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This week we are learning how to use argument for inquiry and read…
This week we are learning how to use argument for inquiry and read as well as understand articles that use the IMRAD Model.
Before completing this initial post, read the two (2) articles, Undergraduate Students Survey Their Peers on Mental Health: Perspectives and Strategies for Improving College Counseling Center Outreach Download Undergraduate Students Survey Their Peers on Mental Health: Perspectives and Strategies for Improving College Counseling Center Outreach and The Identity of a “College Student”: Perceptions of College Academics and Academic Rigor Among First-Year Students Download The Identity of a “College Student”: Perceptions of College Academics and Academic Rigor Among First-Year Students. These are also listed on the M03 Learning Activities page.
Initial post (due by the mid-module deadline)
Your initial post should be at least 300 original words.
For your initial post in this discussion, you will analyze and evaluate one (1) of the above-linked articles. Select either Meyer, Spencer, and French’s “The Identity of a ‘College Student'” . . . or Gibbons, et al, “Undergraduate Students Survey Their Peers on Mental Health” – both of which use argument to inquire about their research topics using the IMRAD model.
First, select one (1) of the two articles and identify in your initial post which article you chose to write about.
Then analyze and evaluate that article, responding to the below-listed response questions.
As you answer these questions, remember that arguing to inquire means probing, questioning, and challenging the research, its results, and its conclusions in order to come to a more thorough understanding of the topic and to come closer to the truth.
Do not simply agree with the author(s); look for points of contention or disagreement you have with the author, based on the questions below. As you answer, be sure to paraphrase (and cite) details and examples from the article to support your answer.
Response Questions:
Summarize the research topic the author(s) inquires into.
What issue or problem are they investigating? Also, identify the research question the author(s) attempts to answer.
Summarize the results and analysis that are crucial to answering the research question. Also, summarize the answer the author(s) gives to this question based on the results and analysis.
What new ideas, information, and/or outcomes do this research appear to contribute to the understanding of this research topic?
As you answer this question, consider both what the author(s) says about this and your own conclusions about what this research may add to the scholarly conversation.
What do you think of the conclusions made by the author(s)?
How accurate do you think the results and/or analysis are?
What information provided in the article leads you to conclude this?
How thorough and accurate do you think the answer to the research questions is?
Based on the results provided, can you think of other possible answers or conclusions one could make?
Examine the credible research conducted.
What do you think it overlooks or fails to consider?
Do you think the author(s) should have taken a different approach to conduct the research (such as a different research method, different questions, or even a different or more varied human population to study)? Why?
What do you think could have been done to obtain better results from this research with which to answer the research question?
