Week

Date

Course Content

&

Assigned reading

Assignments

Students’ invested learning hours

(including course hours)

1

02/26

Argumentation (1)

RSC (12: 259-261; 264-277)

Research paper: Overview (1)

(Student example #1, 4, 5)

-What is a research paper?

-How to choose a good research topic?

6+3

2

03/05

Argumentation (2): Outline

Structural analysis & peer review: outline

#1 Outline + Introduction

(Midnight, 03/02)

6+3

3

03/12

Argumentation (3): Draft

Structural analysis & peer review: draft

Research & Citation:

(Purdue OWL: APA)

#1 Draft (800-900words)

(Midnight, 03/09)

6+3

4

03/19

Library tour: (10:10-12:00)

-Use Endnote

#1 Final (Midnight, 03/17)

6+3

5

03/26

Research paper: Summary & Synthesis 

-Bring two potential topics & two papers

-Narrow down topics

6+3

6

04/02

Research paper: Introduction

-How to write introduction?

-Narrow down two research questions

6+3

7

04/09

Research paper: Introduction

Structural analysis & peer review: Draft

Research paper: Literature review & Survey  

-How to write a literature review?

-How to conduct a survey?

#2 Introduction

Draft (Midnight, 04/06)

(450-500 words)

-Use 10 creditable sources to write why it is necessary to conduct your study

0+6

8

04/16

No Class or Individual Conference

6+3

9

04/23

Research paper: Literature review & survey

Structural analysis & peer review: outline

#3 Literature review & Survey

Outline (Midnight, 04/20)

6+3

10

04/30

Research paper: Literature review & survey

Structural analysis & peer review: draft

#3 Literature review & Survey

Draft (Midnight, 04/27)

(800-1000 words)

6+3

11

05/07

Research paper: Methodology

-Participants & contexts

-Data collection & procedure

Make sure you start collecting data.

6+3

12

05/14

Research paper: Methodology

Structural analysis & peer review: draft  Research paper: Results + Discussion

-How to analyze data

-How to present results in writing

#4 Methodology

Draft (Midnight, 05/11)

(300-350 words)

6+3

13

05/21

Individual Conference:

Results+ Discussion (Outline)

#5 Results + Discussion

Outline (Midnight, 05/18)

6+3

14

05/28

Research paper: Results (draft)

Structural analysis & peer review: draft

#5 Results

Draft (Midnight, 05/25)

Writing up results with table presentation

6+3

15

06/04

Research paper: Discussion

Structural analysis & peer review: draft

#5 Results + Discussion

Draft (Midnight, 06/01)

(500-700 words x 2)

6+3

16

06/11

Abstract

-How to write an abstract

#6 Draft

Abstract (150-200 words)

6+3

17

06/18

Research paper

Structural analysis & peer review

Cover letter & Wrap up

6+3

18

06/25

Individual conference

#7 Cover letter

Draft ( Midnight, 06/22)