Overview
Read Aloud Assignment #3 – With AI Assistance!
Assignment Overview: This semester, you will write a series of five papers, with each paper building on (and sometimes reusing) material from prior papers. To make sure your first paper (Paper I: Literature Review) provides a good foundation for subsequent papers, this “Read Aloud Assignment” focuses on helping you know what to write and how to write it. Grading is pass / fail: Just make sure to complete all steps below to earn all assignment points. You will also have a good start on your first paper!
For this “Read Aloud Assignment”, I want you to complete Steps One through Four (required). Step Five is optional but recommend (uses an artificial intelligence (AI) tool of your choosing).
Step One: I want you to upload your first full page of Paper I(the introductory paragraph and second paragraph, both double-spaced and consisting of around 300 to 350 wordstotal). This page does not need to be the final version that you will use for Paper I, but make sure to proofread it carefully for both content and writing quality. While you should refer to the “Paper I: Literature Review Instructions” for specific guidance about the content required for this paper, I only need you to focus on the first full page for this “Read Aloud Assignment”.
Question 1: Submit your one-page document by uploading the paper file to Canvas.
Step Two: I want you to read your page aloud to another person. This can be anyone you want, including other class members, other students at FIU, your family, a friend, etc. Then have your reader complete the “Questions For Your Listener” survey below so they can give you some feedbackon your writing and paper content. Note: The “Listener” can be same person who served as one of your three study participants, but they must have already completed the study if you want them to be the “Listener” for this assignment.
After reading your paper aloud to your listener, ask themto rate the following six statements (Questions 2 through 7) about your paper on a scale ranging from 1 (Strongly Disagree) to 7 (Strongly Agree). Transfer their ratings to the electronic version of this survey assignment in Canvas. Feel free to ask your listener for clarification if their responses surprise you, as their feedback may give you some good insight into how to revise your paper before your formal Paper I submission.
Rating (1 to 7) | |
2. The introductory paragraph provides a clear description of the purpose and topic of the paper | |
3. The paper has a nice flow, with smooth transitions between sentences as well as between the introductory paragraph and the second paragraph | |
4. The second paragraph (which most likely focuses on describing a prior study or studies on the same topic) seems to lack the detail that I need to fully understand that prior study | |
5. Although I am only listening to the student author as they read me theirpaper, I feel like the paper needs additional proofreading | |
6. The student author does a good job supporting factual claims by citing other authors/studies | |
7. I feel like I have a good understanding of the topic the author discussed in this paper |
Step Three: To make sure you have a good grasp of yourstudy hypotheses, I want you to tell your reader what your study is about in your own words and then ask them whether the first page of your paper does a good job setting up or leading into those hypotheses (Feel free to refer to the study debriefing statement for information about the study predictions, but avoid simply reading that debriefing statement to your listener. Instead, summarize the study in your own words). Then have your listener describe back to you what your study is about. Based on their responses back to you, rate the statements below on a scale ranging from 1 (Strongly Disagree) to 7 (Strongly Agree). Transfer those ratings to the survey in Canvas.
Questions For You (The Author) | Rating (1 to 7) |
8. My listener accurately described my study hypotheses | |
9. My listener seems confused about my study design |
Step Four: Now I want YOU to rate the following statements about your writing and the content of your one-page “Read Aloud Assignment” on a scale ranging from 1 (Strongly Disagree) to 7 (Strongly Agree). Transfer YOUR ratings to the survey in Canvas.
Rating (1 to 7) | |
10. I feel my introductory paragraph adequately describes what my paper is about. | |
11. I think I can do a better job making sure that my paper flows well, with smoother transitions between sentences and between paragraphs | |
12. I think I need more detail when describing prior research so that I can better discuss what the prior research did and what they found. | |
13. Reading my paper aloud helped me figure out which sentences / passagesneed additional proofreading attention | |
14. Reading my paper aloud helped me figure out where I need to better cite resources to support my factual claims. | |
15. I feel like I have a good idea about how to improve my writing before I turn in the final draft of Paper I. |
Step Five (Optional AI Feedback): Having another person hear you read your paper aloud is a great learning tool, but it also helps to get feedback about the quality of your work from an empirical perspective. Fortunately, AI can give you feedback very quickly—if you provide it with good initial prompts AND clarifying follow-up prompts! I will give you a few prompts below that might be helpful for interacting with AI, but these are just a few suggestions. You can copy / paste your paper into some AI tools (or upload a full paper) to get feedback.
Read Aloud Assignment Prompt (limited to the first page of the paper):
I am writing a literature review for a psychology class that focuses on (INSERT TOPIC). I have the first page written (of about three pages) and want some feedback on it that focuses on the strengths and weaknesses of the first page to make sure it helps to set up and support the study predictions. The predictions are (INSERT PREDICTIONS). Provide me with feedback that addresses how well the first page introduces the topic, summarizes findings from prior studies, and uses proper APA formatting.
Final Paper One Prompt (full Paper One):
I am writing a literature review for a psychology class that focuses on (INSERT TOPIC). The purpose of the literature review paper is to set up and support the study predictions. I need feedback regarding the literature review for this study that focuses on the strengths and weaknesses of the paper. Specifically, provide feedback about whether the paper does a good job setting up the study predictions, whether the paper uses relevant sources, whether the paper has an adequate academic tone and style, whether the paper conforms to APA formatting guidelines, and whether the sentence structure has a smooth flow.
Additional prompts might include (but are not limited to) the following:
1). Can you help me outline my paper?
2). What themes should I focus on in the paper?
3). Can you provide examples of how to transition clearly from one paragraph into the next?
4). Can you provide examples of how to tie in the articles cited with my study predictions.
My advice is to use the AI generated feedback to further improve the quality of your paper. Once you make changes, resubmit your paper to AI and ask for further help / clarification. Turn your AI interaction into a conversation with AI. Don’t settle for the first response it gives you. Probe it further, ask the same question in different ways, sort through multiple AI responses for the one or two that provide the highest quality. AI is great at quantity – YOU are great at figuring out which is best value.
Just remember that AI is a tool and NOT a replacement for you. YOU are responsible for the content of your paper, so any mistakes made by AI will be considered YOURmistakes and YOU will be marked off. Double-check all AI suggestions to make sure they are accurate and applicable to your paper. If you incorporate AI “hallucinations” into your paper (fake information that AI often produces), it will count against YOU. So, use AI, but use it responsibly. Assignment Overview: This semester, you will write a series of five papers, with each paper building on (and sometimes reusing) material from prior papers. To make sure your first paper (Paper I: Literature Review) provides a good foundation for subsequent papers, this “Read Aloud Assignment” focuses on helping you know what to write and how to write it. Grading is pass / fail: Just make sure to complete all four steps below to earn all assignment points. You will also have a good start on your first paper!
For this “Read Aloud Assignment”, I want you to complete four steps (see the Assignment #3 instructions for more details)
Step One: I want you to upload your first full pageof Paper I. Submit your one-page document by uploading the paper file to Canvas.
Step Two: I want you to read your page aloud to another person. Then have your reader complete the six “Questions For Your Listener” survey
Step Three: To make sure you have a good grasp of your study hypotheses, I want you to tell your reader what your study is about in your own words and then ask them whether the first page of your paper does a good job setting up or leading into those hypotheses
Step Four: Finally, you will rate several statements about your own writing
Step Five (Optional AI Feedback): Ask your favorite AI tool to give you good feedback on your first page. There are several good prompts you can use in the original Read Aloud Assignment instructions.