MbShea@PWP@English@UMCP

an asynchronous session on UPDATED FRIDAY  in SAME  OHitS/AMA document (open through Saturday about 5PM for your questions, by request.) There, I will start with three categories of Q&A:

1. Check on your research article suitability.  DO NOT use a literature review. The scope here is way to too large for this assignment.
2. Look at endings, cognitive wedge AND how thinking about endings can help you with a closure.  In this way, you are thinking about 
   1. Paragraph 1 
   2. Paragraph N, where N is the number of paragraphs you write. Most students write between 10 and 14 paragraphs.  Page counts are really not helpful here.
3. Think about the ethos of your first-author researcher.  You will need to write a paragraph early on that establishes the discipline, workplace, and special lines of inquiry within the field.

WEDNESDAY NEW UPDATE 9:35 AM:  an MP4 about the next and final one-article close review assignment.) Have you started reading in the ways suggested below?  

via GIPHY

Next up? Read your article and prepare to write a formal review of this science research piece. If you like to start now:

Reading science and scientific literature, some articles for you to skim, parse, or review (KE's guide):

• Guidance for health professionals and physicians in 2009 "Critical Appraisal of Scientific Literature" -- all will appreciate the clarity, conciseness, and document design of the abstract.  This table is particularly useful also.  Note: you can seek out two other related articles, as this is the first of three.
• This open access guide to writing a literature review can help you read a literature review.
• In 2016, AAAS (do you know what that is?) published a series on reading scientific literature. In this piece, be sure to look at the summaries of how different scientists approach their reading.

A.I., a student who recently took the DAT, suggests that you consider learning about the Search and Destroy close reading method.  Additional note from A.I., she thinks that the ABT -- and, but, therefore -- structure could help you prep for job or grad/prof school interviews.  I agree!

Do you have an election watch plan? I will use GoogleMeet and text messages to connect with my young adult children and a few friends.  We are dividing the news coverage to look at CNN, PBS, and CSPAN, as well as BBC. I read this guide about election stress last week, from a therapist at Psychology Today.  I also plan to gear up and bike on Tuesday, perhaps three short rides, first, for fresh air and second, as a good way to discharge stress: exercise. 

Take care, dear students.  Meet you Wednesday asynchronously (your vote) for a check in on our last assignment: review of your research article. I will prepare a screencast to describe the assignment.