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I really liked how the author of the book said that that I an going to write a paper about something that other people have already written about.  However, I can choose my own angle at which I can express what I am really interested about. I think I will definitely choose this strategy. There are a lot of people who write about hospitality business, lodging industry, and staff duties, but I think what will make my paper very interesting and unique is  that I am going to write about hotel overbooking and walking guests- issues that many people have never considered.

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Some things that I found in chapter 1 that could help me with paper #3 was his ideas of ways to find a topic. Since we have a very broad topic right now, one of his many suggestions such as looking close to home and collaborate are ways that I can further my broad topic. I know we have to have a very specific topic so these ideas could help me.

Chapter 1

What did you take from chapter 1 that can help you with this paper?

One if the most important and interesting things that I took away from this chapter was what you are to do if you are assigned a topic. Since we were only half assigned a topic, looking at something more in depth in your field of study, I still thought that it could still apply and also be useful. It was a method where you would write down anything that you could think of about people, trends, controversies, places, impact, and relationships that related to your topic. Since I am still having troubles narrowing down my topic from Hospitality and Business I thought that this approach could be a good way to start. Also another interesting point that I took away from this chapter was about researching. While Google is a good resource from getting broad ideas, encyclopedias, scholarly articles and a librarians are great resources

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Last time we read I read both the intro and the first chapter so I can't exactly remember what I took from the Intro and what I took from the first chapter. But as a whole, it explained how to read articles and different ways to research and get started on the finding the topic for the paper. Ballenger explained that some of the articles are going to be very difficult and boring because they are some things that we are not used to reading. I liked how he gave us the example of how some people send text messages, we may not use that type of communication or writing but we are still able to understand what is said. This is much like the articles we will have to read in order to research our topic. We may or may not understand the jargon or how the article is written but the more we spend researching that topic we are able to and gain insight into that field. Ballenger also says to always read with a pencil in your hand so that you are able to jot down notes as you read. Overall, Chapter one explained how to start reading articles and getting started on the paper.

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From reading chapter 1 i will use that I need to get curious in order for my research to be a success. Some find good topics just by browsing through the Internet or just by asking a question can make a good topic. I like asking a question because it makes the reader find the answer or point you are trying to get across. I liked how he said pick a topic that is interesting to you so you won't get bored while writing and it will show in your paper that you are bored.

Chapter 1 The Curious Researcher

Something that I took from chapter 1 of The Curious Researcher that can help me with paper #3 was how to find a good topic. The author listed many different ideas and techniques on how to find a good topic. I can use the Internet, or Library, which were things I already knew about. He also talked about looking “Close to Home” or things you had learned about in other classes. It is easier to find a topic from these ideas because it is something you are interested in learning more about because it actually has something to do with you. I liked these two options because I had never thought about them. When I was assigned a Research Paper in High School, I always turned to Google to help me out. I liked the thought of looking elsewhere for ideas and will definitely use that in my search for my topic in paper #3. 

Chapter one

Chapter one of the Curious Researcher was extremely helpful for me to get started with my paper. It taught me some exercises that were very helpful for me on what to make my topic and what questions to ask. I will be using some of the do and do nots he mentioned in chapter as well. One such as using wikkipedia to help ask questions when getting started but not to take information from wikkepedia to write your paper because the information is not always accurate. Also, I found the advice helpful that if you are interested in the topic you choose then that makes the paper better for me to write and for others to read. So far this book has been very helpful and almost makes me excited to write this research paper!

Curious Researcher Chapter 1

Something that I found interesting from this chapter was how he related our topic to the Where's Waldo books.  By asking kids to find a man or a woman in the book is way to broad and even asking to find everybody wearing yellow is still too much.  By specifically asking to find one thing, it really narrows down the topic and will make a better paper.  If you choose to broad of a topic, you won't be able to fit all of the necessary information into a 6-8 page paper. You can start by choosing a broad topic but then continue to ask questions about it until you have pin pointed the very specific question that you want to ask and answer in your paper.

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One thing I can take from chapter one that will help me with Paper three is picking a topic. Chapter talk about picking a topic I need help with this area because I have no idea what I want to write on. Chapter one talks about different things you could do to figure out what you want to write about. He talks about how you should read articles in the library.

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Chapter 1 was a great in depth chapter about topic choice for the paper. I really enjoyed how it gave multiple different techniques on how to settle at a topic and how to narrow that topic into something that you are interested in. The biggest thing that I will take from this chapter is the inquiry question part. I really liked how an inquiry question is needed to begin research. I have struggled in the past on how to go about research and what to place specific detail on; however this inquiry question really helped me with that. I made an inquiry question about my topic and I have a feeling it will be a great start to my research.

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One thing I took from chapter 1 is that I should write lists. Writing lists can allow me to get all my ideas down and then look through them and choose my best option and the one that interests me the most. After I get my idea the author said to write a list of questions that I can try and answer about my topic. By using lists I can stay more organized and I will be able to look at all my options more clearly

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I found chapter one of The Curious Researcher very helpful. I liked how it was helping know how to pick a good topic and to brainstorm ideas.  It was explaining how you should know something is "researchable".  They were saying the topic should not be too big, or too small.  The topic should raise more questions than a simple answer could be provided.  The topic should provide an approach for the researcher or various ways to answer the question. Most  importantly, Ballenger states, that the topic should interest the researcher.  There is no point in writing about something you find extremely boring.

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The biggest thing that helped me with reading chapter 1 is the idea of brainstorming so many ideas. I feel as though I have such a general topic that wouldn't keep my interest for a long amount of time. I like how he explained that it is okay to change the topic at this point in our papers. I feel as though I have a lot of good topics that I could write about, but I wouldn't be able to write 6-8 pages. I also took from this that although I may think that I'm not going to be able to get that many pages with my topic, I can start by asking simple questions about the topic. As I begin to start asking questions about the topic, I will discover more things that will benefit the contribution to my paper.

One thing that I took from chapter one is that you have to get curious. You have to wonder about the topic that you are going to write about. A question can trigger your research and that can lead you to write the paper on something that you are curious about. Curosity can drive you to want to write about something that you might otherwise not have written about. All good papers, according to him, start with curosity of a subject. He said that he once wrote a book on lobsters just because he had been curious about them since he was a child. I think that I will be able to write the most about something that I am curious about, more likey to be a better paper than about something that bores me or I have no intrest in. I think that I have to be curious about something if I want to write a good paper on it. Curosity is not dead, you just have to find it.

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Even though I already have decided what I will be writing about, while reading I noticed that some of the things I did were described.  I had just asked myself questions regarding the job I want and researched online to help me come to a decision of what to write about. I also chose something "close to home" to write about, because I can easily accumulate information for my paper with by interviewing someone in the position like I would want to have. If I would have read this before I chose my topic, I feel like I would have decided a lot quicker. Either way, it did help me to see other ways that I could have come about something a topic, which will help me in the future with other papers.

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From Chapter One in The Curious Researcher, there were many different things that they talked about that can help with with my paper. I liked how it had different tables to show things that you can use to organize your paper. It shows different ways to find a topic along with good tips to make the most of a topic that is assigned. I really liked this chapter because the information and tips in here are something I can turn back to when I am writing my paper and I know that they will help me a lot.

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Last time we read I read both the intro and the first chapter so I can't exactly remember what I took from the Intro and what I took from the first chapter. But as a whole, it explained how to read articles and different ways to research and get started on the finding the topic for the paper. Ballenger explained that some of the articles are going to be very difficult and boring because they are some things that we are not used to reading. I liked how he gave us the example of how some people send text messages, we may not use that type of communication or writing but we are still able to understand what is said. This is much like the articles we will have to read in order to research our topic. We may or may not understand the jargon or how the article is written but the more we spend researching that topic we are able to and gain insight into that field. Ballenger also says to always read with a pencil in your hand so that you are able to jot down notes as you read. Overall, Chapter one explained how to start reading articles and getting started on the paper.

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What I took from Chapter 1 of the Curious Researcher is that you must choose a topic that you are interested in. If you become bored of the topic you chose you should either change your entire topic or choose a different angle from you topic. It is hard to write a good research paper when you cannot become interested in your topic. I agree that it is very difficult to write a good paper on something that does not interest you because you get bored. It is like when you are talking to someone about something you are interested in or passionate about, it is easier to draw in the person you are talking to if you talk with passion. The same goes for writing, the more passion and knowledge you bring into your paper, the better the paper.

Chapter 1 The Curious Researcher

The first chapter of The Curious Researcher talks about choosing a topic. The author suggest that you choose a topic you are throughly interested in. I couldn't agree more with this. I would find it extremely difficult to write 6-8 pages on a topic that didn't interest me the least bit. When you write about a topic of interest, your paper will maintain a good consistency and not bore the reader. The author also discusses the difficulty of starting a research paper and suggest that the writer start with general information on the topic and then move into the more detailed and technical aspects of the topic. The information provided in chapter one will help me get started on finding a strategy that will work best with me when beginning to write my research paper.

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I believe quite a bit of chapter one will help me when writing my research paper. When he goes into generating questions about a certain topic, I believe that's what helped me the most. When reading over that, I was applying it to my topic in my head. It also gave me ideas to go to my mom (who's a nurse and my topic has to do with nurse anesthesia) and have her ask me questions about my topic that she would be interested in learning about as an "outside reader." The topic field throughout chapter one was very broad, and ours is a bit more specific so when he goes into making lists/categories of topic ideas, mine was more narrow because I already had it done to nurse anesthesia. From there I went on to type of medicines, procedures, certain surgeries, typical care for a patient, and a couple more topics that fall under my overall idea. I decided to still stick with my original plan but it really helped me already to think of topics for a few paragraphs of my paper.

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One major idea that I took away from chapter 1 was the idea of brainstorming and categorizing ideas. If you can't think of a topic it is a good idea to brainstorm broad topics and ask questions about each one of them. By asking more and more specific questions each time you look at a broad topic you can start narrowing your search until you find a very specific topic you would like to research. This can be very helpful to those who have no clue what they want to write about.

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From reading chapter 1 of The Curious Researcher, I learned effective ways to narrow my topic of research, this will help me a lot with writing Paper #3. Before reading this chapter, I was still struggling with finding a good topic to focus on for my paper, but after reading and learning how to ask questions to myself about my topic to narrow my search, I think I have found a good topic to research. In the chapter, the author has an exercise that the reader can do to try and narrow their broad topic of interest. As I was reading I did this exercise with my topic of interest and was able to come up with a specific question that I will be able to research for the next five weeks.

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Chapter 1 of the Curious Researcher discussed methods for finding a topic and beginning your research. There were many different methods for choosing topic including lists of interests, random Google searches, and personal experiences. I believe I have found my topic already, so I focused more on the beginning research of this section. The author suggested that you make a giant list of all of the questions you can think of regarding this topic, and then pick the ones that are the most interesting to you to write about, because keeping interest in your topic is one of the keys to writing a good research paper. I also was interested in how narrowly he got his topic, focusing sometimes on a single question. He explains that when you focus down on a smaller topic, you can learn and notice a lot more things about the whole that you never thought of before. I plan to make a list of questions, do beginning research on theses questions, and then see which ones link together and which ones I could do a little more research on to make an interesting, informative research paper.

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What did you take from chapter 1 that can help you with your paper #3?

I learned a lot from chapter 1, since i am not sure what my topic is yet, it was useful to know to first jot down ideas that you know, and then write questions that you want to know, and from there you choose the most interesting topic to you. it also explained well, that you don't have to exactly know your question when you start to research, have a good idea what you want your paper to be about and then when you find your information you can group the information that starts to correlate and see where that leads you. I actually don't mind reading this book, because it is super easy to read and everything makes sense and should be really helpful when writing this paper.

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What did you take from Chapter 1 that can help you with paper #3?

I learned that there are many different ways to think of ideas for your research paper. One of the ways is that you can write a bunch of categories down and keep adding things you want to know under each of these categories. The possibilities are unlimited. A lot of times, your ideas bounce off of other people, and you can help them, too. There are group activities that help start the thoughts, such as writing down ideas on a list, then shifting to someone else's list and marking their best idea, while adding on one of your own. In this way, we can all help each other out. There are a lot of helpful tools that can help you expand your ideas, including Google, library databases, or online Encyclopedias (not just Wikipedia).

I also learned that when writing a research paper, you should try to eventually have a working knowledge on it. This means that you could talk about the topic for a minute without repeating yourself.

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First off, I would like to apologize for this being so late. After WRA, I have two other classes and it slipped my mind once I got back to my room.
Although I didn't do the exercises the he suggested, I really thought that could be a helpful way to get ideas down and to inspire a good topic. I usually get frustrated trying to start my paper so writing without thinking first could really help me. The "Theories of Intelligence" ended with him walking on a beach with a younger version of himself and telling himself that he was going to be okay.

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In the intro of this book the author, Bruce Ballenger wants the readers to learn how to use this book.   This book is designed to help aid college students as they perform research, so that they do not procrastinate.  This book helps a student walk through a five-week step-by-step program to help with the research.  One thing I learned from The Curious Researcher is that there is a huge difference between fact and opinion.  I will have to be very careful to make sure what I am citing is an actual fact, and from a reliable source.  In the "theory of intelligences" part, Bruce is talking about not being the smartest.  He knows he is 55 years old and there are people that do things better than him, but he is not ashamed.  

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I will apply trying to do the fast write but writing down all my thoughts, and ask myself why I wrote down the words what I did. I would use these steps sometimes when starting to prepare for a paper. I will also apply thinking about what I want to say instead of just putting down the first thing that comes to mind. I liked the five week plan to I'm going to try it maybe this will get me more organize with planning my paper. When reading this I wouldn't have thought how important each week in processing your paper could help. When writing my paper I will think of it as a research verse as an essay paper.

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One thing I learned from the Introduction of “The Curious Researcher” that will help me with my paper is fastwriting-writing what you’re thinking and all of your ideas without worrying about flow, grammar, or vocabulary.  Also, the five-week plan really helped me because I always rush though papers to get them finished and don’t take my time doing all of the necessary steps.  This plan will really help me space things out.  The ending of “Theories of Intelligence” was about how he took up meditation and visualizing to help him with his self doubts.  

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Something I took from the Curious Researcher that I could apply to the introduction of my third paper was to not think so much about a paper, and just let it happen naturally. I learned that you don’t necessarily have to have a thesis statement before you start writing, because as you write your writing could evolve and go in a different direction.  I thought this was very helpful because I had always been taught in high school the very first thing you should come up with is the theses statement. This took away some of the pressure. “Theories of Intelligence/ The Bothersome Beauty of Pigeons” ended by the author comparing the war against pigeons to the war in Vietnam. He said that in the war in Vietnam, the U.S. government could not convince the population to support it, and that is the same with the control of pigeons. 

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I will definitely take the week by week plan to assist me in writing my third paper. The plan is detailed and the proceeding chapters will really explain in depth what is expected of a college research paper. I also liked how the Introduction addressed some of the myths that research papers have and how the high school attitudes towards research papers are different than what college students feel after the paper is over. I am really looking forward to this research paper because I enjoyed research papers in high school.

 

The ending of the Theories of Intelligence was a very interesting and exciting ending. I was extremely surprised that the ending was so straight forward and so intriguing. The ending made me come to understand that intelligence is not as clear cut and defined as we believe. A person can be intelligent in multiple different ways and like with the student who was frustrated with himself, you must just learn that it takes time and it will not always be easy. A person must also learn how to interpret your actions and your learning experiences.

The Curious Researcher Introduction

From reading the introduction of The Curious Researcher, I learned that I should look at writing this research paper as a new opportunity. In high school, writing research papers was a dreaded activity. I never fully learned an effective way to write a decent research paper. From reading the introduction of The Curious Researcher alone, I have already learned new ways to approach this assignment. Previously, I have procrastinated writing research papers until a few days before they were due. Now, by following the five-week plan that Bruce Ballenger outlines in his book I will hopefully write this paper on a planned timeline, resulting in a well thought-out and developed paper.

“Theories of Intelligence/ The Bothersome Beauty of Pigeons” ends with Bruce Ballenger becoming a professor. Throughout the paper he believes that he isn’t as smart as others but in the end he learns to accept to do his best and that “everything will be ok.” He learns to live his life by this statement.

Quickwrite on Ballenger’s Introduction

Quickwrite on Ballenger’s Introduction

One of the main things that I am able to take away from the introduction of this book that I can apply to my third paper is that you are able to incorporate facts, however, it is important to engage your reader/ audience and not make it read as if it were a “research paper”. Therefore, the facts that you use should have relevance and relate to your topic. The only catch is that you do not want to overload your paper with just facts. You even have the option like Ballenger to incorporate different stories from instances in your life to make it more of a friendly read then a daunting research paper.

The ending of “Theories of Intelligence” is that Ballenger was able to figure out that he was still comfortable with his own intelligence even though he was a professor teaching others, and one would think that he is supposed to be superiorly intelligent. He found through his research that he might not be as intelligent as others in his field, however, that did not mean that he was not intelligent, and that he could not be considered intelligent either. In the end you are able to see that through his life events it did not matter to him that he was not as smart as the other professors or people surrounding him, he was comfortable with where he stood and that was good enough for him.