The Annotated Bibliography
This assignment is crucial; it allows you to explore various positions somewhow related to the mind, body, and how we learn and these are topics that you have read and writtten about since Week 1 of the course.This course structure was intentional as to allow you ample time to prepare some research before you dive into your Academic Research paper.
As you have completed Reader Responses thus far this term, you were also asked to gatther academic articles from the library's databases that were somehow connected to your reading of the various chapters of Doye & Zakrajsek's The New Science of Learning.
Reader Response 1: Chapters 1 & 2; you should have found one article and completed one annotation.
Reader Response 2: Chapters 3 & 4; you should have found one article and completed one annotation.
Reader Response 3: Chapters 5, 6, & 7; you should have found two articles and completed two annotations.
Reader Response 4: Chapters 8 & 9; you should have found two articles and completed two annotations.
All of these annotations should have been posted to your blogs.
Now, however, you must now choose a specific question that you would like to answer in your research paper based on your reading of the text and the six articles you have found thus far.
Your task in the research assignment is to focus on a particular topic that the Doyle & Zakrajsek present (i.e., the effects of sleep deprivation on learning, the importance of exercise and nutrition, using all senses to learn, etc.), but to do so in more detail and to use primary research that you gather from the other students in your research group as well as secondary academic resources from the university library or library databases.
In class, you will have an opportunity to meet with your reasearch group and read their reader responses in an effort to find a way to synthesize your group member's analyses of themselves and what you have already read yourself (The New Science of Learning & academic articles) in an effort to form a research question (and topic) for your Academic Research Paper.
After you have formed this research question, you will need to complete your topic proposal (see course schedule) and then find two articles from the library's databases that directly answer that question in some way and complete an annotation of each article.
To access the library's electronic databases see the link below:
You may also use books. You may access the library's catalog here:
Remember, once you have decided on your two additional sources, you will have to read and analyze them and take extensive notes. If they are long or book-length articles, then do your best to skim them. Always look at the table of contents, the chapter headings, and the index or bibliography in the back. You can learn a lot about a book from doing these things before you read it at length. You will then go back and read carefully the parts that are relevant to your paper.
Next, you should carefully read each article, underlining any ideas that you feel are important and/or those that elicit a strong personal response. As you are reading, record your own personal responses in the margins of the article. Then, you should write the article's annotation.
To complete each annoation, first write the MLA citation for the article (you may use Easybib if it isn't provided by the database). Your annotation should be typed, double-spaced, 12 pt., and Times New Roman font, using MLA style. Next, write an eight-to-ten sentence blurb summarizing each of your ten sources. Make sure to identify the author’s thesis in your summary and other important points made in the article. Finally, indicate in a sentence how you might use the source in your paper.
You should then add these two annotations to the six you have already completed, list the sources alphabetically by author’s last name, using MLA style, and then place them in a MS Word document and upload them to Ulearn by the due date for the Annotated Bibliography (see course schedule).
Here is an example (but you will double space everything):
Pach, Walter. Renoir. 1st ed. Danbury: Harry N. Abrams , Incorporated, 1983. In this book, Walter Pach covers the interviewing process with Renoir. He discusses the everyday with Renoir, including his bouts of arthritic pain. Pach briefly reviews Renoir’s life and his apprenticeship, as well as his artistic studies. Pach also discusses Renoir’s marriage
with Aline Charigot. Pach also reviews the influences of Renoir, including those he adored and studied as well as living artists he had worked with. Pach analyzes several of Renoir’s paintings and compares him to other artists and how other artists perceived similar subject matter. Pach analyzes the paintings in two different ways. In one way, he analyzes it in an opinionated manner but in another he analyzes the paintings in a very technical manner. This source could prove useful in my paper as another source of analysis of Renoir’s work as I will use this source to provide a more intimate look into Renoir’s later years.
For an additional example, click the link below:
•Remember that the purpose of an annotation is to give a reader a condensed and objective account of the main ides and features of a text. Indicate the main ideas of the text. Accurately representing the main ideas (while omitting the less important details) should be your major goal.
Remember that the purpose of an annotation is to give a reader a condensed and objective account of the main ides and features of a text. Indicate the main ideas of the text. Accurately representing the main ideas (while omitting the less important details) should be your major goal.•Use direct quotation of key words, phrases, or sentences. (“According to Hattemer” or “as Hattemer explains”) to remind the reader that you are summarizing the author and the text, not giving your own ideas. NOTE: Instead of repeating “Hattemer says,” choose verbs that more accurately represent the purpose or tone of the original passage: “Hattemer argues,” "Hattemer explains,” "Hattemer warns,” “Hattemer asks,” “Hattemer advises” (These are referred to as author tags).
Use direct quotation of key words, phrases, or sentences. (“According to Hattemer” or “as Hattemer explains”) to remind the reader that you are summarizing the author and the text, not giving your own ideas. NOTE: Instead of repeating “Hattemer says,” choose verbs that more accurately represent the purpose or tone of the original passage: “Hattemer argues,” "Hattemer explains,” "Hattemer warns,” “Hattemer asks,” “Hattemer advises” (These are referred to as author tags).•Avoid summarizing specific examples or data unless they help illustrate the thesis or main idea of the text.
Avoid summarizing specific examples or data unless they help illustrate the thesis or main idea of the text.•Report the main ideas as objectively as possible. Represent the author and text as accurately and faithfully as possible. Do not include your own personal reactions to the author's information.
Report the main ideas as objectively as possible. Represent the author and text as accurately and faithfully as possible. Do not include your own personal reactions to the author's information.• Lastly, in one sentence explain how you might use the source in your research paper.
