Facilitating the Research Paper Process: A Guide for the Social Science Instructor.

This paper describes the approach used successfully at California State University, Dominguez Hills, to instruct college students in the research paper writing process. To achieve the results, the instructor followed a specific set of steps during a class meeting set aside for this specialized training. This paper details each step in the instructional process. By using this outline as a guide, student researchers are guided through the term paper writing process with the hope of significantly increasing the quality of term papers. (EH)