lag if the tie-breaker participation grade is important to you.
Couple of notes:
—We start the class off with a warm up including a riddle explaining how the lady was actually an African-American instead of Denzel Washington.
What the grammar of that comparison literally says is that the lady wasn’t Denzel Washington; she was an African American instead. The grammatically-precise way to say what you mean here is that “the lady, not Denzel Washington, was the African-American.” —DSH
—Stop thinking about doing everything and actually begin to do them.
That’s probably good advice for every aspect of life, but I intended it specifically for “writing a draft” compared to “thinking about my topic,” only one of which is useful. —DSH
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Tuesday, Sept. 13 Notes:
Do not go into the woods expecting a fox that you know is already there. Go in with an open-mind and bring home a pheasant. Do not research something you already know to be true that has been repeated multiple times. Also, don’t let your previously obtained knowledge get in the way of your results and cause you to only look for evidence that proves your hypothesis true. Research every single possibility and expect to be proven wrong.
The dictionary does not define terms in the way you want to use them in your paper. Things needed to be worded very specifically to describe exactly what it is you are talking about. If you preach democracy but focus too much on elections, you ignore the other parts of the process. For example, you may vote for someone based on their policies and then they do nothing to implement any of them. Not every word has the definition you are used to hearing and meanings can vary. The meaning of democracy is different depending on your country and political status.
Use specific language in your hypothesis to accurately get exactly what you want to say across. Do not use vague wording like “the skills needed to flourish,” and instead name the skills. Do research to find the exact wording. For example, to find the skills needed to flourish, you can look up the skills American employers look for when hiring overseas. These are most likely the traits those raised in American school systems lack.
The White Paper proves that you did good work, allowing you to update it with any progress you make any time you research your paper. You start with your hypothesis and can explain how you can make an argument based on it. Your hypothesis is your guide and can change, or you can have multiple. As you find new ideas in your sources, you may surprise yourself and your hypothesis and stance may change. You gather materials and sources on the White Paper and write purposeful summaries. You identify parts of articles that are useful to you and help support (or even disprove) your claim. This will allow you to avoid plagiarism and word your findings as your own. There is only one White Paper per topic that is continuously updated and expanded. You can cross things out and change things, but should keep track of your research process and updates. While you read your sources, you should write about them. Take notes on your White Paper and shape your own argument. Your White Paper does not have to be organized. Organizing it could help you form a good research essay and put your thoughts in an efficient order.
Polio spreads very easily throughout children and leaves them crippled. A vaccination has been released to protect them against this disease, and large crowds of people make efforts to vaccinate every child against it. The number of Polio cases have decreased since, but there has never been a year where 0 people have gotten it. For decades, we have been trying to eradicate polio but have been unsuccessful. Not everybody wants a vaccine because it has a possibility of leaving people paralyzed, but very few. This creates an ethical dilemma, because some people believe that if one child who would not have previously been paralyzed becomes paralyzed, nobody should get it. The thing is, many more kids will end up paralyzed if Polio continues to spread.
I love these Notes, alwaystired.
They’re so targeted, specific, and thorough I could suggest to someone who missed class that s/he read your Notes to catch the takeaways from my rambling lectures. The grading curve for Notes will steepen, but if you keep distilling the class into advice nuggets like these, you’ll always be graded well.
Style Note: Look through your Notes for uses of “you” and “your.” Replace them next time with “we” and “our” if you can appreciate the difference. 2nd-person language will be prohibited in arguments for this class. Get used to using the 1st-person plural.
A Model: There is only one White Paper per topic that is continuously updated and expanded. WE can cross things out and change things, but should keep track of OUR research process and updates. While WE read OUR sources, WE should write about them. I will take notes on MY White Paper and shape MY own argument. MY White Paper does not have to be organized, but organizing it could help ME form a good research essay and put MY thoughts in an efficient order.
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9/13 Class Notes:
-Chimpanzee’s have the ability to remember the placement and order of numbers that flash on the screen for only a moment.
-Researching about a topic you already understand is a waste of time
-First ⅓ of final writing will consist of definition/categorical essay
-Define terms how we want them to be understood in the 3,000 words
-Powerpoint pertaining to good notes is still available on page
-Look for phrases in hypothesis that “sounds reasonable and means precisely nothing”
-Elaborate on what you are trying to state
-Start off strong and specific when preparing hypothesis
-Editing capabilities are available for your blog post, take advantage if unsure about hypothesis
-There is the ability to see what you have revised and when, in case you are unsure about what you changed it to
-Continuously update your White Paper throughout semester, which will help to formulate your hypothesis
-Purposeful summaries:
-How it was useful for you, not just the entire article
-Can be used to “dump” resources, change hypotheses, etc.
-This is a work in progress, not expected to be perfect instantly, or ever.
-Write a few sentences/paragraphs about your sources, generating multiple paragraphs and ultimately formulating your language (first draft)
-Collect, read, and write about your sources throughout the semester. This will help you formulate your hypothesis in your own words, ultimately avoiding plagiarism and generating ideas
-Complete the White Paper Quiz under “task”
Hey, hollyp!
These are fine notes for the first week of class. They memorialize specific takeaways instead of merely identifying topics! The curve may steepen during the semester, so don’t let your quality lag if the tie-breaker participation grade is important to you, but if you continue writing nuggets like these, you’ll do fine.
-Chimpanzee’s have the ability to remember the placement and order of numbers that flash on the screen for only a moment.
Chimpanzees is the plural. What you’ve written with the apostrophe is the possessive, which stands for “of the chimpanzee,” as in “the chimpanzee’s political opinions.”
-There is the ability to see what you have revised and when, in case you are unsure about what you changed it to
This is good to remember. The “history” button in Edit mode will show you past drafts and even let you compare them side by side.
-Continuously update your White Paper throughout semester, which will help to formulate your hypothesis
2nd-person language will be prohibited in your essays, so it would be smart to practice banning it from your Notes. TRANSLATION into 1st-person:
—Continuously update OUR White Papers throughout semester, which will help to formulate OUR hypotheses.
—I should continuously update MY White Paper throughout semester, which will help to formulate MY hypothesis.
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-In research don’t always get caught up on the “fox”, the main thing you are searching for, if you find a “pheasant”, things that were unexpected. Look at all aspects of a question of research because it can lead to even greater discoveries.
-Make sure definitions are clear. Some may be persuaded that certain things have a different meaning. (Ex. Denzel and Charlize) They are from different parts of the world but they are often miscategorized due to their skin color.
-Make sure the words I write have meaning. Some words can sound like they are important and mean something, but in reality they are just there to look good.
-When researching: collect sources, read them, and write about them as you are reading them.
Fair enough, giantsfan.
—Some may be persuaded that certain things have a different meaning. (Ex. Denzel and Charlize) They are from different parts of the world but they are often miscategorized due to their skin color.
There’s no MAY about it. Most words have legitimately different meanings to different audiences in context. “Clean the room” means “get your crap off the floor” to the teenager; it means “Dust the furniture, vacuum, and scrub the sticky surfaces” to the housekeeper; it means “Eliminate all traces of illicit activity” to the drug trafficker, and so on.”
Your job as the essayist is to nail down the meanings of your terms in the context you will use them.
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Class notes 9/13
-We started off class by watching a video of a chimpanzee demonstrating his fantastic memory skills when it comes to memorizing numbers and patterns
-It is important for our hypothesis to prove something that is counterintuitive so that it is not common knowledge and there is more to argue against. Arguing something we know to be true is less intriguing to readers.
-Don’t waste your time looking for a “fox” that was just released. Instead, ignore the fox and look for something more like a pheasant. For our research, this means looking for surprising facts and hypotheses to prove rather than proving ones that we already know to be true.
-The First 1000 words of a research paper is a categorical essay that is used to define how you want your terms to be perceived in your paper.
-In the Hardtalk broadcast when democracy was defined the speaker demonstrated how he viewed democracy when he was speaking about it.
-Our warm-up was to find the African-American between Denzel Washington and Sharlee. Sharlee was born in South Africa and came to the U.S. Denzel Washington was born in Detroit and his parents were born in the U.S. Therefore Sharlee should be considered African American as she has dual citizenship.
-When writing a good hypothesis you need to be more specific and list characteristics that define what you mean. If you are too vague your readers will not know the context of what you wrote.
-In caps, edit your hypothesis to show your revisions clearly
-As a class, we were given 15 mins to read each other’s hypotheses and leave comments on three of these posts
-We discussed the white paper and how one is set up. The white paper is where you start gathering the research for your research paper. Here you identify important, useful parts of your sources and write purposeful summaries for each of them. You describe how the source is useful and what it is about.
-At the end of the semester when we need an annotated bibliography we will pull this from our white pages paper where our sources and summaries are already listed
-A white paper is a work in progress that should be worked on throughout the semester and where you pull sources from
-To write your white paper and research paper you want to collect sources, read them, and write a summary of your sources as you read them. With that, you can go on to write a disorganized essay, and keep revising.
-After two to three sources your hypothesis should become better developed and evolved. With this, you can find more sources to summarize and revise.
-In your white paper, you should write practice openings to support your thesis and see what opening displays your claim the best. You should also write a deeply counterintuitive opening that displays the downsides to your argument.
I love these Notes, shxrkbait.
They’re so targeted, specific, and thorough I could suggest to someone who missed class that s/he read your Notes to catch the takeaways from my rambling lectures. The grading curve for Notes will steepen, but if you keep distilling the class into advice nuggets like these, you’ll always be graded well.
Style Note: Look through your Notes for uses of “you” and “your.” Replace them next time with “we” and “our” if you can appreciate the difference. Half the time you use 1st-person, but in cases like the following, try to get used to using “I” and “we.”
-We discussed the white paper and how one is set up. The white paper is where WE WILL gather the research for OUR research papers. Here WE’LL identify important, useful parts of OUR sources and write purposeful summaries for each of them. WE’LL describe how the source is useful and what it is about.
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Notes:
– When in search of information, finding something different but just as valuable is a valid conclusion.
– The first 1,000 words of our essay with be categorizing words or terms
– define clear terms and understand the language you use in writing
– hypothesis should not contain vague or general phrases, be clear and define terms
– to change hypothesis, open post in edit, revisions will show past edits
– white paper- write about first five sources, generates good writing
– writing is interacting with the sources that you have
– update white paper or hypothesis as often as needed
– all data listed on this paper
– not polished or part of portfolio
– proving how source benefits argument
– collect and read sources, write about them, write disorganized essay and define
– should be able to have enough writing to reduce it
– paraphrasing, creating purposeful summaries, avoids plagiarism
Good, strong notes, BeforeVerge.
They’re succinct takeaways, not vague “talked about” comments.
To be clear about one subject:
– proving how source benefits argument
– paraphrasing, creating purposeful summaries, avoids plagiarism
Notes: Clearly we don’t need to prove to ourselves that sources benefit our argument, but the White Paper is the place to record and DRAFT A VERSION OF the demonstration that a source benefits our argument. The act of paraphrasing the original author’s material is THE FIRST DRAFT of an argument that proves our eventual thesis. Turning the original language into new language (through the summary) is the best way to avoid plagiarism.
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9/13/2022
Bitagaming’s notes.
Some of the common things such as eating, drinking, sleeping, or an example is why do people drink more water on a hot day. Probably we don’t have to prove it, we just believe it, and its related to comments from other people, they just believe it but sometimes they can’t explain about it.
Why do they believe they can find a fox in a wood, but they believe the fox is living in the wood. Bring home a pheasant, much more satisfying for you.
Try to believe something that you already know.
I want to prove that, but HOW COME?
First 1000 words should use your own term or word to introduce, and to show the audience the definition.
Democracy is simply to find,
Daily note is the way to calculate the scale of taking attendance and participation in class. The maximum is 4 points for each note and have 25 notes in total which is 100 points in total.
Get feedback from the professor to revise our hypothesis, explain more clearly about the student’s hypothesis to fix and contribute more details.
For the hypothesis post, we don’t need to start a new post, we can just hit the edit button at the bottom and then revise our hypothesis instead. We also can find the previous notes that we already wrote and see side-by-side the new notes and previous notes.
Task to do: tracking research in real time and begin the White paper polio and then follow the link on syllabus to complete the White paper Quiz and should complete by midnight Wed SEP 14.
You are not summarizing the whole article, just identifying the terms, essential information to demonstrate the ideas of that article. This is the purpose of the summary.
Polio shows you a few sources and a lot of information but its not telling you which one is the right one, we have to fill information wisely.
Interaction with the source that we have read to use for our white paper, we read it and then turn those informations that you need into your own words. Put things that you need to put in your white paper.
Tell people why we choose this source, make it more clear and why it is important to your paper instead of just copying the source and just put it there.
Thinking about a topic and brainstorming is useless. We should begin by finding sources, then read them, rewrite those helpful information in your own words, and develop new ideas, new surprising ideas and developing hypotheses then keep revising.
following the white paper to have foundation ideas to contribute your white paper.
I get the sense you were paying attention and working hard to record your understanding of the material, bitagaming, but I’m also very uncertain what most of your notes actually mean. Probably you’ll be better able to create cogent content when you have the time to revise your drafts. For now, I can only grade you on the quality of the notes I have before me.
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1. We believe the things that we commonly hear. I.e. we believe that a person functions their best when they sleep for 8 hours or we believe that a person needs to drink a lot of water on a hot day because it’s what we hear over and over.
2. As far as research papers go, in regards to fox hunts, we would want to find a pheasant than a fox. In other words, if you find something else that you can prove in your paper, use that instead.
3. The first 1000 words of the essay we will be writing will be about will involve us defining different terms
4. People’s Republic = communism
5. Dominic Lee Tsz King defined democracy in his own words, but his definition basically explained communism. There was no definition of democracy at all, but it was his own definition
6. Looking at an example of the My Hypothesis we found an example that address the school systems and what it lacks. The example given was very cynical and to the point, but it was still vague.
7. The White Paper is something that has to get done along with the essay. It has the sources that were used, the hypothesis that is being used in the paper, the opening paragraphs, and other things of that nature.
8. The white paper is a work in progress. It is never finalized and I can change it whenever is needed. Tell why the sources are important. Tell why it is included and say how it can benefit your argument.
9. Collect sources and read through them. From there, write about it. Writing about the sources as you read them is the beginning of a badly disorganized collection of ideas. Collect a source, write about it. As you get new sources, you develop new ideas that may change your ideas from before.
10. You should be cutting stuff out, not writing more. You should be writing over so you can cut some of the material out and hit the 3,000 word mark.
11. Do not be afraid to have multiple versions of the your hypothesis. Do not be afraid of the practice opening because you need it for the white paper.
12. You’re gonna need multiple sources. Starting with 5, and then going to 10, and then going t0 15. You won’t need to cite them all to the paper, but you need them just to keep developing new ideas.
I love these Notes, mercythyhealer.
They’re so targeted, specific, and thorough I could suggest to someone who missed class that s/he read your Notes to catch the takeaways from my rambling lectures. The grading curve for Notes will steepen, but if you keep distilling the class into advice nuggets like these, you’ll always be graded well.
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Charlize Theron is considered an African-American because she was born in South Africa and then got a citizenship in America. Denzel Washington was born in Detroit, so he isn’t considered an African-American even though hes black. It’s a stereotype that all black citizens in America are African-African. If he lived in Canada they would just consider him Canadian.
For the posting process, the student posts their assignment. Prof. Hodges then does a thorough review with critiques that offer you advice and ways to improve your writing. In our case it’s the hypothesis, but to take advantage of that advice we have to respond and revise. Of couse, this makes me more motivated to write since I’ll have someone who’s going to call me out on every single mistake I make. I won’t have to be insecure about the mistakes I make because I can always fix them and nobody will know its me besides the professor. That’s why this process has worked so well because the structure of it is public yet so private at the same time.
The White Paper is there to help you brainstorm and revise your work for the essay. You can summarize and input any sources you feel that’s necessary for your hypothesis. “we don’t have a thought in our heads.” We write about what we believe. Thinking about my topic, brainstorming, thinking about sources, organizing my thoughts into patterns are all useless because it doesn’t involve writing. White paper is badly disorganized ideas that you’ve generated about your topic. Thinking doesn’t occur during the reading process. We begin thinking when we begin writing.
Polio is among children that cripples the kid. Hodges working hypothesis 1 is to be “slightly unscrupulous” to eradicate Polio. We got rid of small pox making it to 0 so its gone. We can make Polio to 0, but the problem is some don’t want to take vaccinations.
I like the personalized ruminations on what’s working about the course setup for you, azntaco. Thanks for the feedback. A more memorable and pertinent note about the unscrupulous polio hypothesis would probably have indicated what was unscrupulous about it.
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-The goal of the course is to prove something we don’t already know.
-This research paper is not about playing hid and seek with a fox and calling it hunting.
-The point of the research is to go on a foxhunt and not be focused on just the fox, maybe you find a deer.
-When defining terms a dictionary is useless in defining words that are supposed to be acclimated to the research paper. Don’t go using generic definitions that are vague and don’t suit your topic.
-Need to define our terms as we want them understood.
-Specify any vague statements that don’t tell you anything.
-Starting out strong and specific is the best thing you can do in a hypothesis.
-edit posts instead of uploading a new one.
-the research paper is split into three arguments
-Self-reflective work is explaining why you did good in the semester and using works from that semester to back your claims.
-White paper is where we write purposeful summaries and gather sources. When writing these we should summarize what is actually useful to us and the way in which it is useful.
-White paper also allows you to go back and see how you interacted with your sources. It’s a big data dump.
-Write about your sources as you read them.
Really nice, mochaatrain.
Some favorite nuggets:
-The goal of the course is to prove something we don’t already know.
-This research paper is not about playing hid and seek with a fox and calling it hunting.
-Write about your sources as you read them.
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Going out trying to prove what everyone knows is wasteful and pointless
Don’t be afraid to “kick up some leaves” and dig into a topic that isn’t on the common path.
It is important to note and describe the parameters of certain words within your essay
We are obligated to define the certain words we want to be seen a certain way
What we have viewed democracy as was something completely different from the way Dominic Lee tsz King described it
With a certain definition in mind, Denzel Washington is simply an American, while the girl is the African-American
Attentiveness to notes is important, as it could be the difference between an A or a B
Avoid phrases that sounds like it means something, but it doesn’t have a direction yet, so it means nothing. Counts as “talked about language”
Make sure to update your posts constantly whenever your hypothesis (or whatever assignment applicable) changes.
The White Paper helps track your progress on your research paper in real time and the timeline in the shifts.
Communicating with your sources within the white paper starts you off with the paper without even intending to write on the paper yet. It also discourages any type of plagiarizing
The white paper will always be a work in progress, and not part of the portfolio
Thoughts are mindless until it is written down or spoken to. Only then does it become ideas, not thoughts.
Don’t think about sources, simply pick them up and began writing about them, however way you want
After you get some sources, your hypothesis may shift, so gain more sources based off that new idea
You should always end your paper with more than what you need
Practice with different openings based on the different angles of the hypothesis you’ve made
I love these Notes, AnonymousStudent.
Pithy.
Just as important, they’re radical paraphrases. You’ve turned them into your own language: the best way to avoid plagiarism, achieve originality, and make a contribution to the conversation.
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Class Notes Sept 13
The point of our writing is to write about something that isn’t naturally thought of, in other words counterinitivitue. Define terms of your paper your way when future assignments arise. Getting more into the “nitty gritty” of being in the correct mindset for a research paper. The best tip to start a research paper is the hypothesis. Demonstrated how we can adjust our hypothesis as a class and how we can edit hypotheses in the blog. Allowed us to go on our own and reply to classmates hypothesisDescribe what a white paper is and how we will use it to generate our portfolio. Look through the professor’s example of a well constructed white paper.
This is largely “talked about” language, princess, even though you never quite used the exact words “talked about.” Your notes would function well as an Agenda:
—Defining terms when future assignments arise
—Being in the correct mindset for a research paper
—Using a hypothesis to start a research paper
—How to adjust a Hypothesis
—How to Edit in the blog
—Reply to a classmate’s Hypothesis
—What is a White Paper?
—How does it generate a portfolio?
—See a sample White Paper
Notice the similarity? Your notes contain just about this much information. Instead, if those Agenda points are questions, your Notes should provide the answers.
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I do infact see the problem here. I will work on it.
I believe I did this subconsciously as to not write to so much when I summarize. Let me explain. I was very harshly criticized in high school and even more specifically in grade school for writing or “explaining” to much in my summaries so I believe I tried not to explain as much as not to write to much to write which is what I was taught was a good summary. I feel I did myself an injustice because I most certainly knew the answers to the questions I supplied while writing this but just didn’t answer them in fear of writing to much. I’ll try to break this habit.
Thank you for this feedback
Thanks for your thoughtful reply, princess.
We writing instructors don’t actually try to contradict one another no matter how much you feel jerked around. 🙂
Brevity is great, and I might have criticized a younger princess too for going on too long when fewer words would have sufficed.
My critique here is not that you said too little or used too few words, it’s that you spent your word budget on framing questions that were asked in class, which is the job of the Agenda.
For your own sake, turning the answers into language is the best way to begin to remember the answers, and in rephrasing what you hear, you practice persuading yourself that the lessons are important, which is the purpose of an argumentative essay.
Several of your Notes actually do the job just right in my opinion.
The point of our writing is to write about something that isn’t naturally thought of, in other words counterintuitive.
Define terms of your paper your way when future assignments arise.
—Just right. You’ll spend 1000 words shaping and clarifying the terms of your own argument.
Getting more into the “nitty gritty” of being in the correct mindset for a research paper.
—Zero idea what this means. If “the correct mindset” is a willingness to change your mind and follow the research to whatever truth you can find, you might have said that in the same number of words.
The best tip to start a research paper is the hypothesis.
—Works for me. I might have called it a hypothesis that makes you curious to know the answer, not one about which you’ve made up your mind.
Demonstrated how we can adjust our hypothesis as a class and how we can edit hypotheses in the blog.
—This is “talked about” language.Could be replaced in a few words with “We can and should change our hypothesis often if it doesn’t match the research.” and “We edit our hypothesis by changing it in the My Hypothesis post and later the White Paper.”
Allowed us to go on our own and reply to classmates hypothesis.
—That’s an Agenda item. You might have said, “responding to my classmates’ Hypotheses made me realize nobody’s is perfect yet.”
Describe what a white paper is and how we will use it to generate our portfolio.
—This is “talked about” language. You might have said, again, very briefly, “A White Paper is where we collect all our sources and thoughts, like a Research Journal we can use later to build our paper.”
Look through the professor’s example of a well constructed white paper.
—This is “talked about” language. You might have said, briefly, “Looking through Prof’s White Paper, I was surprised to see how sloppy it is. But it probably makes sense to him. Note to self: do what works for me.”
I hope this makes my first Reply seem less critical and more instructive, princess. And I hope you can see the value of giving your future self something to really remember from your Notes.
Thank you I appreciate your reply, I understood quite well what you were saying even in your first comment. I didn’t find you were critical at all you were as nice about it if not more than others teachers I had. I just felt enlightened, because after reading your comment it felt so obvious that I was off on the phrases you suggested and I felt kind of silly for making a mistake that is so unlike me. I just got to find my balance of quantity and quality of summary. Thank you again
Class Notes 9/13 College Composition 2
We began the class talking about a fox hunt, but our professor was really talking about researching for a hypothesis. Follow the scent and sign of the fox hunt, but bring back a pheasant.
The first thousand words in our research paper will define terms and how the reader will perceive your words.
We looked into the People’s Republic of China where it is said that the democratic activists are being exiled or silenced.
We did a riddle where we would find the African American, it was Charlize Theron not Denzel Washington who was African American.
When doing your homework tonight make sure you are not being vague in your hypothesis post.
Make sure you edit your hypothesis and make the revisions necessary to help prove your hypothesis.
We learned what our professor would like to see in our hypotheses including our format.
We talked about the White Paper, in which this paper is where you will build and progress in research for our hypothesis. This is where you put the useful parts of your sources as well as that source.
At the end of the year you can use this White Paper in your annotated bibliography. This is because you will use your own words on the White Paper.
You want to collect your sources and read them. (White Paper)
Once you read your sources you must write about them in your own words. This is the foundation and technically is a disorganized essay. (White Paper)
Revise the organization then revise once again. (White Paper)
Possible idea for myself: “Is curing people medically a good business model for doctors and hospitals?”
We went over the professor’s hypothesis for polio and wow he had so many. I am going to have to make just as many as professor Hodges to get a good clear cut hypothesis.
How do you get rid of polio? Our professor discussed how we must give vaccinations to kids and must accept the one out of three million children who will get paralyzed by this vaccine.
Make sure you use the author of the papers references that you find for further research.
We began the class talking about a fox hunt, but our professor was really talking about researching for a hypothesis. Follow the scent and sign of the fox hunt, but bring back a pheasant.
—Unless you find a wild fox.
We looked into the People’s Republic of China where it is said that the democratic activists are being exiled or silenced.
—What was the point of that?
We did a riddle where we would find the African American, it was Charlize Theron not Denzel Washington who was African American.
—What was the point of that?
We learned what our professor would like to see in our hypotheses including our format.
—What’s he looking for?
Possible idea for myself: “Is curing people medically a good business model for doctors and hospitals?”
—Um. Are you suggesting it’s better to make them just healthy enough to go home but sick enough to still need continuing (profitable) medical care? ‘Cuz if you are, that’s wickedly counterintuitive.
We went over the professor’s hypothesis for polio and wow he had so many. I am going to have to make just as many as professor Hodges to get a good clear cut hypothesis.
—Maybe include the one about the hospital that admits patients but never lets them leave until they’re bankrupt.
How do you get rid of polio? Our professor discussed how we must give vaccinations to kids and must accept the one out of three million children who will get paralyzed by this vaccine.
—What was the point of that illustration?
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Notes should provide more answers than questions.
Class Notes-
Finding a Pheasant on a foxhunt means when researching and you are set out to find a “fox” or a certain conclusion and you actually find a “pheasant” bring home the pheasant or research that conclusion instead.
When defining words we can take the opportunity to define them as we see fit. An example of this was the African-American riddle where two pictures were shown. One was Denzel Washington and the other was an actress born in south Africa. This shows how you can define the terms in your writing to be more clear and tailored to fit your needs.
My hypothesis discussion
Avoid phrases like “skills needed to flourish”. Phrasing like this is vague and does not actually provide any information. Elaborate more in the specifics. i.e. the creativity and enterprise to flourish
If my hypothesis needs to be updated don’t post again edit your post. It also shows all the revised versions in case something didn’t save.
The white paper-
It is the place where we write purposeful summaries. We will need to provide a link to where it can be viewed.
Working collection of sources and reactions. Test hypotheses and ideas
Fair enough, gobirds.
These are fine notes for the first week of class. The curve may steepen during the semester, so don’t let your quality lag if the tie-breaker participation grade is important to you.
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– The goal of the course is not to prove something you already believe. Pick an uncommon topic to make people want to read your paper.
– Fox-hunting starts by releasing a fox and having to hunters chase and find it. This is a research paper where you will find a fox if you are looking for a fox. If you find a pheasant, stop looking for the fox and focus on the pheasant. Find something you aren’t looking for.
– The first 1000 words of the paper will be a definition of terms that we will use in our paper.
– Hong Kong has less control over their economy than China. They have more freedom to be capitalist and be a democracy.
– China practices “Whole Process Democracy” which has democracy at every step of the process. Just because we know what a word means, it may have a different meaning in regards to our paper.
– Denzel Washington was born in Detroit. He is not an African-American because he has no relation to Africa. Charlize Theron was born in South Africa, and she has a citizenship in South Africa, making her African-American.
– Your hypothesis needs to contain valuable information that actually gives you something to think about. You have to avoid very vague words that don’t give anything to the reader.
– The original draft and the final of 2 works will be 4 things in the portfolio. The 5th is the research paper. The bibliography will be worked on during the duration of the paper and not just at the end so it can be accessed more efficiently. We will write purposeful summaries that only contain information that is relevant to your topic. They say why the source is useful to you. This is your data dump where all information goes so it’s all in one place.
– You have to write about the sources as you read them to gather information that is useful to you. The white paper is a disorganized essay made up of your our language. We begin thinking when we begin writing.
– Cutting is the last step. You should have too much information at the end and have to filter some out.
Very nice, cinderella. Keep up this level of specificity and “takeaway” recording. The grade curve will steepen, so you’ll have to maintain your quality or even improve it.
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-where is the success is research? When thinking about research usually success is measured by the solution to the hypothesis, but in reality the successes of research come from the failures and total/ error of finding new information about said thesis. Our professor brought up a good example about Thomas Edison and his invention of lightbulb. If it wasn’t for Edison failing thousands of times and finding all the wrong answers he would have never discovered the right one.
– “who is African American?” This example by the process was very interesting too me because it exposed the importance of our words and how they can be misdirected and misinterpreted easily. By showing the class and picture of Denzel Washington (black male) and another picture of a white female while asking the question “who is African American?” The class quickly figured out that skin color has nothing to do with the label of being African American.
-to piggy back off of the the professor used the idea of democracy and how in didn’t countries they can be interpreted and practice differently, just like words.
– note: in WordPress you can always go back and edit post you have made earlier in the week.
Apparently nothing of note occurred after the first 10 minutes of class time! 🙂
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Finding Pheasant on a Foxhunt-
It’s not always about going out and getting what you asked for. Instead, if you bring home a pheasant instead, you might be pleasantly surprised.
The riddle-
Denzel Washington was born in Detroit and is not an African American.
But the woman on the right was born in South Africa so she has dual citizenship of Africa and The United States
This showed that their skin color doesn’t choose what race they are.
The Hypothesis-
Starting out strong and specific
If you want to start over there is no need to, use the edit button instead.
White Paper-
It is smart to write a paragraph or two on each source once you read so that by the end of you finding the sources you will already have a good 10 paragraphs
You can edit the White paper when you need to
It is a kind of dump of what you have
It is a work in progress
Gather a source, and then explain why its important or why it affects
Collect sources, while reading the sources you write about them and make your language.
Ideas and opinions on sources about your own topic.
Thinking is begun once writing is.
Cutting should be the last step because you have too much.
Yankeelover, I don’t know who you are. You are not able to post because you’re not an Author at the blog. For that, you need to be invited.
Email your Username to myfavoriteprofessor at davidhodges.com
-A foxhunt can be used to represent how to not interpret a hypothesis because you know what you are getting when the foxhunt is over. A hypothesis is proving something that you believe, not knowing what you are going to get at the end of the experiment.
-Just because you hear something common a million times doesn’t mean it’s knowledge
-Eliminating the ones that don’t work isn’t any less successful than finding the one that does work
-Can you demonstrate that the thing you hear a million times is actually common knowledge or not?
-Terms used everyday can be misinterpreted and make the human mind really decide how that phrase is understood
-White paper holds your hypothesis and your sources
Not bad, glacier. I think their usefulness will fade when you’ve forgotten their context. Strive for Notes that stand alone and represent lasting lessons.
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would we say that daily chimpanzee is counting,but if it was human we would say there counting.
Research paper you have to find things that are different not come out with the something.
The goal of research is to bring back something different.Try to prove that their wrong.
If you prove something is not true keep it
Democracy doesn’t always represent electron politics
Spending time explain what you are trying to say
Understand the terms we are trying to understand or write about
Explain different people hypothesis
White paper is to practices your research and trying to find your idea and turn it into language to explain to some else
While reading you should summarize
Your not really thinking when your reading that why you write while reading.
The language is clumsy, redbird and does not represent how your essays should sound. Granted these are “just” Notes, but they’re also a place to practice your writing skills. I see you left at least 2 Note Replies for this date. I’m updating your Notes grade accordingly.
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Class notes (09/13/2022 COMP II 9:30am)
-Research papers are similar to fox hunts
– You already know what you’re searching for
– it is NOT helpful, do not research like this
-Go find something new, go out expecting to find new things
-the goal of research is to wonder if there’s new information out there, find it, and collect it
-you want to challenge the “common knowledge”
-try to go against the common knowledge or belief, and try to prove the opposite of what most people believe
-demonstrate whether the common knowledge is true or not
(Who is African-American?)
-it’s extremely important to read before you start writing, so you can truly understand how to use the words given to you in the proper way, in order to explain exactly what you mean
-leaves no room for misinterpretations
– the first job of the hypothesis is to get the details right
-reading and commenting on fellow classmates’ hypotheses is beneficial because it helps see what I could improve on in my hypothesis and gives me ideas of how to make my hypothesis sound more professional or academic
-the importance of the “White Paper” is that it’s used to organize your thoughts
-it keeps track of ALL your research so you can always come back to it
– needs to at least be used to practice your hypothesis, formulate and move around a few paragraphs, and track all the sources you use to find research to support or rebuttal your statement
-your White Paper is your work in progress
-starting to formulate your thoughts into language, full sentences that can be understood
-telling your audience what you found while researching
-contains notes that should be taken WHILE you’re researching (purposeful summaries)
-writing is thinking
Very nice, taco. They’re thoughtful, thorough, and personalized to your own needs.
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Notes
– Very important that everyone in class has an account; cant do much without it
– Foxhunt = Intuitive/obvious paper, avoid finding a fox at a foxhunt in any way possible. When researching look at anything interesting. Find a pheasant on a foxhunt.
– Nobody knows what your initial hypothesis is so why not follow what takes
– Why not challenge supposed common knowledge worst case scenario you prove what was known right, best case you change common knowledge
– Definition only matters depending on topic; dictionary means nothing
– Avoid unintentional misunderstanding, identify what is associated with a term (African America = Black) and either confirm or deny whether if this is true for your definition
– Don’t need to overhaul to revise but revision does require large change
– Google Scholar is an excellent resource that should be used
– White paper is separate from portfolio, great place to practice and test various things such as writing openers/closers or different hypotheses
– White paper will look messy but that is ok and expected but can also be used for organization
– White paper is used for writing and redrafting and rewriting and revising
– Find other sources by tracing back where the author of your first source found his sources. One fruitful source can lead to 5 sources
– Developing hypothesis will change as you go and look through sources and it should
– Polio Vax will give polio to 1/3 mil of children it is given to.
Very nice, celestial. They’re thoughtful, thorough, and personalized to your own needs.
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9/13
Can the chimpanzee actually count? Or can it only recognize the number by the symbol?
The chimpanzee could have better memorization because it has less to focus on compared to a human.
Fox hunters release the fox into the woods and then capture it again, this technique must be avoided in a research paper, to bring back something new and more interesting. Don’t find something that is already agreed upon by most people, challenge common knowledge.
Lightbulb- proving that something you thought was true isn’t true is still successful.
Terms in a research paper should be defined in a way that’s useful for your paper rather than just dictionary definitions. “Find the African-American” riddle shows how terms can lead us astray, one word can mean two separate ideas.
Claims should be specific and terms should reflect that in the paper.
White Paper- work in progress to practice paragraphs, create a bibliography, and try supporting multiple hypotheses. A place to turn ideas into words. Don’t bother thinking/brainstorming. Write about the source while you are reading it not after. One good search could result in five sources. Find more information than you need and condense it.
Very nice, manipulator. You’ve digested the material and remade it in your own words, the very essence of persuasive, purposeful summary.
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It does no one good if you just release the fox in the woods and go hunt it down. This relates back to our research paper because we shouldn’t be looking for the thing we released but should keep our eyes open to everything we’ve seen.
Why not challenge the common knowledge about we need 8 hours of sleep or water really keeps us hydrated
Its okay to not prove your hypothesis
Demonstrated that the common knowledge about 8 hours is better than 20 10-15 min naps.
For our first paper we will be writing 1000 words of cause and effect or a rebuttal argument
Everything will work towards our 3000 word research project
We will spend a lot of time making sure we don’t misuse anything in our papers
If you have to stay home let professor know and take notes based on “Today’s Agenda”
Creating a functional definition in first 1000 words
The way we use white paper is the catch all,location, post, that can hold all our information
Constantly a work in progress that is used to practice opening paragraphs and hold bibliographies
Put anything that is valuable in white paper, will become very disorganized but it’s there to help you stay on track
First five sources will go into white paper
Bibliography will go into final portofolio
We don’t have any thoughts in our head till we turn it into language
It’s not exactly thinking during the reading process
White paper quiz is due by midnight Wednesday 14th
They’re confusing to me, but they appear to be thorough, and I hope they’re useful to you. Standards will stiffen as the semester goes along, so work on being as intelligible as possible.
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Thank your for the feedback!
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Notes:
-Foxhunt: take back something unexpected, not what we haven’t doubted.
Research is about presenting new ideas and proving a point. No one wants to read a paper on something they already see as fact.
~ Be specific with terms. Everyone has different definitions.
~ Keep track of bibliography and revisions
As you write summaries for the bibliography, you are slowly drafting your paper.
Model: Why we still have Polio
“We receive impressions, we experience sensations, our instincts control the momentary notion that flit across our consciousness: none of that adds up to actual ideas”.
Reading isn’t worth it without notes.
~15 sources
You’ve got the right idea, oni. Notes might have to be a little fleshier to keep earning 4/4, but for now, you bet.
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9/13 Class Notes-thepersonindisguise
Finding Pheasant on a Foxhunt means looking for a fox on a fox hunt you found something that wasn’t originally planned but it even better (Pheasant)
Challenge the common knowledge
It is more often common more than it is knowledge
Think of something no one has thought about before and answer it
Prove something that you thought might be true isn’t true than challenge that.
Name out terms and not just sure dictionary definitions
Terms can lead us astray
Used Denzel washington and the Female actress to show the true definition of African American which shows that its very important to know the terms we are using
White paper is a work in progress and not intended for publication
Collect sources, read sources, write about sources as I read them, write a disorganized essay, revise for organization, endlessly revise
You clearly understand that good Notes are takeaways: the useful content reduced to its essential lessons.
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Chimpanzees have very good memorization skills
Don’t bring home a fox on a foxhunt, go out and find a pheasant
The goal of research isn’t to find that fox you released and bring it back, it’s to go out and find a pheasant
Try to prove something against common knowledge
China is a large communist state, with Hong Kong being the only place there that is close to democracy
One country, two systems
China has a different definition of democracy then America does
Making sure your reader understands your definition of specific words is important for a good essay
We need to agree on the definition of terms before we begin writing our works
You need to be specific and communicate specific claims in your hypothesis
Google Scholar is a very good resource for looking for specific information regarding what you are writing
The white paper is a space to rework and make multiple attempts of whatever you are writing
You can make revisions and place your sources here
As you describe your sources, you are writing down your reactions to them
Meant to be a work in progress, used to write things down and have ideas
Collects sources
Read sources
Write about them as you read them
Write a disorganized essay
Revise for organization
Endlessly revise
1 good search can lead to multiple good sources
We haven’t gotten rid of polio like we did small pox
1 in every 3 million kids will get polio
To rid the world of polio, we will have to paralyze 250 children
Thorough and clear.
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Foxhunt
A research paper that we already set out for: foxhunt in the woods.
I know there is a fox in the woods because we set it loose
If you find a pheasant while looking for the fox, stay with the pheasant
Riddle
Denzel Washington was born in Detroit while Charlize Theron was from South Africa making her a true African-American
We should call Denzel Washington an American and Charlize Theron an African-American
My Hypothesis
When drafting a hypothesis, try not to be vague as you aren’t actually giving any information. Instead be as specific and detailed as possible.
When vaccinating for polio it has a chance to leave a child paralyzed
The dilemma comes down to whether to paralyze one child so that thousands of other children are not paralyzed
The White Paper
While you read your sources, write about them
When researching, the source that your source cited can also be of use to you
Nice. Crystal-clear and useful.
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9/13/22 In-Class Notes
Whether or not the chimpanzee is “counting” depends on the viewpoint. On one hand, being able to learn the pattern between numbers due to positive reinforcement doesn’t necessarily mean it understands the concept, but on the other hand counting starts with just associating numbers in the right order for human infants also. A little kid that knows 3 comes after 2 might not actually understand math or that 3 and 2 represent quantities of things.
Foxhunts start with letting a fox that’s already captured out of its cage, upon which it runs from the dogs and the humans search for it to capture it again. Nothing was accomplished, the hunters just found the same fox for sport. We might not reach the conclusion we expect, we might hunt for a fox and find a pheasant, and we definitely don’t want to bring back the fox we already found.
Out of our 3000 word argument, 1000 will be about naming and defining our terms. What does “democracy” mean in the way we want to use it in the paper?
Lee offered an intentional vague definition for democracy to avoid the question. Clear definitions are necessary for an argument to receive its due scrutiny.
Denzel Washington and Charlize Theron are both “African-American” by different definitions, despite only one matching the appearance most would expect of someone who is “African-American”. We need to be specific in communicating our definitions for things even when they seem obvious to us
A good hypothesis requires specifics. If the premise is too vague, it’s hard to argue with or argue against. However, it also needs to be something arguable. If the argument you’re making is too strong to the point it’s almost impossible to dispute or disagree with, then as a result it isn’t actually proposing a new idea.
We spent time commenting on each other’s hypotheses, which I found valuable. This also proves that the potential for critique is important for developing a good argument by actually having us provide that to our classmates first-hand.
The first Whitepaper assignment is due at midnight on 9/14. It is very important for describing our sources and organizing the paragraphs, arguments and citations. It is also valuable for brainstorming and revising our work before we write formally. If the Whitepaper is disorganized and messy that is perfectly fine, we will work on it over the course of the semester. Include sources, explain why they are important, show how they provide the momentum for your argument to proceed.
If we read about a source for 2 hours and do not actually write notes on it, we’ve mostly wasted that time. Thinking is not very useful without writing. If we collect a source, write about a source, collect new sources as the hypothesis develops, write about those, etc. we will head on the right track. We want to have way more to say than we can actually fit into the allotted word count.
Polio has been close to eradication on several occasions. It is a disease which preys on children primarily, and vaccinations have pushed it to the brink before, yet recently it has returned even in a place such as New York City. We managed to do it with smallpox due to well regimented vaccination campaigns, but the problem with the polio vaccine is that one in 3 million children who receive the vaccine will be paralyzed.
Brilliant Notes, Caravan!
You’re the only student who recorded a clear explanation for the illustration of Mr Lee’s definition of democracy. And other examples . . . .
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Foxhunt
Don’t research something that is common knowledge, if you already know what you’re looking for and what you’re going to find, you won’t be proving anything.
Definition in papers
Make sure to use words in the way you mean to use them, so you must be careful with what sense you utilize certain words in your writing.
Being vague in definition also hurts your writing, as it renders your sentences meaningless in some cases. Be as specific as possible.
White paper
Place to collect bibliographic references, test opening paragraphs or hypothesis.
Summarize sources as you read them in your white paper
Very fine job of reducing lengthy lectures to their essence, duck.
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Comp II Class Notes:9/13/22
Foxhunt
With our research papers, we don’t want to be fox hunters. Start our paper by trying to find our “fox”, but if we find our “pheasant” let’s take the “pheasant” and run with it.
Our first 1,000 words will be about defining the term “your way.” Define our terms as how we want them understood in our paper.
Hypothesis Notes
The school hypothesis is such a bold claim. I hope this student is able to find some research that backs their claim that the school systems intentionally restrict students’ capability to flourish in the adult world.
Be specific in your claims and avoid talking about language in your hypothesis. Make sure we’re saying something in our claims!
If there are flaws we don’t have to change the entire hypothesis. Open the edit section of your previous hypothesis and fix said flaws.
Looking at my hypothesis, bullets 4 and 5 need work as stated by Professor Hodges. From looking at other hypotheses I believe my main fix would be to get more specific with 4 in a player’s statistics, and then 5 show how that player’s stats helped the team succeed.
I loved giantsfan224’s hypothesis. The correlation between social media to young people and adults who exercise and lift weights is one of the most fascinating topics I can think about. I hope finding some specifics will help sharpen their hypothesis even further. If I was writing a paper on social media and weight lifting, I would shift my focus away from the numbers young people are lifting and gear the hypothesis more toward the photoshop culture of fitness influencers and the unrealistic standard they set on young adults.
The WHITE PAPER
Our portfolio at the end of the semester will be a comparison to show us how we started the semester and how we finished the semester.
Our white paper will be able to help keep all of our sources organized and keep our research organized. It will be the main source of our materials and give Professor Hodges easy access to all of our sources. Use the sources as a way to help you, take what you need from them and move on!
Use our sources to describe their uses in our own words, and this will help us easily get our first draft by having multiple purposeful summaries on multiple sources.
The white paper is a work in progress and isn’t polished or part of our portfolio. We write to find out what we believe, we have to organize the chaos to communicate our thoughts into ideas.
Collect sources, read the sources and write about the sources as I read them. Write a disorganized essay. Revise for organization, endlessly revise.
It is useful to have multiple hypotheses as it gives some leeway to shape our sources to support our research paper.
Polio is administered to children within a drop.
A practice opening for both hypotheses or thoughts. A deeply counterintuitive practice opening; how do we get rid of polio, we give it to some kids.
The white paper will get graded and regrade multiple times.
Cutting would be the very last step instead of adding more to your research paper if you have done a sufficient amount of work on your white paper.
Find your valuable source and then go to its reference sources.
Brilliant Notes, gymrat.
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Class Notes:
– The Chimpanzee video is a good example of a topic that can be disputable: do they really know how to count or are they taught what number (figure) goes after the other?
– Do not use “fox hunt” on the hypothesis. Everyone agrees, no one can dispute your hypothesis so it doesn’t make it interesting.
– It’s important to name our terms or definitions for the research paper, NO DICTIONARY
– Spend time researching your intended word choice.
– What you will be doing in your 1,000 word intro is introducing and wording correctly your arguments.
– White paper task: Track research and add information in order to have some material for the research paper.
Perfectly credible and understandable takeaways from the day’s activities, pink. Notes don’t have to be complex or wordy. These are very nice.
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