Comp Notes

Mark Sutton

Comp Notes is a podcast for college students in first-year writing courses.  We'll cover the concepts you'll discuss in class, giving you a chance to reinforce or grow your understanding of them.

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    Research: Citing Sources

    The last in our series on research, this episode discusses why and when we should cite, as well as some strategies for making citation easier. Transcript here Additional materials:  Overview of citation systems (all from Purdue OWL):MLAAPAChicagoIEEEUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Writing Center's "Plagiarism" and "Why We Cite" (video)Purdue OWL's "Using Citation Generators Responsibly"Writing Across the Curriculum Clearinghouse's "An Overview of Documentation Systems"Anne Canavan's "Citations: Why, When, How?"Annika Clark's "Finding the Right Spiderman: An Introduction to Reference and Citation Formats"From Choosing & Using Sources:  A Guide to Academic Research"Why Cite Sources?""Challenges in Citing Sources""Steps for Citing""When to Cite" Comp Notes © 2024 by  Mark Sutton  is licensed under  CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

    8 min

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    Research: Integrating Sources

    Fifth in our series on research, this episode focuses on strategies for integrating outside sources into our own writing, including quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing. Transcript here Additional Materials Kyle D. Stedman's "Annoying Ways People Use Sources"University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Writing Center's "Quotations"Writing Across the Curriculum Clearinghouse's "Integrating Sources"From Choosing & Using Sources: A Guide to Academic Research"Helping Others Follow""Synthesis of Your Own Ideas"From A Guide to Rhetoric, Genre, and Success in First-Year WritingMelanie Gagich's "Quoting"Robin Jeffrey's "Paraphrasing and Summarizing" John Lanning, Amanda Lloyd, and Emilie Zickel's "Signal Phrases" Comp Notes © 2024 by  Mark Sutton  is licensed under  CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

    6 min

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    Research: Evaluating Sources

    Fourth in this series on research, this episode will focus on strategies for evaluating sources, with a particular focus on Mike Caulfield and Sam Wineburg's SIFT model. Transcript here Additional Materials Mike Caulfield and Sam Wineburg's Verified: How to Think Straight, Get Duped Less, and Make Better Decisions about What to Believe Online (advertisement for book)"Evaluating for Relevancy" and "Evaluating for Credibility" from Choosing & Using Sources:  A Guide to Academic ResearchAmanda Lloyd's "Misinformation and Disinformation"Mike Caulfield's "SIFT (The Four Moves)"Mike Caulfield's "SIFTing through the Pandemic"Mike Caulfield's "Web Literacy for Student Fact-Checkers"This online book presents an older version of SIFT, but it is still effective. CTRL-F's "Verification Skills 2024" (Video playlist)Ellen Carillo and Alice Horning's "Effectively and Efficiently Reading the Credibility of Online Sources" Comp Notes © 2024 by Mark Sutton is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

    10 min

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    Research: Locating Sources

    Third in our research series, this episode will discuss strategies for locating sources, specifically keywords and search strings. Transcript here Additional Materials From Choosing and Using Sources: A Guide to Academic Research"Precision Searching: Main Concepts""Precision Searching: Related and Alternative Terms""Precision Searching: Search Statements" McMaster Libraries' "How Library Stuff Works: Boolean Operators (AND OR NOT)" and "How Library Stuff Works: Boolean Modifiers "",*,()" (videos) Robin Jeffrey's "Using Effective Keywords in your Research"Prince George's Community College Learning Common's "Generating Keywords" and "Boolean Operators" Comp Notes © 2024 by Mark Sutton is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

    8 min

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    Research: Classifying Sources

    The second in our research series, this episode discusses systems for classifying sources. Transcript here Additional Materials From Choosing and Using Sources: A Guide to Academic Research"Categorizing Sources""Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Sources""Popular, Substantive Popular, Professional, & Scholarly""Publication Formats and the Information Cycle""Thinking about Roles of Sources," "BEAM: A Solution that Might Shine," and "Using BEAM: An Example"From A Guide to Rhetoric, Genre, and Success in First-Year Composition"Types of Sources: Primary, Secondary, Tertiary""Popular Sources""Scholarly Sources" Comp Notes © 2024 by Mark Sutton is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

    7 min

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    Research: An Overview

    This episode begins a series on research.  It talks about what research is and shares strategies for choosing a research focus. Transcript here Additional Materials College Composition and Communication's "Research (poster)"Purdue OWL's "Research: Where to Begin"Writing Across the Curriculum Clearinghouse's "Developing a Research Question"Emilie Zickel's "Developing a Research Question""Narrowing a Topic," "Regular vs. Research Questions," and "Developing Your Research Question"  from Choosing Using Sources:  A Guide to Academic ResearchBonus: Dana Lynn Driscoll's "Introduction to Primary Research: Observations, Surveys, and Interviews"This essay discusses other forms of research not discussed in the episode. Comp Notes © 2024 by Mark Sutton is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

    7 min

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    Arrangement

    This episode discusses strategies for arrangement, or organizing your writing. Transcript here. Additional Materials: Patterns of development (a handout I give my students)Guide to Grammar and Writing's "Coherence: Transitions Between Ideas"Silva Rhetoricae's "Arrangement"The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Writing Center's "Flow"Writing Across the Curriculum Clearinghouse's "Organizing Documents" Monique Babin et. al's "Transitions: Developing Relationships between Ideas" Comp Notes © 2024 by Mark Sutton is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

    8 min

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    Thesis Statements

    This episode discusses the features of a thesis statement, along with some strategies for creating one. Transcript here. Additional Materials:  Yvonne Bruce and Emilie Zickel's "Creating the Thesis" from A Guide to Rhetoric, Genre, and Success in First-Year WritingThe Word on College Reading and Writing's "Finding the Thesis"Purdue OWL's "Tips and Examples for Writing Thesis Statements"University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Writing Center's "Thesis Statements"Writing Across the Curriculum Clearinghouse's "Developing a Thesis Statement" Comp Notes © 2024 by Mark Sutton is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

    6 min
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Comp Notes is a podcast for college students in first-year writing courses.  We'll cover the concepts you'll discuss in class, giving you a chance to reinforce or grow your understanding of them.

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  • Création
    Mark Sutton
  • Années d’activité
    2024 - 2026
  • Épisodes
    30
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