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Course name
Rhetoric of Science
Institution
Hunter College
Instructor
Trudy Smoke
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
The role of rhetoric in science writing
Course dates
2016-02-01 – 2016-05-16
Approximate number of student editors
15


This course is an introduction to the history, theory, and practice of rhetoric and the role that rhetoric and language play in the construction of scientific knowledge.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Danassau
MelissaRHarden
Arusso91
Taades
nnnatalia

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Monday, 29 February 2016   |   Thursday, 3 March 2016
In class - Wikipedia essentials
  • Overview of the course
  • Introduction to how Wikipedia will be used in the course
  • Understanding Wikipedia as a community, we'll discuss its expectations and etiquette.



Handout: Editing Wikipedia


Assignment - Learn the basics
  • Begin the training modules assigned for your course. During this training, you will make edits in a sandbox and learn the basic rules of Wikipedia.

Week 2

Course meetings
Monday, 7 March 2016   |   Thursday, 10 March 2016
Assignment - Critique an article
  • Review pages 4-7 of the Evaluating Wikipedia brochure. This will give you a good, brief overview of what to look for in other articles, and what other people will look for in your own.
  • Evaluate an existing Wikipedia article related to the class, and leave suggestions for improving it on the article's talk page.
  • A few questions to consider (don't feel limited to these):
    • Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference?
    • Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?
    • Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
    • Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted?
    • Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
    • Check a few citations. Do the links work? Is there any close paraphrasing or plagiarism in the article?
    • Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?



Resources: Evaluating Wikipedia, Using Talk Pages

Week 3

Course meetings
Monday, 14 March 2016   |   Thursday, 17 March 2016
Assignment - Add to an article
  • Add 1–2 sentences of new information, backed up with a citation to an appropriate source, to a Wikipedia article related to the class.