Chapter four is very short and I do not know if I am going to be able to get at least 300 words for this one. For me this information is important, but it seemed as if we as college students should already know this ( I’m not saying that I fully understand the concepts, just saying that we’ve all heard this spiel before).
Personally I really like using “quotations” when I do research projects or “anything” else that I want to emphasize on. I feel that having direct quotes from people with ethos on the topic I am researching is the best route to take. When I read other peoples material, especially blogs I want to make sure the people who I am reading are credible. For instance I follow this blog called, www.avc.com and when the gentleman writes about topics he usually provides his background experience, uses direct quotes from experts, and/or provides links on the topic being discussed (AVC.com is a blog written by a Venture Capitalist in New York). If any of you are interested in entrepreneurship or business I highly recommend this blog, it is pretty dense, but it’s very insightful.
If you think I liked “quotations” I LOVE paraphrasing. Ok, not really, but I do find it very helpful when I am doing research and majority of the information is longer than what I would care to use for a direct quote. I feel paraphrasing brings a strong context to my papers, but certainly not the same as direct quotes, because let’s be honest I am not an expert in anything, really.
Summarizing is something I like to have when I do research. I usually do not care to read an entire book/article/ or whatever and find out it wasn’t at all what I was looking for. So, I really like how the ERIC database provides an abstract for us before we have to read it.
Well, I did it. I got over 300 hundred words, so I’m done.
I agree, this chapter was much shorter and easier!!
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