Collaboration Paper
Collaboration and Argument Paper
ENG/215
January 28, 2013
Collaboration and Argument Paper
Collaboration is defined as working cooperatively with others or simultaneously to achieve a goal. Especially, in a creatively endeavor to put together the right elements of success to accomplish their objective.
Argument is defined as a debate or the implication of expression through opinions for an effort to persuade the ideas that provides support or is a contrast. Robert Ennis defines an argument as “an attempt to support a conclusion by giving reasons for it.” (Critical Thinking,
1996).
Collaboration changes the research process because it is a group idea instead of an individual idea. Collaboration also gives each individual in a group or team the ability to share their original ideas along with interacting with others by sharing thoughts through a critical thinking process.
Collaboration changes many aspects of the writing process. One important portion that is affected is the research process. Collaboration changes the research process because it involves a group instead of an individual. In an individual writing assignment, the writer only has to worry about their ideas, thoughts, and research. When working together, team members must communicate their research in order to come up with a cohesive list of sources to use on their project. In the collaborative setting, group members come from different backgrounds and levels of education. This combination of ideas can enhance the research process by allowing member of the group to share ideas, review each other’s research, and also gather a larger collection of research form a variety of sources. Collaboration allows members of a group to cover more ground when researching than they can in on their own. As noted by Zutshi, McDonald, and Kalejs (2012), “More immediate and compelling benefits of collaboration for individual academics are the positive impacts of
ENG/215
January 28, 2013
Collaboration and Argument Paper
Collaboration is defined as working cooperatively with others or simultaneously to achieve a goal. Especially, in a creatively endeavor to put together the right elements of success to accomplish their objective.
Argument is defined as a debate or the implication of expression through opinions for an effort to persuade the ideas that provides support or is a contrast. Robert Ennis defines an argument as “an attempt to support a conclusion by giving reasons for it.” (Critical Thinking,
1996).
Collaboration changes the research process because it is a group idea instead of an individual idea. Collaboration also gives each individual in a group or team the ability to share their original ideas along with interacting with others by sharing thoughts through a critical thinking process.
Collaboration changes many aspects of the writing process. One important portion that is affected is the research process. Collaboration changes the research process because it involves a group instead of an individual. In an individual writing assignment, the writer only has to worry about their ideas, thoughts, and research. When working together, team members must communicate their research in order to come up with a cohesive list of sources to use on their project. In the collaborative setting, group members come from different backgrounds and levels of education. This combination of ideas can enhance the research process by allowing member of the group to share ideas, review each other’s research, and also gather a larger collection of research form a variety of sources. Collaboration allows members of a group to cover more ground when researching than they can in on their own. As noted by Zutshi, McDonald, and Kalejs (2012), “More immediate and compelling benefits of collaboration for individual academics are the positive impacts of
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