Disciplinary Literacies Workshop with Emphasis on Source Identification
I use this lesson outline for WRA 101/195H classes who are working on the Disciplinary Literacies assignment where the instructor has indicated source identification is an important component. Many first year students are unfamiliar with scholarly articles as a genre, so the goal of this workshop if for them to become comfortable identifying them and understanding a little more about why they exist. The workshop also addresses how academic research is different from casual research, and touches on the mechanics of finding scholarly articles through the library.
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Disciplinary Literacies Workshop with Emphasis on Exploration
Some Disciplinary Literacies assignments ask students to explore the information from their professional field or major (or a field that interests them), and asks them to identify trends from that field. This is uniquely difficult for first year students, who only have a vague understanding of how professionals in their field communicate, learn and create new knowledge. This outline has plenty of space for individual student exploration, introduces students to scholarly articles, professional organizations and news sources, and asks them to consider the kinds of information coming from each. It also touches on the mechanics of finding articles through the library.
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Cultural Artifact – General
Many students struggle to come up with an interesting and researchable question for the cultural artifact assignment, so this workshop outline has three goals: help students differentiate between open-ended and closed questions, translate a question into a search strategy, then learn how to search and identify relevant articles.
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