Ask what identified information sources were eliminated from the final bibliography and why. Most paper mills charge per page and will not contract papers less than six pages. Assigning short papers may foil some who are tempted. Students develop a survey on a particular topic and conduct this survey among their peers. They then gather information on the topic and write an essay or give a presentation analyzing the survey in terms of the information gathered.
Students assume a position within a particular issue.
In business courses groups could represent African Americans, older Americans, women within the labor force. Students would research the particular group and then research issues within labor and debate how these issues would influence their particular group. Become a well-known person from history. Research this person and the times in which he or she lived. Be able to participate in a panel or write an essay on a new problem posed by the instructor.