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WRIT 101 - Laurie-Berry: What Do You Want to Know?

Individual Reflection

Consider this course's theme, the concepts and readings you have explored so far, and your paper topic. Reflect briefly on the following:

  • What interests you about your topic?
  • What would you like to know more about your topic?
  • What information do you think would be helpful to add to your knowledge and inform your thinking?

Group Discussion

In your groups, share your ideas from your reflection activity and consider the following:

  • Who might produce the information that you need?
  • What form might it take? (A book? An article? A website? Data? A video? An image? Or?)
  • Note your thoughts on the rolling whiteboards.

What Makes a Source Scholarly?

Scholarly sources are:

  • Created by people with recognized expertise in the subjects they are writing about or discussing

  • Use formalized and discipline-specific language and terminology

  • Published in journals or other forums that undergo a rigorous peer review process before publication

  • Usually intended for an audience of other experts

  • Cite their sources, which are mostly other scholarly sources

Given these criteria, which of your course readings are scholarly sources?