English assignment
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Week10HW.pdf
HW#1
For this assignment I’d like you to do a topic that my Professor asked me to do since I’m the only Armenian in the class, I’ll provide you the links to those articles you may use other sources as well. I want you to give more details on The conflict that is going on between Armenians and Azerbaijanis and give historical facts. This will be then used for the last essay this HW1 is only the start of the upcoming paper.
For Essay 3, you will research and write about an important or intriguing topic that interests you. We will have intermediate assignments where you find sources (at least 5), develop a thesis, and write two drafts. The first step is to pick a topic (you can change it later if you want).
Questions for brainstorming: What events, issues, or topics have interested you lately? What is an intriguing topic in your major? In the past, students have written about movies/comics/books/games, fashion, education, sports, health issues, animal issues, how to spend money/time, etc. What are the best and worst practices for online learning? Should the drinking age be lowered to 18? What does sustainable fashion design look like? etc.
For this discussion forum, first give the overall topic and why it is important or why you are interested in it. Second, give a sense of what you know about the topic, either from previous knowledge or from your preliminary research. Where do you see the essay going, or what might a thesis look like? (150 words)
HERE ARE THE SOURCES:
My first research Question was: Diaspora Identity and a New Generation: Armenian Diaspora
Youth on the Genocide and the Karabakh War. The Type of source: was Reference
● Corfield, Justin. “Armenia and Azerbaijan.” World History: A Comprehensive Reference
Set, edited by Facts on File, 1st ed., Facts On File, New York, NY, 2016. Credo
Reference,
ezproxy.woodbury.edu:2443/login?qurl=https://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/
fofworld/armenia_and_azerbaijan/0. Accessed 22 Oct. 2020.
Link:https://search-credoreference-com.ezproxy.woodbury.edu:2443/content/entry/fofworld/arm
enia_and_azerbaijan/0
My second research question was: The Armenian Genocide. Type of source was: Reference
article from encyclopedia.
● Armenian Genocide. (2020). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved from
https://academic-eb-com.ezproxy.woodbury.edu:2443/levels/collegiate/article/Armenian-
Genocide/9520#329550.toc
Link:https://academic-eb-com.ezproxy.woodbury.edu:2443/levels/collegiate/article/Armenian-G
enocide/9520#329550.toc
My third question was: Armenia Seeks Trump's Help as Turkey Joins Conflict in Azerbaijan
Type of sourcemwas: Popular article
● Higgins, A. (2020, October 5). Armenia Seeks Trump's Help as Turkey Joins Conflict in
Azerbaijan. New York Times, A13(L).
https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A637426662/OVIC?u=wood35792&sid=OVIC&xid=2e0c
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Link:https://go-gale-com.ezproxy.woodbury.edu:2443/ps/retrieve.do?tabID=News&resultListTy
pe=RESULT_LIST&searchResultsType=MultiTab&hitCount=39&searchType=BasicSearchFor
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62&searchId=R1&userGroupName=wood35792&inPS=true
My fourth question was : Peace Called 'Impossible' for Longtime Neighbors in the Caucasus
Type of source was: Popular article
● Troianovski, A. (2020, October 14). Peace Called 'Impossible' for Longtime Neighbors in
the Caucasus. New York Times, A1(L).
https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A638297697/SCIC?u=wood35792&sid=SCIC&xid=b10bf
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Link:https://go-gale-com.ezproxy.woodbury.edu:2443/ps/retrieve.do?tabID=News&resultListTy
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HW#2
For this assignment you will be using the same Sources from HW#1.
You've already created a research topic and assembled a team of sources that you could
use to answer your topic/question. You are now going to create a short skeleton/outline of
a 'mockup' paper in APA format.
1) Download my example project word document and replace my references at the end with
a citation for each of your four chosen sources. If in your feedback I suggested you change
a source, you can use the new source(s) here. Make sure the citations are in correct APA
format (you might already have gotten 4 citations in homework #8, just polish them).
2) Replace my title/question with yours. Notice that the title occurs in several places- I've
made them purple so you can find them all.
3) In the body, you'll write a bit about each source and why you chose it (you've already
answered most of this in HW #7, you can copy your answers from the HW#7 feedback file I
sent you and paste them into my template so that all you need to do is polish the writing a
little). Make sure to incorporate my Homework #7 feedback, I may have suggested you
change a source. I will check to see if you read & incorporated my suggestions! Things you
should mention:
● What is your source about?
● How did you find this source?
● What kind of source is this? (Example: book vs article, scholarly vs trade vs popular)
● Where does this source belong in the information cycle? (Example: primary vs
secondary source, or date of source)
● How will you use each source, or how do they complement each other? (Think of a
team of diverse superheroes, each has a different role or superpower)
4) Include an in-text citation when you mention each source. See my Class 9 slides for
information about in-text citations.
The end result will be a very short 'mock' paper in APA format, demonstrating that you were
able to identify a research question, find sources to conduct research, and properly format
citations and paper structure in APA. If you were writing a real paper, you'd of course need
to read your sources, do more research, and do more writing, but the process you just went
through would save you tons of work when it comes time to actually write out a paper.
When your project is done, upload it here.
THIS IS THE EXAMPLE.
Abstract
This is my abstract (you don’t need to fill it in, this is just so you know where the abstract would go in APA format).
What are some potential future applications of virtual reality devices like Oculus Rift?
This is where my paper’s introduction would go (no need to write one). Everything after this would be your paper’s
body, but instead we’ll just write about the sources you found.
The first source I found was a reference article that gives an introductory overview of the topic of virtual reality (Virtual
and augmented reality, 2019). I found it in the database Opposing Viewpoints under the Virtual and augmented reality topic
page. It is useful because, as a reference source, I can look at it first to get more specific keyword and topic ideas to help shape
my research question. For example, I noticed that the article mentions motion sickness as one possible hurdle to VR. I could look
further into this to see if that hurdle may influence what is and is not possible in VR. There are also mentions of business
applications like the recreation of physical shopping environments. Perhaps I could look to see what has and has not yet been
explored in that area. Reference sources are way downstream, some people call them secondary or tertiary sources. I like that the
2019 date means this source was recently updated.
I found a book that is another broad overview of the topic of VR, but focusing on the point of view of how humans
perceive the VR experience (Jerald, 2016). I found it in the Woodbury library catalog using a subject search for virtual reality. As
a book, it does a great job of mapping out the whole topic for me in nicely organized chapters. I think I would use this source
right after my reference article, because it’s like a roadmap but with way more detail than an encyclopedia article. I think the
reference article and this will make a nice lead-in, one-two punch to get my research underway. There are a couple sections on
motion sickness and sensory experiences that I might be able to look at for ideas into sensory ideas that might currently be
underutilized in VR.
Author J. Kim (2015) wrote a scholarly article that presents a scientific study about how experiment participants reacted
to the sensation of motion in virtual reality. I found it in the Woodbury library catalog using the keywords virtual reality motion
perception. It is a primary source because it is the original presentation of this study, not a news story summarizing the study.
This allows me to see the more detailed data to make my own interpretations, which is especially helpful if I’m thinking of new
VR uses that nobody else has tried (there may be clues buried in this data that have not yet been noticed by reporters
summarizing the study). Some possible details I could look at more deeply are how stationary participants experienced more
realistic motion than those who were turning their heads. If I’m having trouble reading this scientific data, Jared taught me that I
can look at the “Discussion” or “Results” section for a summary by the authors. I’m really glad he showed me that, what a great
teacher.
The next article I found talks about virtual reality training for responders to disasters (Farra et al, 2013). It is a scholarly
article and a secondary source, mostly summarizing other studies. I found it by searching the Woodbury Library catalog using the
keywords virtual reality education* training and then limiting to article results. As a secondary source, it pulls all of these studies
together and puts them in context with interpretation and advice on areas for future research. The scholarly nature means it’s
probably more detailed and comprehensive an overview than a secondary article that’s popular. I can use this knowledge of
what’s already been researched to see where the technology has succeeded and failed in trials. This might give me clues about
what new uses VR might be most effective at.
This last scholarly article is about a study into how well VR can simulate supermarket environments (2011). I got the idea
to look for this after reading in my reference article about VR for store simulation. That reference article really helped me focus
my searching, I’m so glad Jared told me to start with reference sources! I found this in the Woodbury Library catalog by trying a
very fancy Boolean search: virtual AND (store OR market OR supermarket OR retail) AND shopping AND study AND
effectiveness. This is a more complicated search because I was having trouble finding articles about shopping simulation – I had
to try many different combinations of keywords before I found this combination, which seemed to give me much more relevant
results versus “false positives.” It’s a scholarly article and a scientific study, which means it will offer me scientific, quantitative
data to give me more solid and detailed evidence to use. I can use this source to give me more ideas about VR’s potential in a
retail environment, similar to how I’m using the disaster response article but from a different industry.
References
Farra, S. L., Miller, E. T., & Hodgson, E. (2013). Virtual reality disaster training: Translation to practice. Nurse Education
in Practice, 15(1), 53-57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2013.08.017
Jerald, J. (2016). The VR book: Human-centered design for virtual reality. New York: Association for Computing
Machinery.
Kim, J., Chung, C. Y., Nakamura, S., Palmisano, S., & Khuu, S. K. (2015). The Oculus Rift: A cost-effective tool for
studying visual-vestibular interactions in self-motion perception. Frontiers in Psychology, 6, 248.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00248
Virtual and augmented reality. (2019). In Gale Opposing Viewpoints Online Collection. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale.
Waterlander, W., Scarpa, M, Lentz, D, & Steenhuis, I. H. M. (2011). The virtual supermarket: An innovative research tool
to study consumer food purchasing behaviour. BMC Public Health, 11(1), 1–10.
https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-11-589
