This page presents the final drafts of assignments in chronological order.
NY Times Article Summary/Response
The NY Times Article Summary/Response focuses on an article written by Jason Pollack, which discusses research performed by researchers at the Oregon Health and Science University. The summary and response restate Pollack’s summary of the research, as well as analyze the author’s exigence, credibility, and effectiveness in presenting the material.
Scholarly Article Analysis
The Scholarly Article Analysis analyzes the research article that Pollack utilizes in his NY Times Article. The research article written by researchers at Oregon Health and Science University is evaluated to determine grammatical techniques used in each section, and whether the article follows the IMRAD format.
General Audience Essay
The General Audience Essay is a recreation of an article that could be found in the NY Times. Therefore, it describes a research article to a general audience. Grammatical techniques and comparisons to daily items transformed a quantitative research article on bone stem cells in mice to an easily accessible article on the possibility of using bones as heart attack treatments.
Group Lab Report
The Group Lab Report was an opportunity for groups to collaborate on a research question, collect data, an organize a research article in IMRAD format. It was a good practice of the scientific method, including other articles for background research, and utilizing grammatical techniques to best present the experiment conducted. This lab report focuses on the perceived effect of caffeine on academic performance of college students.
Group Lab Report Poster
The Group Lab Report Poster was an overview of the Group Lab Report Essay, made to communicate information effectively and efficiently. The introduction, materials & methods, results, and discussions were summarized on a poster to present each section to the general audience.
Annotated Bibliography
The Annotated Bibliography summarizes four research articles on the use of epigenetics in fruit flies to study their circadian rhythms. The articles used are Konopka & Benzer, 1971; Renn et al., 1999; Stoleru et al., 2005; and Yao & Shafer 2014. Each article is analyzed to determine objectivity, and a plan for how it will be used in the Literature Review is included.
Literature Review
The Literature Review provides a history to the four research articles selected in the Annotated Bibliography. It connects the articles, and also delves into personal relationships behind the researchers that cooperated in these studies. The essay also offers a summary and analysis of each research paper, drawing a conclusion from all of the articles collectively.
