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Week 3: May 31

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This will be provided for you each week to make sure you don't forget anything.  ALL ASSIGNMENTS ARE DUE NO LATER THAN WEDNESDAY, June 7 AT 5:00 PM UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED:
  • Complete the Library Patron Feedback Form
  • Read peers' posts to the threaded discussion from Lesson 2 last week and reply to at least 3 original posts. (Note: If you have not already read the requirements for participating in threaded discussions, you should review the syllabus.)
  • Complete the quiz for Chapter 3
  • Complete the quiz for Chapter 4
  • Identify a research topic in which you are currently interested.  Reflect on why this is interesting to you, how your interest developed, and why you think the research topic is important (both to you and the educational research community).  Write a paragraph or two addressing these areas and post it to this threaded discussion.
  • Identify at least 2 empirical research articles from refereed journals that are on the same topic as the one you identified in Lesson 1.  Via email, submit the complete reference in APA format (use your book) for these 2 articles.
  • Choose one of the 2 empirical articles you identified in Lesson 2. Carefully read the article and identify the five elements of the "Statement of the Problem."  Mark the passages where the author identified a topic, stated the problem, provided justification, identified deficiencies and the importance of addressing them for specific audiences, and suggested the research approach.  Cut and paste these elements (or type them) into a word processing document and label them according to the element.  Discuss any elements that were left out. Apply appropriate APA as defined in Lesson 3. Save the document and send it to me and Mel Kelly as an attachment via email. REMINDER: This must be in APA format including appropriate title page, margins, appropriate header with page numbers, use of headings, and reference page. NO abstract is necessary for this assignment. Please consult your APA manual!! For a sample assignment to use as a model click here
  • Begin working on Section I of your Research Proposal.
  • Attend our chat session if you choose.  Chat will be on Monday, June 5, 8:30 - 9:00 PM CST.

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Next week we will continue our discussion of the process of abstracting and analyzing and synthesizing empirical research related to an identified research problem. Read Chapters 5 and 10 in your Creswell text. In addition, if you purchased it, read the first 3 chapters of your Galvan text.

 

 

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