Learn to Write a Quality Research Paper

This lecture will explore possible topics for writing a research paper, as well as present a basic format for choosing a topic. At the end of this lecture, students will be able to quickly choose intriguing topics for their research papers.

This lecture will demonstrate the key features of a thesis statement as well as explain how to develop a great one. At the end of this lecture, students will be able to develop thesis statements appropriate to the topic and conclusion of their research papers.

This lecture will both state the importance of the outline as well as instruct students on how to create an effective outline. At the end of this lecture, students will know how and why to create an outline, which will serve as a guide to the completion of their research papers.

This lecture will differentiate between reliable and unreliable sources. At the end of this lecture, students will know where to go to find reliable sources for their research papers and how to tell whether a source is reliable or unreliable.

This lecture will instruct students on how to assemble a reference page, APA style. At the end of this lecture, students will be able to add website references to their reference pages.

This lecture will illustrate how to correctly cite sources using in-text citations. At the end of this lecture, students will be able to cite sources for works referenced, works paraphrased, and works cited.

This lecture will teach students to recognize fragments and run-ons. It will also emphasize the importance of avoiding these two types of erroneous sentences. At the end of this lecture, students will be able to recognize and correct fragments and run-ons.

This lecture will cover the correct use (or lack thereof) of periods, exclamation points, and question marks. At the end of this lecture, students will be able to accurately use end punctuation in their research papers.

This lecture will impart to students the best use of the comma as it pertains to academic writing. At the end of this lecture, students will know when to use and when to not use commas in their research papers.

This lecture will clarify the uses of the commonly-abused colon and semicolon. At the end of this lecture, students will respect these two marks of punctuation and use them accordingly in academic writing and elsewhere.

This lecture will display the purposes of 'single' and "double" quotation marks. At the end of this lecture, students will be able to use both marks correctly and without confusion.

This lecture promotes good spelling and illuminates the best way to show emphasis in academic writing: italics. At the end of this lecture, students will know the value of correct spelling and how to achieve it. They will also be able to use italics well.

This lecture is about words. It is about strong, weak, and banned words, to be exact. At the end of this lecture, students will know what type of words are appropriate in academic writing and what kind of words should be banned from it.

This lecture encourages style in sentence structure. At the end of this lecture, students will be able to creatively structure sentences for meaning and attraction in academic writing.

This lecture teaches the flow of sentence into sentence, paragraph into paragraph, and introduction into body into conclusion. At the end of this lecture, students will be able to utilize keywords and logic to create a smooth flow throughout their research papers.

This lecture features three questions that will make revising a breeze. At the end of this lecture, students will be able to distinguish revising from editing and proofreading, its counterparts, and ask three questions during revising that will make revision simple and effective.

This lecture summons students to edit with simple suggestions. At the end of this lecture, students will be able to distinguish editing from revising and proofreading, and apply editing techniques throughout their research papers.

This lecture deals with the last step of the writing review process: proofreading. At the end of this lecture, students will be able to distinguish proofreading from revising and editing, and proofread like pros.

This lecture transforms a great thesis statement into a great topic sentence. At the end of this lecture, students will be able to take their thesis statements and write successful topic sentences.

This lecture explains the most important pieces of an introduction (what is your paper going to say?). At the end of this lecture, students will be able to put key ideas together in an intriguing introductory paragraph.

This lecture cautions students against the possible mistakes of an introduction (the introduction is not an argument!). At the end of this lecture, students will know what errors to avoid in their introductory paragraphs

This lecture focuses on the big picture; that is, the overview of the body of a research paper. At the end of this lecture, students will have an idea of the purpose and construction of the main sections of their research papers.

This lecture focuses on the paragraph progression in the body of a research paper. At the end of this lecture, students will know what constitutes a good set of paragraph forming a body and how to achieve that.

This lecture focuses on the details: the words that go into proper body paragraphs. At the end of this lecture, students will be able to write remarkable body paragraphs.

This lecture lauds the last sentence of a research paper: the clincher. At the end of this lecture, students will be able to develop perfect clinchers using their topic sentences and keywords.

This lecture notes the most valuable pieces in a conclusion (summarize the main points!). At the end of this lecture, students will be able to write quality conclusions containing the essence of their research papers.

This lecture warns students of possible flaws in a conclusion (no new information!). At the end of this lecture, students will be able to evade error in their creation of their conclusions.

This lecture will review the main points of each section, all in just three and a half minutes. At the end of this lecture, students will be able to see how far they have come and make sure they haven't missed anything important.

This lecture will enable students to use what they have learned in real life. Students have already written a quality research paper for practice: now they must apply that practice to real life! At the end of this lecture, students will be able to take all the information in this course and put it into practice in quality research papers.

This lecture is a congratulations! You did it!