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National Collegiate Honors Council Monographs

2014

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Writing On Your Feet: Reflective Practices In City As Text™. A Tribute To The Career Of Bernice Braid, Ada Long Jan 2014

Writing On Your Feet: Reflective Practices In City As Text™. A Tribute To The Career Of Bernice Braid, Ada Long

National Collegiate Honors Council Monographs

Introduction. . . . . . ix
Ada Long

CHAPTER 1: History and Theory of Recursive Writing in Experiential Education. . . . . .3
Bernice Braid

CHAPTER 2: Claiming a Voice through Writing. . . . .13
John Major

CHAPTER 3: The Role of Background Readings and Experts. .23
Ada Long

CHAPTER 4: The Beginner’s Mind: Recursive Writing in NCHC Faculty Institutes. . . . . . . .33
Sara E. Quay

CHAPTER 5: Assigning, Analyzing, and Assessing Recursive Writing in Honors Semesters. . . . . .41
Ann Raia

CHAPTER 6: Finding Appropriate Assignments: Mapping an Honors Semester. …


The Honors Thesis: A Handbook For Honors Directors, Deans, And Faculty Advisors, Mark Anderson, Karen Lyons, Norman Weiner Jan 2014

The Honors Thesis: A Handbook For Honors Directors, Deans, And Faculty Advisors, Mark Anderson, Karen Lyons, Norman Weiner

National Collegiate Honors Council Monographs

Writing the honors thesis is arguably the most rewarding undertaking of a student’s undergraduate educational experience, the capstone for honors work as well as undergraduate studies. A thesis or creative project in a discipline introduces students to the world of scholarship and professional activity in a way that no single course, either semester-long or even year-long, can. In-depth work—whether a laboratory experiment, as it might be in the sciences; hands-on research or experience, as it might be in the social sciences or pre-professional fields; intensive analysis unearthing ideas or following new lines of thought, as it might be in the …