RDL 31 — Reading & Assessing Research
This survey course introduces students to reading documents pertaining to quantitative and qualitative research in different subject areas. Students will learn to understand and analyze readings, distinguish primary from secondary sources, and identify key features of scholarly research. Students will extract and analyze essential information, determining what constitutes fact and what is considered opinion. Students will engage in critical text-to-text comparisons and examine how texts contribute to a larger body of research. Students will be expected to synthesize various readings to construct larger conceptual understandings.