Finally, an easy-to-use resource that guides students along the entire process of writing a great research paper! Video Aided Instruction's brand new "Writing a Great Research Paper" DVD series helps middle school, high school, and college students master essential research techniques, develop crucial study habits, dramatically improve their writing, and learn the value of true scholarship. The 10 DVDs in this developmental series are also perfect for educators who wish to further their professional development or enhance their classroom lessons. With these unique programs, viewers will discover the secrets of: using search engines; avoiding plagiarism; locating obscure information; taking effective notes; synthesizing their research and their writing; and much, much more! Now students can transcend those disorganized jumbles of rehashed quotes and unfocused writing: they can learn to form a thesis, develop logical arguments, analyze and cite sources, and actually write a great research paper! Best of all, every tip, trick, and technique presented applies to research papers for all academic liberal arts subjects: English, history, political science, psychology, sociology, science, technology, the arts, business, economics, philosophy, education, and more! Many research paper assignments require students to write persuasively, whether the students realize it or not! But persuasive writing is a true art for which students are usually given little training. Ironically, many students don't even know what it means to be persuasive, even though they try to use examples and arguments to defend conclusions -- and perhaps even debunk contradictory conclusions -- in their writing. This program teaches viewers how to really harness the "power of persuasion" to improve all of their writing: they'll learn how to construct logical arguments, how to support them with examples, how to deconstruct counter-arguments, and how to avoid fallacies and other errors. A great resource for all kinds of research papers -- not just the explicitly persuasive ones! One DVD/1 Hr. 15 Mins. Item #VAI-1965. Volume 6 of Video Aided Instruction's 10-Volume Writing a Great Research Paper Series.
