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Below are two possible trajectories on which to approach this inquiry. Detailed explanations of each trajectory, readings, and assignment sheets are offered in links below.¹

Trajectory 1

Trajectory 2

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These trajectories were developed in consultation with leaders and members of the 2016-2017 inquiry working group and the 2017-2018 Lower Division Committee. Special thanks to Chris Feikes for providing the basis for Trajectory 1 and Henry Jankiewicz for providing the basis for Trajectory 2 

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Berrett, Dan. “Skimming the Surface.” Inside Higher Ed, 11 Apr. 2011, https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2011/04/11/study_of_first_year_students_research_papers_finds_little_evidence_they_understand_sources. A short article on contemporary students’ shallow use of sources.

Casti, John L. Paradigms Lost: Tackling the Unanswered Mysteries of Science. Avon, 1989. [Preface and Chapter 1, “Faith, Hope, and Asperity”][Note: Casti, later in his career was exposed as a flagrant plagiarist, to a bizarre degree. Still, this chapter is useful for looking at science writing.] [PDF]

Hult, Christine. [Inquiry Processes in the Disciplines.] Excerpts from Researching and Writing Across the Curriculum (2nd ed.). Wadsworth, 1990. [PDF]

Quinn, Daniel. Chapter 7 from Ishmael.  Bantam, 1991. [PDF]

MacLennan, Jennifer. “What Is Rhetoric?” Mr. Bauld’s English, http://www.mrbauld.com/rhetoric.

Martin, Emily. “The Egg and Sperm: How Science Has Constructed a Romance Based on Stereotypical Male/Female Roles.” Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, vol.16, no. 31, 1991, pp. 485-501. [PDF] 

Synthesis Essay

Brizendine, Louann. Chapters from The Female Brain. Harmony Books, 2006. [PDF]

Brizendine, Louann. Chapters from The Male Brain. Three Rivers Press, 2010. [PDF]

Fine, Cordelia. Selections from  Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference. W.W. Norton & Company, 2010. Intro, [PDF]

Eagleman, David M. “Life After the Monarchy.” Chapter 7 from Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain. Vintage/Random House, 2011. 193-224. [PDF]

Henig, Robin Marantz. “Rethinking Gender.” National Geographic, Jan. 2017, pp. 49-72. [PDF]

Joel, Daphna. “Are Brains Male or Female?” YouTube, uploaded by TEDx Talks, 8 Oct. 2012, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYpDU040yzc. 

Stafford, Tom. “Sex Differences in Cognition Are Small.” Mind Hacks: Neuroscience and Psychology News and Views. 14 Feb. 2017, https://mindhacks.com/2017/02/14/sex-differences-in-cognition-are-small/.

Writing About a Scientific Controversy

Achenbach, Joel. “The War on Science: The Age of Disbelief.” National Geographic, Mar. 2015, pp. 34-47. [PDF]

Select teaching materials can be found here.