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Starfish—Rowan Success Network

White Papers You guys (many of you) rock! I’m very happy with the quality of the White Papers I’m seeing this afternoon. Many of you are demonstrating significant engagement with your topics and theses. The work you’ve done so far, … Continue reading

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White Paper

A White Paper is a work in progress. It’s a snapshot of where your research project stands at a particular moment. It’s also a useful repository for all your notes about the topic as your gather them. As such, White … Continue reading

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Agenda FRI OCT 09, 2015

Housekeeping. Safer Saws Claims Exercise A06: White Paper

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Agenda WED OCT 07, 2015

Housekeeping. Trouble with Deadlines? Sharing Excellence. Highlights from student Visual Rewrites Safer Saws Unit Original SawSafe Broadcast SawSafe Demonstration Video Story Revisited 7 Years Later YouTube 20-second Hot Dog Demo Steve Gass Uses His Finger Crazy Man Deliberately Forces Kickback … Continue reading

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A05: Visual Rewrite

Rewrite Assignment Rewrites are always encouraged and necessary, but sometimes they’re also actually assigned and required. A05 is an assigned rewrite, with its own assignment number. You will create a new post for it in the A05: Visual Rewrite category. Grade … Continue reading

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Specific Claims in Proposals

Today we’ll take a brief look at some early drafts of  Research Proposals and compare them to one that makes clear and specific claims. A good proposal does more than state what a source is about. The content of the … Continue reading

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Agenda FRI OCT 02, 2015

Riddle Specific Claims in Proposals E06: How to Open Exercise A05: Visual Rewrite

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E06: How to Open Exercise

Based on sample Openings provided in red in your professor’s White Paper, write at least two different opening paragraphs for your Research Project, based on your current best understanding of your topic. Each Opening must contain a thesis sentence that … Continue reading

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Time Will Tell—Gregory Alan Isakov

This is pretty. I think I’ll save it here.

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Agenda WED SEP 30

Apology to Username How to Open Sample White Paper: Polio Eradication

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