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ERIC Number: EJ517618
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-8274
Research Papers and Their Pitfalls (Teaching Ideas).
Szentkiralyi, Endre
English Journal, v85 n1 p74-77 Jan 1996
Describes an approach to teaching the student research paper that improves the quality of arguments and prose. Reviews specific steps to writing and researching the research paper, which include free writing on a topic of interest, formulating a research question, interviewing and surveying, initial drafting of an argument, and (only after these steps) researching in the library. (TB)
Descriptors: Interviews, Questionnaires, Research Papers (Students), Research Skills, Secondary Education, Student Needs, Writing Instruction
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Note: Special issue: Right Writing.