Bellow, I will provide all the explanation videos that the teacher provided. I will also provide a rough draft of an outline that does need correction.THE argument is the negative impact tech/ media has on teenagers’ mental health so use part of the outline and continue on your own.
bellow I provided all the teachers instructions, I also provided the prompt and some sources I used for the beginning.
This is a research paper at the college level I will provide Sources but you need to add multiple others.
https://onlinedegrees.unr.edu/online-master-of-pub…
https://www.commonsensemedia.org/research/coping-w…
https://www.newportacademy.com/resources/well-bein…
The paper must be 7-10 pages in length. No paper under 7 pages will receive a passing grade. 7 pages
is the bare minimum, but make sure you write enough to adequately analyze your topic. This page
requirement does not include the Works Cited page, which is an additional page.
2. Correctly use the MLA format for all in-text citations.
3. Provide a separate Works Cited page that conforms to the MLA guidelines.
4. Use at least seven documented sources that are well chosen. At least two of your sources must be
scholarly journal articles.
research paper teacher instructions video
Research Time
The research paper process is very different than the process for other essays:
In the previous essays, research was a lower priority. In those earlier essays, you may have come up with your ideas and outline, and then afterwards turned to research to help make it stronger and more persuasive.
However, the process with the research paper is very different. The research paper should use almost no personal experience. Moreover, any personal opinion you might want to state will have to be backed up with a strong source.
You might say that the process for the research paper is therefore the opposite of the other papers: you are to go out and research the topic and find out what the experts have argued and proven about this topic. You are then to organize and synthesize the findings of this research into your own original organization and argument. Your preconceived ideas on the topic may guide you at first towards certain claims, but you can only make those claims if you find strong sources to prove them. As you do the research, you also will hopefully learn so many new things about the topic that you will then have to rethink your argument and organization to include those discoveries.
For now, research as much as you can and accumulate as many good sources as you can find:
This week, we are just in the researching step of the paper and have not started writing it yet. This week’s activities will lead you to find good sources for your paper. It will repeat yet expand upon and refine some of the content of earlier Modules. It is vital you watch all of this week’s videos.
At this point, you should be trying to research and learn as much as you can about your topic. As I just stated, the research paper should use virtually no personal experience, so you will need sources for any ideas or claims you might have. Moreover, there may be many issues, benefits/problems, theories, studies, arguments, etc. related to your topic that you are not yet aware of. Your goal is to become a mini-expert on what is happening with your topic. The more you know, the easier and better the outlining and writing steps will go in future weeks.
Finally, make sure you are keeping track of the good sources you find by downloading them or emailing yourself links to them–you want to create a collection of a few dozen potential sources over the next two weeks. You might not end up using all of these sources, but the broader the pool of sources you have, the easier it will be to pick and arrange them into your own argument. Unlike many essays, the research paper simply cannot be done at the last moment because it has be based on research you have already acquired, not last minute personal opinions.
Scholarly Articles
The Research Paper prompt states that you must use a minimum of two scholarly sources, though an excellent paper might use many more. It is therefore very important to understand how to identify a scholarly source, where to find them, and what exactly makes them so great.
The following video explains what are scholarly sources and why you need to use the library databases when researching. It contains some very important information about how you should approach research in all of your college classes
Magazine, Newspaper, and Website Sources
Magazines, newspaper, and websites can be used for your research paper, but they need to be used wisely and carefully.
Magazines, newspapers, and websites generally have three big problems:
They may be biased or not factual. As you surely know, many magazines, newspapers, and websites have strong political biases and may not tell the whole truth. In contrast, scholarly articles have been carefully peer-reviewed to eliminate any bias and to check for factual accuracy.
They are short and tend to simplify. Many magazine, newspaper, and website articles are less than a page and provide a very reduced explanation or analysis of the issue. Their ideas are so short and simple that it will be hard to use them to write a sophisticated paragraph in your paper based on them. In contrast, scholarly articles are so long and complex that any paragraph based on them will automatically be starting from a higher level of sophistication and length. This will be the big difference between a ‘B’ and an ‘A’ grade on the research paper. As a general rule, the longer and more substantial your magazine, newspaper, or website source is, the better it is as a potential source.
They tend to be second-hand information. In particular, the magazine and newspaper writers will typically talk to some expert about their research or summarize an article or study written by experts. This leads back to the previous two problems: the writers will therefore greatly shorten and simplify the information, or they may not be accurate and neutral in their explanation.
Your general rule should be to use magazine, newspaper, and website sources only when no better source can be found.
Magazines, newspapers, and websites are useful for:
Current events. Most scholarly articles take months or years to be written and published, so up-to-date information on your topic will often have to come from magazines, newspapers, and websites, and that will be just fine.
Information and arguments about topics that scholars are not writing on. Some of you may have topics (such as fashion or sports) that few scholars are working on. Or there might be issues with your topic that the scholars have not yet discussed. The best arguments and insights would therefore have to come from magazines, newspapers, or other online sources. However, some of you have topics that many scholars are working on, so those topics should rely more on scholarly articles.
Examples and quotations. The people the magazines, newspapers, and websites talk to may give examples or personal statements that are helpful but can’t be found anywhere else. Or their authors might give personal information that is not found elsewhere.
Whenever possible, try to use the magazine, newspaper, or website source to find a better, more direct source.
When possible, try to look up directly:
Whatever expert was mentioned or interviewed
Any study or article mentioned or quoted
The magazine, newspaper, and website articles are best used as stepping stones pointing you on to the important experts and studies related to your topic. Often the difference between a ‘B’ and an ‘A’ grade on the research paper is your willingness to take that extra step and track down the experts and studies rather than just stopping with the magazine, newspaper, or website article.
Tracking Down Experts and Studies
The following video tries to illustrate the content of the previous page by showing how to use magazines, newspapers, or website to track down better experts and studies. It also shows you an important website that would potentially be a good source for everyone’s paper, so please make sure you watch it.
Please read this newspaper article before viewing the video:
Now my video lecture:
Sources Review
Last week’s Module had a lot of important information about the different kinds of sources. Make sure you have watched and reviewed that material very carefully. This week, watch the following video, where I review some sample sources and talk about their strengths and weaknesses. It demonstrates in particular the kind of research that moves a paper from the ‘C’ or ‘B’ range towards the ‘A’ grade level:
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