A Calendar for Creating a Course Portfolio

Week 1

• Annotated Bibliography:
  • suggested academic databases and indexes provided by professor and the Library
  • articles and monographs from databases chosen independently by student
  • web sites identified if appropriate for assignment
  • primary sources identified if appropriate for assignment
  • all entries will be cited accurately

Week 2

• Students use data from Week 1 to create an abbreviated review of the literature
• Students develop a research question
• Students develop a working thesis statement/hypothesis
• Students create a topical outline
• Students create a sentence outline with citations properly inserted

Week 3

• Abstract and rough draft of paper due
• In student groups, each student presents a rough draft for peer review.
• Student group participants write a response paper to one of the presentations and that feedback is provided to the presenter.

Week 4

• Final draft of paper due
• Students give an oral presentation to the entire class. Presentation includes: a revised abstract, explanation of methodology/analysis and an explanation of the conclusions.
• Final written draft may include revised copies of any/all of the above.