Abstract Roots of Contemporary Issues (HISTORY 105/305) is the foundational, required course for Washington State University undergraduates. All sections feature a term-length research project with scaffolded Library Research Assignments (LRAs) and a final research paper. This research study centered on when and how topic formation/thesis development, source selection, and citation skills develop across the LRAs and involved analysis of 445 randomly selected student cases spread across five years. The researchers examined source types and how often sources in the preliminary stages of research appear in final papers. Information is offered about how students use annotated bibliographies and outlines.

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第一年必修课程的脚手架研究任务分析

Abstract Roots of Contemporary Issues (HISTORY 105/305) 是华盛顿州立大学本科生的基础、必修课。所有部分都有一个期限长度的研究项目，带有支架式图书馆研究任务 (LRA) 和最终研究论文。这项研究集中在 LRA 中的主题形成/论文开发、来源选择和引文技能何时以及如何发展，并涉及对分布在五年内的 445 个随机选择的学生案例的分析。研究人员检查了来源类型以及研究初期的来源在最终论文中出现的频率。提供有关学生如何使用带注释的参考书目和大纲的信息。