CONTENIDO: PART I - RESEARCH, RESEARCHERS, AND READERS
Thinking in print: the uses of research, public and private
Connecting with Your Reader: (Re) Creating Yourself and
Your Readers
Quick Tip: A Checklist for Understanding Your Readers
PART II - ASKING QUESTIONS, FINDING ANSWERS
Quick Tip: Creating a Writing Group
From Topics to Questions
Quick Tip: Finding Topics
From Questions to a Problem
Quick Tip: Disagreeing with Your Sources
From Problems to Sources
Quick Tip: The Ethics of Using People as Sources of Data
Engaging Sources
Quick Tip: Manage Moments of Normal Anxiety
PART III - MAKING A CLAIM AND SUPPORTING IT
Making Good Arguments: An Overview
Quick Tip: A Common Mistake – Falling Back on What You Know
Claims
Quick Tip: Qualifying Claims to Enhance Your Credibility
Reasons and Evidence
Acknowledgments and Responses
Quick Tip: Three Predictable Disagreements
Warrants
Quick Tip: Two Kinds of Arguments
PART IV - PLANNING, DRAFTING, AND REVISING
Quick Tip: Outlining and Storyboarding
Planning
Drafting Your Report
Quick Tip: Indicating Citations in Your Text
Revising Your Organization and Argument
Quick Tip: Abstracts
Communicating Evidence Visually
Introductions and Conclusions
Quick Tip: Titles
Revising Style: Telling Your Story Clearly
Quick Tip: The Quickest Revision Strategy
PART V - SOME LAST CONSIDERATIONS
The Ethics of Research
A Postscript for Teachers
APPENDIX: Bibliographical Resources
Index
Resumen
El Texto explica cómo construir un argumento que motiva a los lectores a aceptar una reclamación; cómo anticipar las reservas de los lectores y de responder a ellas adecuadamente; y cómo crear introducciones y conclusiones que exigen respuesta que más pregunta: "¿Y qué?"
La tercera edición incluye una discusión más amplia de las primeras etapas esenciales de un trabajo de investigación: la planificación y la elaboracion de un documento.
