Updating the Research Paper:

New Approaches in Academic Writing

Susan KellyExceLEARN

Korean National University of Education

Rationale

Context

•University Students

•Many planning on graduate study overseas

Trouble with the Typical Research

Paper

Solutions

•Mix It Up Day Papers

•I-Search Papers

First Year Students•Needs:

•Introduction to citation and understanding of how to avoid plagiarism

•Their Previous Writing Experience

Mix It Up Day

•Teach Tolerance website

•http://www.tolerance.org/mix-it-up.

Past Topics

Visiting a mosque

Simulating a disability

Taking care of young children

Going on a blind date

Doing a new sport

Required Elements•Narrative

•Paraphrasing

•Two - Three citations

Examples

Sharing by Blogging

Author’s Chair

•Sharing in coffee house readings

I-Search

•Shortcomings of traditional research papers

•Ken Macrorie’s solution

•Context

Topics

•Brainstorming

•Small group story sessions

Destination Weddings

Marketing Baseball in Korea

Women’s Roles in the Middle East

•Explain the interest

•Describe the story of the search

•Present what was learned

•Cite references

Elements

Preventing Plagiarism

•Fewer online I-search papers available

•Teach proper citation and paraphrasing

•Students hand in copies of articles used

•Teacher demonstrates plagiarism checks

Small GroupDiscussion

•What kind of Mix It Up Day essay would you write?

•How would you modify these projects for your classes?

•What would you do for an I-Search Paper?

Q & A

•Any questions?

References

Southern Poverty Law Institute, (2010) http://www.tolerance.org/mix-it-up.

Csikszentmihalyi, M. and Larson, R. (1986), Being adolescent : conflict and growth in the teenage years. Basic Books.

 Kelly, S. (June, 2008). Building Community in the Writing Classroom, Essential Teacher, TESOL.

 Yoshida, K. (November, 2004). Connecting the Fish Bowl to the Open Seas. Asia TEFL Plenary