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| Week/Date |
Events This Week |
Location |
Assigned Readings |
Assignments Due |
| 1/ May 14 |
Library Orientation: Course Overview |
Lobby |
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Make sure you
read the entire lesson that accompanies
these tasks:
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| 2/ May 21 |
Research
Process & Approaches |
Lobby |
- Chapters 1 and 2 in Creswell
- Article:
Parents who abduct: A qualitative study with implications for practice
- Article:
Teachers' Evaluative Comments and Pupil Perception of Control
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Make sure you read
the entire lesson that accompanies these tasks:
- Post and then read and reply to 3 peers' posts
in the icebreaker
threaded discussion from last week
- Complete the Chapter 1 Quiz
- Complete the Chapter 2 Quiz
- Read the following article: Parents who abduct: A qualitative study
with implications for practice and complete the Quality Ratings
Survey in eLearning system
- Read the following article: Parents who abduct: A qualitative
study with implications for practice and participate in this
threaded discussion.
- Read the following article: Teachers' Evaluative Comments..
and the student critique
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| 3/ May 28 |
Identifying
a Research Problem & Connecting it to a Review of the Related
Literature
|
First Floor |
- Chapters 3 and 4 in Creswell
- APA Manual
- Chapter 1
- pages 113 - 122.
- pages 207-214
- Chapter 4
- pages 283-302
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Make sure you read
the entire lesson that accompanies these tasks:
- Read peers' posts to the
threaded discussion from Lesson 2 last week and reply to at
least 3 peers.
- Complete the Chapter 3 Quiz
- Complete the Chapter 4 Quiz
- 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. Appropriately include the url of the article
using the APA guide if you
found it online.
- 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 APA formatting. Save
the
document and send it to me as an attachment via email.
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| 4/ June 4 |
Analyzing and Synthesizing
the Related Literature Specifying a Purpose, Writing Research Questions and Hypotheses, and Writing
a Research Proposal
|
First Floor |
- Chapters 5 and 10 in Creswell
- Chapters 1, 2 and 3 in Galvan
- APA Manual - Chapters 1, 2, and 5
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Make sure you read
the entire lesson that accompanies these tasks:- Read peers' posts to the
threaded discussion from Lesson 2 last week. Try to find someone
with similar interests that you could share resources as you find
them. If you happen to know of a good resource for someone
else's topic let them know.
- Complete the Chapter 5 Quiz
- Complete the Chapter 10 Quiz
- Identify at least 2 additional empirical research articles
from refereed journals that are on the same topic as the one you
identified last week (or a new topic if you have changed your mind) and
the one that you found the 2 articles on last week. Via email, submit the complete reference in APA format (use
your book) for these 2 articles to your instructor. Include the url of the article if you
found it online.
- Write Section I of your research proposal
and turn it in to your instructor.
Due in 2 weeks:
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Choose one of the 4 empirical articles you have
identified. Write a 350 word abstract for this article. Also, write a
critique using the guiding questions provided. Finally, add an additional
paragraph on how this study you review will assist you in validating and
supporting your research problem (does it provide justification? identify
deficiencies or shortcomings? support a major theme?). Apply APA
throughout the document. Send it as an attachment to your instructor.
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| 5/ June 11 |
Collecting and Analyzing
Quantitative Data |
Second Floor |
- Chapters 6 and 7in Creswell
- Reference your APA Manual
- Chapters 4, 5, and 6 in Galvan
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Make sure you read
the entire lesson that accompanies these tasks:- Complete the Chapter 6 Quiz
- Complete the Chapter 7 Quiz
- Continued from week 4 and due this week: Choose one of the 4 empirical
articles you have identified. Write a 350 word abstract for this article.
Also,
write
a
critique using the guiding questions provided. Finally, add an additional
paragraph on how this study you review will assist you in validating
and
supporting your research problem (does it provide justification? identify
deficiencies or shortcomings? support a major theme?). Apply APA
throughout the document. Send it as an attachment to your instructor.
Ongoing
- Continue to identify additional empirical research articles
from refereed journals that are on your research topic.
If you continue to want confirmation that the articles you find
are empirical and refereed, submit the complete reference in APA
format (use your book) to your instructor. Include the url of
the article if you found it online.
- Continue working on your literature map.
- Continue reading, abstracting, and analyzing any empirical articles
you identify as relevant based on the criteria given in Chapter
4.
- As you continue to identify, read, and analyze empirical research,
use the guiding questions to try to group the studies according
to subtopics, similarities, differences, etc. You may want to
make notes about the major results or findings so that similarities
and difference can be identified easily or highlight portions
of each article that make suggestions for future research.
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| 6/ June 18 |
Collecting and
Analyzing Qualitative Data
|
Second Floor |
- Chapters 8 and 9 in Creswell
- Reference your APA Manual
- Chapters 7, 8, and 9 in Galvan
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Make sure you read
the entire lesson that accompanies these tasks:
- Complete the Chapter 8 Quiz
- Complete the Chapter 9 Quiz
- Work on Section II of your Research Proposal.
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| 7/ June 25 |
More on Measurement
and Sampling
Designs Part 1: Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Designs |
Third Floor |
- Review Chapters 6 and 7 in Creswell
- Chapter 10 in Galvan
- Additional Readings
- Chapter 11 in Creswell
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Make sure you read
the entire lesson that accompanies these tasks:
- Complete the Chapter 11 Quiz
Complete Section II of your Research Proposal
and turn it in to your instructor.
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| 8/ July 2 |
Designs Part 2:
Correlational and Survey Designs |
Third Floor |
- Chapters 12 and 13 in Creswell
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Make sure you read
the entire lesson that accompanies these tasks:
- Complete the Chapter 12 Quiz
- Complete the Chapter 13 Quiz
- Work on Section III
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| 9/ July 9 |
Designs
Part 3: Grounded Theory & Ethnographic Designs
|
Third Floor |
- Chapters 14, 15 and 16 in Creswell
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Make sure you read the entire lesson that accompanies these tasks:
-
Complete the Library
Patron Feedback Form for Week 8.
- Complete the Chapter 14 Quiz (Bonus - Extra Credit only)
- Complete the Chapter 15 Quiz (Bonus - Extra Credit only)
- Complete the Chapter 16 Quiz (Bonus - Extra Credit only)
- Work on Section IV
- Turn in Sections III & IV of your research
proposal to your instructor.
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| 10/ July 16 |
Designs Part 4: Mixed Method & Action
Research Designs
|
Third Floor |
- Chapters 17 and 18 in Creswell
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Make sure you read
the entire lesson that accompanies these tasks:
- Complete the Chapter 17 Quiz
- Complete the Chapter 18 Quiz
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| 11/ July 23 |
Work on Final
Draft of Research Proposal |
Lobby |
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Make sure you read the entire lesson that accompanies these tasks:
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Complete APA Extra Credit
Quiz if you choose
Final Draft of Research Proposal Due on August
3 |
| 12/ July 30 |
Work on Final Draft and Study
for FINAL EXAM |
Fourth Floor |
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Make sure you read the entire
lesson that accompanies these tasks:
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| 13/ August 6 |
FINAL EXAM |
Fourth Floor |
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Make sure you read the entire lesson that accompanies these tasks:
- FINAL EXAM: THURSDAY, August 6th open from 12 AM to Midnight
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