Revising - Writing a Paper - Academic Guides at Walden.
I begin the lesson by pulling up the Revision Strategies Research Paper handout on the Smartboard. I review this handout with the class. I review this handout with the class. Earlier in the year, I may have spent a day on one or two strategies, but since we are at the end of the year, I hope students can use many strategies at once.
Research Paper: Revise the First Draft. Try to set aside your draft for a day or two before revising. This makes it easier to view your work objectively and see any gaps or problems. Revising involves rethinking your ideas, refining your arguments, reorganizing paragraphs, and rewording sentences.
Revision of your paper, in essence, is learning to see your paper through completely new eyes. The writing process involves many steps, and revision is the vehicle the drives each step forward. As you revise your paper you will rework and rewrite sentences and even entire paragraphs in a bid to make your argument stronger.
Retrieval Practice. Retrieval practice (sometimes referred to as 'the testing effect') is the name of a strategy which requires students to generate an answer to a question. It has been proven to be one of the most effective revision strategies. Retrieval practice may comprise of past papers, multiple choice tests or answering questions aloud.
Revising gives you the chance to preview your work on behalf of the eventual reader. Revision is much more than proofreading, though in the final editing stage it involves some checking of details. Good revision and editing can transform a mediocre first draft into an excellent final paper.
REVISING and EDITING. It can be helpful to use the Writing Center in the initial stages of writing a paper, such as for generation of ideas (brainstorming), research guidance, and overall organization. After your first draft is complete, then begin the process of revising and editing. Your very last step is proofreading (See TIP Sheet.
Proofreading is the act of searching for errors before you hand in the your research paper. Errors can be both grammatical and typographical in nature, but they can also include identifying problems with the narrative flow of your paper (i.e., the logical sequence of thoughts and ideas), problems with concise writing (i.e., wordiness), and finding any word processing errors (e.g., different.