{"id":63,"date":"2016-04-17T06:36:15","date_gmt":"2016-04-17T06:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/lcosgrove\/?p=63"},"modified":"2016-04-17T06:54:01","modified_gmt":"2016-04-17T06:54:01","slug":"beam-revolutionizing-the-research-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/lcosgrove\/2016\/04\/17\/beam-revolutionizing-the-research-process\/","title":{"rendered":"BEAM: Revolutionizing the Research Process"},"content":{"rendered":"

In his article<\/a> “BEAM: A Rhetorical Vocabulary for Teaching Research-Based Writing”, Joseph Bizup\u00a0proposes an alternative nomenclature for treating sources we use during the research process, which he abbreviates as\u00a0“BEAM”.<\/strong> B stands for background, which refers to materials that writers use for general or factual information. E stands for exhibit, which refers to materials that writers analyze or interpret. A stands for argument, which refers to materials that a writer engages in conversation with. And finally, M stands for method, which refers to materials\u00a0from which a writer derives a concept or manner of working from.<\/p>\n

Using the standard nomenclature for research sources, categorizing them\u00a0as “primary” or “secondary” automatically establishes\u00a0a hierarchy<\/strong> that diminishes the value of some sources, which shouldn’t be the case.\u00a0Additionally, in creating a ranking of sorts, the idea of writing a research paper sounds extremely mechanical and structured, when in actuality, it is a very interactive and complex\u00a0process<\/strong>. As Bizup argues, we should use terms that describe what writers actually do<\/em> with these sources.<\/p>\n

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When thinking about this\u00a0new vocabulary\u00a0and how it relates to my experience doing research, I can see\u00a0how the idea of BEAM accurately displays\u00a0the research process as the complex\u00a0procedure it is.\u00a0Many times, my research process\u00a0involved using many different sources in different ways, whether that be for background information, proving a point, providing an example, or making an argument. BEAM illustrates this process perfectly,\u00a0the idea that all of the\u00a0sources that I\u00a0use are a part of the same discussion and are working\u00a0together<\/strong> in different ways to ultimately form the heart of my\u00a0research paper. Categorizing\u00a0sources as primary or secondary wouldn’t really\u00a0be of much help\u00a0to\u00a0me\u00a0and would probably end\u00a0up giving\u00a0me\u00a0unnecessary anxiety over what constitutes a primary or secondary source exactly.<\/p>\n

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I enjoyed reading the\u00a0article and\u00a0its critique\u00a0of conventional labels. It offers a fresh perspective that will aid me in research papers to come.<\/p>\n

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In his article “BEAM: A Rhetorical Vocabulary for Teaching Research-Based Writing”, Joseph Bizup\u00a0proposes an alternative nomenclature for treating sources we use during the research process, which he abbreviates as\u00a0“BEAM”. B stands for background, which refers to materials that writers use for general or factual information. E stands for exhibit, which refers to materials that writers … Continue reading BEAM: Revolutionizing the Research Process<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1571,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"qubely_global_settings":"","qubely_interactions":"","kk_blocks_editor_width":"","_kiokenblocks_attr":"","_kiokenblocks_dimensions":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"gutentor_comment":234,"qubely_featured_image_url":null,"qubely_author":{"display_name":"lcosgrove","author_link":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/lcosgrove\/author\/lcosgrove\/"},"qubely_comment":234,"qubely_category":"Uncategorized<\/a>","qubely_excerpt":"In his article “BEAM: A Rhetorical Vocabulary for Teaching Research-Based Writing”, Joseph Bizup\u00a0proposes an alternative nomenclature for treating sources we use during the research process, which he abbreviates as\u00a0“BEAM”. B stands for background, which refers to materials that writers use for general or factual information. E stands for exhibit, which refers to materials that writers…","post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/lcosgrove\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/lcosgrove\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/lcosgrove\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/lcosgrove\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1571"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/lcosgrove\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/lcosgrove\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/lcosgrove\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63\/revisions\/66"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/lcosgrove\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/lcosgrove\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/lcosgrove\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}