Our understanding of Bazerman's article was extended through four different social constructions (re)reading the text, researching material, discussing matters with our partner, and preparing for and executing the interview with Dr. Bazerman) that operated in three distinct stages throughout the development of the project.
The basic stage ran from the initial assignment of the article to our decision to explore research on our own. The driving element of this stage was establishing an orientation through the formulation of questions that would drive our initial reading and research.
•(Re)Reading - Identifying what we did not know
•Research - Cursory searches on Google Scholar and the library's website
•Partner Collaboration - Sharing prior knowledge and creating questions
•Interview - Reading with the creation of interview questions in mind
The developmental stage consisted of our independent work and our collaboration for creating interview questions and sharing insights in class and in emails. The driving element of this stage was following the connections in our independent research and bringing the information we found back to be used in useful ways.
•(Re)Reading - Independent reading and note-taking
•Research - Expanding on cursory searches in conjunction with one another
•Partner Collaboration - Combining our interview questions and communicating findings
•Interview - Scheduling and organizing the interview
The synthetic stage began with our interview with Dr. Bazerman and ran through the completion of our project for this course. The driving element of this stage was our bringing together of the various strains of ideas that we had encountered.
•(Re)Reading - Examining the text further in light of answers to interview questions
•Research - Deeper examination of research texts
•Partner Collaboration - Discussion of how to present the material
•Interview - Transcribing the text and highlighting the key topics
The conclusion of the synthetic stage led us to formulate, through various charts, our own depiction of the logic of Bazerman's article. Below is an organization of how Bazerman explains the placement of the "middle range" in a continuum of theory, followed by the cycle of research and writing that was presented in the article.
The placement of the middle range within this continuum:
Which Bazerman suggests allows researchers to conduct research and complete writing in the following cycle:
A Conceptualization of Charles Bazerman's application of theories of the middle range to Writing research.
A Conceptualization of Charles Bazerman's application of theories of the middle range in Writing research.
The preceding cycle of research can be used as a systematic method that researchers can use to develop their inquiries on writing scholarship. To employ this method, Charles Bazerman continues to develop how writing researchers can use the following example as a practical heuristic informed by Merton's Theory of the Middle Range:
The basic stage ran from the initial assignment of the article to our decision to explore research on our own. The driving element of this stage was establishing an orientation through the formulation of questions that would drive our initial reading and research.
•(Re)Reading - Identifying what we did not know
•Research - Cursory searches on Google Scholar and the library's website
•Partner Collaboration - Sharing prior knowledge and creating questions
•Interview - Reading with the creation of interview questions in mind
The developmental stage consisted of our independent work and our collaboration for creating interview questions and sharing insights in class and in emails. The driving element of this stage was following the connections in our independent research and bringing the information we found back to be used in useful ways.
•(Re)Reading - Independent reading and note-taking
•Research - Expanding on cursory searches in conjunction with one another
•Partner Collaboration - Combining our interview questions and communicating findings
•Interview - Scheduling and organizing the interview
The synthetic stage began with our interview with Dr. Bazerman and ran through the completion of our project for this course. The driving element of this stage was our bringing together of the various strains of ideas that we had encountered.
•(Re)Reading - Examining the text further in light of answers to interview questions
•Research - Deeper examination of research texts
•Partner Collaboration - Discussion of how to present the material
•Interview - Transcribing the text and highlighting the key topics
The conclusion of the synthetic stage led us to formulate, through various charts, our own depiction of the logic of Bazerman's article. Below is an organization of how Bazerman explains the placement of the "middle range" in a continuum of theory, followed by the cycle of research and writing that was presented in the article.
The placement of the middle range within this continuum:
Which Bazerman suggests allows researchers to conduct research and complete writing in the following cycle:
A Conceptualization of Charles Bazerman's application of theories of the
middle range to Writing research.
The preceding cycle of research can be used as a systematic method that researchers can use to develop their inquiries on writing scholarship. To employ this method, Charles Bazerman continues to develop how writing researchers can use the following example as a practical heuristic informed by Merton's Theory of the Middle Range:
The presentation here wraps everything together clearly, as does our concluding page.