While I'm all for spending time and effort on research, I'd like to add to the above post that finding sources that fit one's research topic doesn't add up to good scholarship. It's close reading and critical thinking that do the deal when it comes to evaluating sources. The contribution above lauds the article "The nature of procrastination" (2007) by Piers Steel as a time-saving, thorough review article on the issue of procrastination. That article, however, even though it apparently was written by a published author of a self-help book on procrastination, is a pretty good example for bad, if not spurious, scholarship (and writing).
While I'm all for spending time and effort on research, I'd like to add to the above post that finding sources that fit one's research topic doesn't add up to good scholarship. It's close reading and critical thinking that do the deal when it comes to evaluating sources. The contribution above lauds the article "The nature of procrastination" (2007) by Piers Steel as a time-saving, thorough review article on the issue of procrastination. That article, however, even though it apparently was written by a published author of a self-help book on procrastination, is a pretty good example for bad, if not spurious, scholarship (and writing).
Look at these examples:
- "Continued research into procrastination should
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