WELCOME BACK!
Let's open up with a wonderful speculative fiction writer who is an alum of College Park. N.K Jemison is a Mac Genius. Here is an interview with Judy Woodruff (PBS)-->
Friday, the parking lot for Coffee Cup memo opens. Take a week to post, as needed. Here is a resource for you of two takes on a checklist.
Next up, for April+May: your close review of ONE scientifice/technical article. Pick one THIS WEEK.
The central skill in this final assignment (no. 3) concerns the cognitive difference of description and analysis (short Google doc with linkes) and the related task of reflection/integration/synthesis. The craft element concerns what these intelectual moves look like in a document and how to lead the reader through this complex human endeavor.
Description/Analysis sample: Writing about history of thyroid medication as prelude->>
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Thyroid gland function Typical malfunction Diagnosis and medication Craft in document: Sources: use authoritative sources to document how large the problem is in terms of population; try to get figures from within the last five years. Use a trusted summary source about first diagnosis and treatments ( was cow and horse and pig thyroid glands, extracted and dried and placed into rough pills( Circa 1880 or so in US first and then Europe |
What are the levels based on (mostly on huge database of thyroid hormones from MALE ONLY subjects) Broader problem of male-only studies in biomedical science including Mice and rat models -->>Transition to integration/reflection
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Marybeth Shea
Happy Wednesday. Today we keep talking about your article. Choose one, based on this overall criteria:
technical article from disciplinary experts that is a narrowly focused genre.
Whis a narrow focus genre in this context? The best and most common article type is an IRMAD article, (short GMU html exhibit) which means a research results artical that uses the Introduction->Methods/Materials->RESULTS->Analysis->Discusion format.
Other options include a clincial note, methods piece, and other narrowly focused piece (proof note in pure math or physics, for example).
Here is a long Google document exposition about how to think (cognitive reading strategy for you) about IMRAD articles that uses stasis theory. Read and savor this over the next few days.
Now, we will start on this Google presentation that disects the IMRAF format.
HOUSEKEEPING DETAILS: Today, I open up the Assignment 2 partking lot for submission. And, a few of you STILL NEED TO PARTICIAPTE IN PEER COLLABORATION. Please do that ASAP. 
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