Last week, you should have completed a few simple searches in your area and found four potential sources. This week, you’ll try a few advance searches for better results and find two new potential sources, for which you will create bibliographical annotations. You’ll record your search parameters, the number of results, two potential sources, and … Continue reading WEEK 11 Blog Post Assignment — Refining Your Research
Learning Activities: Review APAstyle.org Look back at your library searches, anything else you should try? Review examples and materials for the Proposal, both in the blog and in Bb. Assignments DUE Friday, May 6 at 2 pm Central: Research Proposal (post online in the Proposal category and upload the paper to Bb for a SafeAssign … Continue reading Final Weeks of Class: Proposal, Exam, & Surveys
Hypothesis: The integration of technology derived from a prepared curriculum is more effective in improving students’ retention and performance than general websites integrated into lesson plans. Proposal Outline: Introduction (heading not included) Prevalence of technology in education: Nganji, 2018 Integration of technology in the classroom: Ozerbas & Erdogan, 2016 Technology Effectiveness: Garavaglia et al., … Continue reading MAIN EXAMPLE Week 14 Outline: Using Tech to Improve K-12 Student Retention
Please finish reading Duesbery & Twyman Parts 9 & 10 and read Patten & Newhart Part 10. I asked a number of groups to post presentations on that material last week. The current reading should help you gain some final clarification on the proposal assignment. The Quiz will cover Duesbery & Twyman Parts 6 – … Continue reading What’s Ahead for Week 14: Last Quiz & Prepare the Proposal
This week’s reading covers data. It discusses statistics, analysis, data presentation, and evaluating quality. Like last week’s material, it will be covered in Quiz 5, available Next Week. If you haven’t done a third presentation yet, it is this week. The Research Designers will cover Part 8 of the current text. Methodological Masters will cover … Continue reading What’s Ahead for Week 13: Some Final Preparations
This week’s reading covers research design, methods, collecting data, and the basics of understanding data. It will be covered, along with other material in Quiz 5, which will be due at the end of Week 14. Three groups have presentations on the reading: Subject Samplers, Data Dealers, and Reliable Researchers. This week’s assignment makes sure … Continue reading Week 12: Developing Action Research & Our Last Two Search Types
Welcome to WEEK 11! First, you have a Quiz. Quiz 4 is due this week and will cover the first five parts of our current text (Duesbery & Twyman, 2019). Part Five is a new reading assignment, however, the Experimental Experts should have posted their presentations last week to help you get started. Additionally, four separate … Continue reading Week 11: Refine your search & Test your knowledge
Welcome to WEEK 10! First, we have some reading! Parts 3 & 4 of Duesbery & Twyman (2019) discuss ethics and discuss reviewing the research already conducted in your field. Both will be included in your quiz next week, but Part 4 will also help you with your current assignment. Additionally, a review of Topic … Continue reading Week 10: Ethics, Secondary Research, and Simple Searches
Remember to check the Weekly Overview for reading and presentation assignments this week. Use those learning activities to help you begin a research journal on our blog. You won’t start a search of the literature yet, but you will begin planning that search. In this blog post, be sure to discuss: Your initial research idea … Continue reading Week 9 Blog Post: Develop Ideas and Prepare to Search
Now, that you’ve finished the midterm and reviewed expectations for your proposal, we’ll start developing that proposal in earnest. Your first step is to confirm your general topic and to plan your literature review. Reviewing the academic literature will be our main focus for the next month. This requires some review of the previous reading, … Continue reading Week 9: Diving Into Research