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UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO ENGLISH 313
Minutes of Class Meetings

TO:     English 313-01 Students and Dr. Nancie Burns-McCoy
FROM:     jon Dou
DATE:     March 31, 2010
SUBJECT: Minutes of English 313-01 class on March 31, 2010

This document is an overview of the March 31, 2010, English 313-01 class. Topics covered in class were assignment due-dates, and proper format for document 6. Also the group split into their project teams.

Minutes from March 31, 2010

To start class, Dr. Nancie Burns-McCoy announced the due dates for report #6, the resume assignment, and the application letter. Report #6 will be due April 9, 2010 via Blackboard, the resume assignment will be due April 2, 2010 in class, and the application letter will be due April 5, 2010 in class. Also, Nancie stated for the resume assignment, “If you don’t have a deadline for a job, than let the process for the revision happen.”

Format for Document # 6 and Team Meeting

Report document # 6 generates information towards informing conclusions/recommendations for implementation.

Gathering Data There are three approaches to generating information for a report. One, fully answer all the questions under the heading “Topics to Investigate” in your proposal. Two, follow leads that appear during the process of answering those questions. Three, participate in an interview and/or create and distribute a survey.

Managing Data Collection Nancie presented the group with a handout (found on Blackboard) on the overhead that explained how to manage data collection, “All the answers to the questions found in “Topics to Investigate” should be developed by using paragraph format, using attributive tags, being informed by primary and/or secondary sources, and synthesizing other sources of information. A collaborative researcher’s notebook/ journal should compile and categorize growing amounts of information. In other words, organize the group’s research beneath major headings, and as the information...