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Feb. 28th, 2006 06:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alexmegamiThe assignment says:
"Newspaper articles published in the New York Times and the Globe & Mail described research that calls into question the concept of bisexuality. You are to read the original pieces of research (and any other relevant studies) and assess whether or not the newspaper articles present an accurate or biased picture of the academic research around this issue for the general public."
Do you:
a) Read the articles and the research, assess what each are saying, and point out where simplifications or overstatements have occured in the newspaper articles?
b) Evaluate the research, and state that the research was not valid in the first place, thus negating the need for the articles outright?
c) Compare and contrast the newspaper articles, and then compare and contrast their persuasiveness with the persuasiveness of the research?
"Newspaper articles published in the New York Times and the Globe & Mail described research that calls into question the concept of bisexuality. You are to read the original pieces of research (and any other relevant studies) and assess whether or not the newspaper articles present an accurate or biased picture of the academic research around this issue for the general public."
Do you:
a) Read the articles and the research, assess what each are saying, and point out where simplifications or overstatements have occured in the newspaper articles?
b) Evaluate the research, and state that the research was not valid in the first place, thus negating the need for the articles outright?
c) Compare and contrast the newspaper articles, and then compare and contrast their persuasiveness with the persuasiveness of the research?
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Date: 2006-03-01 12:01 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-03-01 05:48 pm (UTC)So why is something like 60% of our mark based on option C?
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Date: 2006-03-01 12:04 am (UTC)"no such thing as bisexuality" my ass...*grumble*
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Date: 2006-03-01 12:35 am (UTC)#3. a) is present in one of the points we were graded on, but a full 20% was devoted to comparing the articles to one another, and another 30% or so was for which account (popular or scientific) is more convincing and why.
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Date: 2006-03-01 02:18 am (UTC)I think a combination of the above options would present the strongest case. Each sort of leads to the credibility and persuasiveness of the next...
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Date: 2006-03-01 05:47 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-03-01 05:48 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-03-01 04:47 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-03-01 05:46 pm (UTC)Time to e-mail the TA...
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Date: 2006-03-01 05:59 pm (UTC)I would say C because of the sentence "assess whether or not the newspaper articles present an accurate or biased picture of the academic research around this issue for the general public."
It seems to specifically be asking you to compare the articles to the research and demonstrate how they are or are not reflective of the research done in the study.
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Date: 2006-03-01 06:00 pm (UTC)I would say C because of the sentence "assess whether or not the newspaper articles present an accurate or biased picture of the academic research around this issue for the general public."
It seems to specifically be asking you to compare the articles to the research and demonstrate how they are or are not reflective of the research done in the study.
-whoops - this is Pete
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Date: 2006-03-01 06:45 pm (UTC)Basically, the syllabus said: "Tell us how well A reported on B." C asks for "How persuasive are A and B? Which is more persuasive and why?"