Research Methods

 

Week

Day

Date

Topic

Notes

0

 

25/03/1435 هــ

26/01//2014 م

9/03/1435 هــ

30/01/2014 م

Drop and Add Week

 

1

Sunday

02/04/1435 هــ

02/02/2014 م

*what is research?

*research paper vs personal essay

*Types of research

*MLA style

First Chapter of the MLA Handbook

Tuesday

04/04/1435

04/02/2014

*Components of research papers

 

First Chapter of the MLA Handbook

Thursday

06/04/1435

06/02/2014

*topic choice

*focusing a topic (mind maps)

First Chapter of the MLA Handbook

2

Sunday

09/04/1435

09/02/2014

Conducting Research 1:

*deciding on a topic for each student and drawing mind maps

Tutorial & application

(mind map)

Cont. of

First Chapter of the MLA Handbook

Worksheet 1

Tuesday

11/04/1435

11/02/2014

Conducting Research 1:

*Thesis statement

Cont. of

First Chapter of the MLA Handbook

Thusday

13/02/1435

13/02/2014

Conducting Research 1:

*Questions of the study

*objectives of the study

 

3

Sunday

16/04/1435

16/02/2014

Tutorial & application

(thesis, questions, objectives)

Homework 1

Tuesday

18/04/1435

18/02/2014

Tutorial & application

( thesis, questions, objectives)

Discussion

Thursday

20/04/1435

20/02/2014

Tutorial & application

(thesis, questions, objectives)

Discussion

4

Sunday

23/04/1435

23/02/2014

Conducting Research 2:

*types of sources

*locating sources

Cont. of

First Chapter of the MLA Handbook

Tuesday

25/04/1435

25/02/2014

Tutorial

Web-based search

Google books- Google scholar- Questia library

University Resources (print & online)

 

Web-based

Thursday

27/04/1435

27/02/2014

Tutorial

Locating authentic content (org, edu, etc)

Locating publication information for e-content

 

Web-based

5

Sunday

01/05/1435

2/03/2014

*Working outline

*Research Ethics & Plagiarism

 

Cont. of

First Chapter of the MLA Handbook

+

A review of Second Chapter of MLA Handbook

Tuesday

03/05/1435

04/03/2014

Tutorial

Outlining

 

Worksheet 2

Thursday

05/05/1433

06/03/2014

Tutorial

Outlining

Discussion

6

Sunday

08/05/1435

09/03/2014

Conducting Research 3:

* Research Introduction

*components of the introduction

Checklist

Tuesday

10/05/1435

11/03/2014

Chapter 3: The Mechanics of Writing

 

Thursday

12/05/1435

13/03/2014

CONT. of Chapter 3: The Mechanics of Writing

 

7

Sunday

15/05/1435

16/03/2014

Conducting Research 4:

*deciding on a methodology

 

 

Tuesday

17/05/1435

18/03/2014

Conducting Research 4:

*Working bibliography

Homework 2

Thursday

19/05/1435

20/03/2014

Conducting Research 4:

*review of literature

*writing the conclusion

 

Mid-Term Break

22/05/1435 -26/05/1435

23/03/2014 – 27/03/2014

8

Sunday

29/05/1435

30/03/2014

Tutorial

Writing the Review of literature

Homework 3

Tuesday

01/06/1435

01/04/2014

Fourth Chapter MLA Handbook

Formatting the research paper

Handouts

Thursday

03/06/1435

03/04/2014

Mid-term

 

9

Sunday

06/06/1435

06/04/2014

Note-Taking

Section from Chapter 1

Tuesday

08/06/1435

08/04/2014

Students' Presentations

 

Thursday

10/06/1435

10/04/2014

Students' Presentations

 

10

Sunday

13/06/1435

13/04/2014

Fifth Chapter: Works Cited MLA style

Homework 4

Tuesday

15/06/1435

15/04/2014

Fifth Chapter: Works Cited MLA style

 

Thursday

17/06/1435

17/04/2014

Fifth Chapter: Works Cited MLA style

 

11

Sunday

20/06/1435

20/04/2014

Fifth Chapter: Works Cited MLA style

 

Tuesday

22/06/1435

22/04/2014

Fifth Chapter: Works Cited MLA style

 

Thursday

24/06/1435

24/04/2014

Fifth Chapter: Works Cited MLA style

 

12

Sunday

27/06/1435

27/04/2014

Sixth Chapter In-Text Citations

 

Tuesday

29/06/1435

29/04/2014

Sixth Chapter In-Text Citations

Homework 5

Thursday

02/07/1435

01/05/2014

Quiz

 

13

Sunday

05/07/1435

04/05/2014

Sixth Chapter In-Text Citations

 

Tuesday

07/07/1435

06/05/2014

Sixth Chapter In-Text Citations

 

Thursday

09/07/1435

08/05/2014

Draft submissions

Electronic

14

Sunday

12/07/1435

11/05/2014

Follow-up & discussion of students papers

 

Tuesday

14/07/1435

13/05/2014

Follow-up & discussion of students papers

 

Thursday

16/07/1435

15/05/2015

 

Follow-up & discussion of students papers

Project File Submission during Finals

Final Examinations

 

 

 

 


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