References:

http://www.irsc.edu/students/academicsupportcenter/researchpaper/research
paper.aspx?id=4294967430
This page talks about how to write a good thesis for a research paper.

Start simple
Answer a question
Narrow your topic
Be flexible
Verify your thesis statement
Do not telegraph a thesis (avoid using first person)

A strong thesis answers two questions: how and why

This site also had some good examples of different thesis statements written
for other papers.

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/owlprint/724/
Introduction, Body Paragraphs, and Conclusions

Create a thesis
Establish an arguments
Organize arguments
Logic in argumentative writing
Paragraphs and paragraphing
Transitions and transitional device

This website had a layout on what should be in each category of the paper. It
broke the paper down into three sections: introduction, body, and conclusion.
The site than went into depth on what should be included in each section.

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
Essay:

Typed
Double spaced
Standard paper with 1 margins
Clear font that is highly readable, times new roman
12 point font
Include page header
Needs four major sections: title page, abstract, main body, references

Title Page: Title, authors name, institutional affiliation, page numbers

top right
Abstract: Page header, on first line of page center the word abstract

http://writingcommons.org/open-text/writing-processes/format/apaformat/1139-formatting-the-title-page-apa

Title
o
o
o
o
o
o

page:
Running head and label
Page number
Full title of the paper
Author byline: first name, middle initial, and last name
Affiliated institution
Author note(optional)

Flipped Lesson:

Choose the right topic

Identify the goal
Evaluate sources for valid information
Construct an annotated bibliography

The thesis is a one sentence statement at the beginning of the paper that
states the main goal of the paper. Everything in the paper there after focuses
on the idea in the thesis.
CRAAP test

Currency
Relevance
Authority
Accuracy
Purpose

Educational Psychology Review

March 1, 2013
Summary: This article is about how to support your argument with empirical
evidence. It discusses two major problems. One is normativity and two is
generality. Then it gives the solutions to these two problems.
Notes:

-Be sure that the research is valid

-Reader should be able to assess the validity of causal claims
-Prescriptive statement should be clear
-Example. If x then y.
-Provide justification for claims
-Avoid generality
-Confirm replication studies have been done
-Give apposing ideas