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Science: an example of the Peer Review Proces
This assignment (like the preceding one) will become a section of your final, term paper. Remember, the earlier assignments build the major pieces for your final project.
- Pre-writing task: Identify at least two scholarly sources about Science and its review processes. Write an annotated, bibliographic entry for one of these sources. Use Purdue's description of Annotated Bibliographies to write your entry. Post your entry to the class list serve. These postings become the shared property of everyone in class.
DUE: June 10
Points: 50
Your tasks in this paper are to answer the following questions:
- What is the peer review process used by Science, the journal published by the Association for the Advancement of Science?
- Who is the audience for a peer-reviewed article in Science?
- What is the reputation of Science? On what is that reputation based?
- How do the peer review processes of Science fit with what you learned in Assignment #1?
Note the following requirements:
- The paper must be formatted as described at The Purdue OWL. Note the precise requirements for margins, spacing, headers, font size, etc.
- Minimum 600 un-wordy words.
- Use of peer reviewed articles accessed through the FLITE Library.
Due: June 17
Points: 100
A useful to begin your work is at Science "Information for Authors".
English 321
Assignments
- Peer Review: an overview
- Science: an example of the peer review process
- The Content and Internal Context of a Scientific Claim
- Social Contexts for a Scientific Claim
- Subverting the Processes of Peer Review
- The Power and Limitation of Peer Review
Research Tools
- FLITE Databases
- scholar.google.com
Writing Resources
- Tools, links, etc.
Expectations
- Writing Skills
- Critical Thinking Skills
Online Help
- Instructor Email hugh@culik.com
- Peer Assistance [list serve]
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