Schedule

This schedule is subject to change throughout the semester.

Date Topics Readings Before Class Assignments Due at Beginning of Class


Sep
9

Discuss course, research, Diigo, Zotero, StyleWizard, EasyBib, and Google docs

Leedy & Ormond, Chapter 1.

Review the pages Resources and Miscellaneous.

Back to School: 15 Essential Web Tools for Students

Tech Tools/Tips for the College Bound

 Email First Day Quiz results to instructor by September 11.
16 Research Overview

Leedy & Ormond: Read pages 1-3, 135-137, 164-165, 182-183, and 223-225
23 Library research session & Research tools (meet in the library: L-141B) Chapter 2
  • Find two more articles related to your research interest, print them out, and record them in your annotated bibliography (on KeanGoogle docs).
30 The Problem Chapter 3

Find two more articles related to your research interest, print them out, and record them in your annotated bibliography (on KeanGoogle docs).
Oct

7 Qualitative research Chapter 7
  • Write your problem statement on KeanGoogle docs (read again pages 48-52).
  • Find two more articles related to your research interest, print them out, and record them in your annotated bibliography
14 Descriptive research Chapter 9 Find two more articles related to your research interest, print them out, and record them in your annotated bibliography.
21 Planning your research project Chapter 5 Find two more articles related to your research interest, print them out, and record them in your annotated bibliography.
28 Historical research Chapter 8
Academic Integrity (pages 4-8)
  • Draft of the Introduction section (on KeanGoogle docs).
  • Annotated bibliography of at least 10 sources
Nov

4 Experimental research Chapter 10 Draft of Appendix A: Data Collection Instrument (on KeanGoogle docs) 
11 Review of the Literature Chapter 4
 Draft of the Review of the Literature section (on KeanGoogle docs)
Draft of the Works Cited section (on KeanGoogle docs) 
18
 Statistical techniques
 Chapter 11
 Draft of the Methodology section (on KeanGoogle docs)
Final version of Appendix A: Data Collection Instrument 
25 Workshop
Draft of the Data Analysis section (on KeanGoogle docs)
Dec



2 Workshop

Readings for Presentations:

 Draft of the Conclusion section (on KeanGoogle docs)
9 Pecha Kucha Presentations
16 Presentations
Final version of entire paper (on KeanGoogle docs)