Module 8: Revising a Research Paper Recommended Readings

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These recommended readings offer an opportunity to deepen students’ engagement with the module through coherent, topical essays. The essays are all Creative Commons licensed, which means they can be downloaded and presented directly in the LMS. (Note: The assumption is that not all of these readings would be assigned. The instructor could pick one to assign to the class, or students could be given a choice if the class format allows.)

The readings listed here pair well with the material in the module “Revising a Research Paper.”

Feedback and Revision

  • Reading: What’s That Supposed to Mean? Using Feedback on Your Writing
  • Author: Jillian Grauman
  • Source: Writing Spaces
  • License: (CC BY-NC-ND
  • Short Summary: Grauman helps writers understand how to use feedback on their writing in future revisions.
  • Discussions and Approaches: There are discussion questions at the end of the chapter. You might also want to talk about your own process of providing feedback to student writing and how your feedback will help them with their revision process.

The Importance of Proofreading

  • Reading: Impression formation on online dating sites: Effects of language errors in profile texts on perceptions of profile owners’ attractiveness
  • Author: Tess Van der Zanden, Alexander P. Schouten, Maria B. J. Mos, and Emiel J. Krahmer
  • Source: Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, vol. 37, no. 3, Mar. 2020
  • License: CC BY-NC
  • Short Summary: A scientific study of language errors in dating profiles. As the abstract says, the “results highlight the importance of error-free language use as a cue for attractiveness.”
  • Discussions and Approaches: Provides a relatively approachable way to look at social science experimental methodology and write-up. Can also provide a jumping-off point for a discussion of the question of “error” in language.

Reflective Writing and Revision

  • Reading: Reflective Writing and the Revision Process: What Were You Thinking?
  • Author: Sandra Giles
  • Source: Writing Spaces
  • License: CC BY-NC-ND
  • Short Summary: Helps students see how reflective writing can improve their revisions and help them get more out of the whole writing process.
  • Discussions and Approaches: Particularly useful if you use reflective writing practices such as a letter to the reader, as described in this essay. There are discussion questions at the end of the essay.