Events This Week
At the Library

• Message from the Head Librarian
• Keep Your Library Card Privileges
• Library Lessons :
  • Lesson 1:  Mixed Method
  • Lesson 2:  Action Research
• Circulation Desk
• Next Week at the Library

A Message from
the Head Librarian

Welcome to your tenth week at the library.  This week marks the final week of chapter readings in our text as well as the final 2 quizzes!  I know everyone is very upset about this but am sure you will get over it soon :-)

We are closing in on the final weeks. As you await feedback on your Section III and IV draft this week remember to loop back through your previous drafts and my feedback as you begin working on your final draft of your entire proposal.

Your main task for the next two weeks will be to polish up your entire proposal into a final draft that will make me proud! After this week we will have no new course content so you should be able to devote your time to your final draft and then studying for your final exam.

This week the APA tidbit is one that will be used more in the future than is used now.  Here is an example of a text citation from a dissertation we reviewed this week.

Bandura stated, "To be an agent is to intentionally make things happen by one's actions" (2001, ¶ 1).

The question is, why did the author use the paragraph symbol instead of using p. to indicate a page number?  Does the reference for the citation help?

Bandura, A. (2001).  Social cognitive theory: An agentic perspective.  Annual Review of Psychology, 52, 1-26.  Retrieved September 15, 2001, from the Wilson Select database.

The online database gave the page numbers the article occupied in the journal, but the author of the dissertation used the paragraph symbol rather than a page number because the online source did not have page numbers. So, she had to indicate the quote's location by giving the paragraph number.  All the details are on pages 213-214 of the APA manual.

Our goals this week are to:

• Describe the different designs for conducting mixed methods research
• Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of mixed method designs
• Describe key characteristics of mixed method designs
• Describe the steps of conducting a mixed method study
• Identify types of action research designs
• Describe key characteristics of action research
• Describe the steps in conducting an action research study

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