Group work
1. What are 3-5 most important things that you learned from the chapter?
2. What are some specific tools the writers offer to analyze disciplinary writings?
3. Analyze the press release and the excerpt from an academic journal article using the tools this chapter offers. (SLR and AATP)
4. How effective do you think the writers are in presenting their findings? What do you think about the appropriateness of the language and structure in these two samples? Explain briefly.
Post brief answers to these questions to the course blog as a comment. One group should post only one comment.
Jonah Marks, Paxton Kocher, Eric Rude
ReplyDelete1.
A. Accurate information is paramount.
B. Primary vs Secondary research.
C. Author Audience Topic and Purpose for non-academic papers vs the Structure Language and References of academic papers
2. SLR and AATP
3. In the academic journal excerpt they focus more on the technical information of research and use terminology that would likely be understood only by peers in the field. In addition, the structure of the paper is far more ridged with more references to sources and researchers. In the non-academic paper the style and audience of the writing plays a large role in making the information understandable and accessible to a broader audience.
4. We think that both papers were well done and served their purpose. We all are able to gain a sufficient understanding of the topic from the non-academic paper. The academic paper is near incomprehensible to us, however it clearly would be very informative to professionals in the field. Both papers are effective in conveying intended information to their intended audiences.
Nat, Jack, Jason
ReplyDelete1. - Observation is very important in any field you're in because it's the source of your analysis.
- AATP (Author, Audience, Topic and Purpose)
- There is a general structure that helps persuade readers in papers. (IMRAD)
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2. Some examples of tools are SLR and AATP
3. Identifies the topic and authors who've participated in this specific research. Provides the purpose of the article and draws information that is relevant to the audience.
4. I think it is pretty effective because they used concise words in expressing the finding. It is appropriate how the language used in the news press was simpler than the academic research paper.
1. Be able to effectively communicate with your audience by knowing who you are writing to.
ReplyDeletePrimary research is your own research while secondary is the work of others.
Be able to understand the rhetorical text with each writing.
2. Specific tools to analyze disciplinary writings are structure, language, reference, and genre.
3. The language in this press release is specific and technical. They used multiple references and authors.
4. The authors are effective with their findings presented in this article because they use concise language. They use different formulas and data and both papers convey the proper information needed.
Leah, Zoey, Megan
DeleteBailey and Alaina
ReplyDelete1. How to analyze different types of writings and their purposes, different types of research (primary/secondary), different types of genres, and categories of structure/language/reference
2. Structure, language, reference
3. Structure: Started with an introduction, data, methods, then analysis
Language: Has simple language so people other than professionals, like the general public, can understand and follow through
Reference: Stated in the excerpt but no official reference list
Author: Journalist/researcher
Structure: APA format, abstract, introduction
Language: Highly technical and specific, for professional audience
Reference: APA, parenthetical citations
4. Effective, used data, effective to the audience they are presenting to but may confuse other audiences, used formal language
Klaire, Austin, and Jake
ReplyDelete1. You must identify the purpose clearly in an article so your audience will know what the main point of the research is. The language you will use depends on your audience and what type of writing you are creating. Qualifiers can strengthen natural and social sciences, while it weakens humanities writings therefore you must be cautious of who your audience is.
2. The AATP tool is used often used to analyze research results and it is a reliable way to find the rhetorical context of a specific work. Structure, language, and reference is also used to analyze different types of writings.
3. This press release uses simple, understandable language that is not as exact as a academic writing because it is meant for a wide audience. They use NASA as a reference and it is structured as a normal scientific article in a newspaper or magazine. The authors are multiple researchers and it is used to identify the importance of their research.
4. They did a fairly good job of presenting their findings in both of the writings by identifying their audience and making it tailored towards them. In the press release, they could have made their purpose more clear for the general public to understand. The language and structure was very appropriate for each, knowing the audience for and academic and a non-academic writing and how their knowledge levels are different.
Matthew, Konnor, Ryan
ReplyDelete3-5 important things
1. If you gather data on your own you are doing primary research, if you gather data of the research of others, you are doing secondary research.
2. Disciplinary discourse is something that is very important for every field of study. Knowing this will help you to understand how to write for the different fields of writing that you may come across.
3. When you are writing academically structure language and reference help in analyzing the conventions of academic writing.
Some specific tools the writers offer to analyze disciplinary writings are SLR and AATP.
The press release was made more for experts in the field, it has terms that are very specific to the field, using references.
Very effective, the non-academic paper was much more understandable. The Academic paper was much more sophisticated. However, both were successful in the telling of the information.