Document Type
Article
Date
Summer 7-7-2020
Keywords
coherence, student research, teaching, fieldwork, pedagogy
Language
English
Acknowledgements
We would like to thank the students in the classes referenced in this article, especially those who graciously reported experiences conducting research in these courses.
Disciplines
Library and Information Science | Scholarship of Teaching and Learning | Social and Cultural Anthropology
Description/Abstract
When researching and writing scholarly papers for semester-long projects, undergraduate students face challenges, such as research anxiety, overestimation of research skills, poor time management, difficulty choosing appropriate sources, and lack of integration between research stages and final product. Student survey results and paper analyses show incoherence in the student research process. This article develops a coherence framework to address problems students face throughout the research and writing process. This framework joins literature on coherence techniques and effective pedagogies including guided research, peer modeling, checkpoints, and reflection. The article presents pedagogical recommendations for establishing coherence in student research and writing projects.
Recommended Citation
Hart, Emily K. and Annear, Christopher M., "Research Coherence A Framework for Successful Student Research" (2020). Librarian Publications. 248.
https://surface.syr.edu/sul/248
Source
submission
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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Library and Information Science Commons, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Commons, Social and Cultural Anthropology Commons
Additional Information
This is the final author manuscript version for our publication in College Teaching: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/87567555.2020.1758022