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Week 1 Assignments
See Syllabus
for complete bibliographic information on readings.
| Complete By | Assignment |
| Wed. 6/15 9pm |
Read the first two chapters of Creswell (2003) book. |
| Thu. 6/16 9pm | Answer the
Summary & Review questions for a research article you choose
and read from those listed in the Syllabus. Remember, a Summary and
Review, when complete, is an essay based on your answers
to the guiding questions. |
| Fri, 6/17, 9am | Participate in Discussion Board Activity 1 -
Introduction |
| Fri, 6/17, 9pm | A 200-500 word draft of the basic
idea and delimitations/limitations for your study proposal due.
[Suggestion: Read pp. 147-150 in Creswell (2003) to help frame your answer.] |
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Week 2 Assignments
Three main tasks for this week:
- Reading and digesting Creswell's (2003)
information about preparing
a research proposal;
- Reading, discussing, and preparing a review for
a short research article;
- Drafting preliminary parts of your research proposal.
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Assignment |
| Mon, 6/20, 9pm |
Read Chapters 3 and 4 of Creswell (2003). |
| Tues, 6/21, 9am |
A prose outline of the introduction
to your proposal is due. |
| Tues, 6/21 |
Complete reading and participate in
Discussion Board Activity 2 about Creswell (2003) and
N. M. Haynes, J. P. Comer, & M. Hamilton-Lee (1988).
[PDF file] Gender and achievement status differences
on learning factors among Black high school students.
Journal of Educational Research, 81(4), 233-237.
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| Wed, 6/22, 9pm |
Summary & Review due for Haynes, Comer,
& Hamilton-Lee (1988) article. |
| Wed, 6/22 |
Read Chapters 5 and 6 of Creswell (2003).
Participate in Discussion
Board Activity 3 about the reading. |
| Thurs, 6/23, 9pm | Draft lit
review and bibliography for proposal due
(clearly indicate things you have read and those
you will read before completing the final draft
of the proposal).
| | Fri, 6/24 | Read Chapter 7
of Creswell (2003); Post comments, questions, analyses
of Chapter 7
to the Discussion Board [Note: Each class member must
initiate at least one discussion thread sometime during the
course. The discussion of Chapter 7 is a prime opportunity
for someone to do so].
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Week 3 Assignments
Three main activities for this week:
- Investigating and disscussing different theories
of cognition;
- Reading (2 articles and several book chapters)
and preparing a Summary & Review;
- Continuing work on proposal development.
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Assignment |
| Mon, 6/27, 9pm |
1. Continuation of reading and discussing chapter 7 of Creswell (2003).
2. a. Read pages 12-16 of Kelly & Lesh (2000).
2. b. Provide concise answers for each of questions 1-6 (see
pages 16-17). Your answers can be in outline or prose form.
In both cases, write complete sentences.
2. c. Read pages 35-44 in Kelly & Lesh.
3. Choose one chapter from among chapters 6 through 18
in Kelly & Lesh. You will read and report on this chapter
by the end of the week (see 6/30, below). |
| Tues, 6/28 |
Two tasks for today:
1. Read and prepare discussion notes for AT LEAST ONE of the following:
Gutstein, E., Lipman, P., Hernandez, P. & de los Reyes, R. (1997).
Culturally relevant mathematics teaching in a Mexican American context.
Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 28(6), 709-737.
A journal article you choose that is a
qualitative research report (e.g., something from the
unread literature in your bibliography or from a new search for a research
article). Make sure the article reports the results of qualitative research.
2. Do a brief electronic search (no more than 90 minutes)
on the web and/or through any electronic/paper encyclopedia
you may have access to - make notes on what you find -
on theories of human development, learning
and cognition related to keywords: Piaget, assimilation, accomodation, reflective abstraction.
Be prepared to discuss these ideas and to provide URLs for your sources. More
on this later...
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| Wed, 6/29 |
Two tasks:
1. Participate in Discussion Board Activity 4 about Creswell (2003),
Kelly & Lesh (2000) and the article(s) indicated above.
2. Do a brief electronic search (no more than 90 minutes)
on the web and/or through any electronic/paper encyclopedia
you may have access to - make notes on what you find -
on theories of human development, learning
and cognition related to keywords:
Skinner, behaviorism, behaviorialism.
Be prepared to discuss these ideas and to provide URLs for your sources. More
on this later...
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| Thurs, 6/30, 9pm |
Three things:
1. Read Chapter 8 of Creswell (2003).
2. Do a brief electronic search (no more than 90 minutes)
on the web and/or through any electronic/paper encyclopedia
you may have access to - make notes on what you find -
on theories of human development, learning
and cognition related to keywords:
Anderson, information processing, ACT-R.
3. Summary & Review of EITHER the article you read on Tuesday
OR the chapter you chose from Kelly & Lesh is due. For whichever
piece(s) you do not write an S&R, provide an annotated bibliography
entry (like the one that goes at the top of an S&R). In your S&R,
tie in whatever is pertinent from your online excursions into cognitive theories
this week.
| | Fri, 7/1 |
Two tasks:
1. Participate in Discussion Board Activity 5.
2. Turn in an outline (write using complete sentences) for the Theoretical
Perspective and Methods to be used in your proposal.
Include a list of bibliographic entries that you
reference in your outline (these may be new things
you discovered, perused, and are citing since turning
in your preliminary bibliography last week).
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Week 4 Assignments
Three main activities for this week:
- Continuing investigation of learning theories;
- Reading (an article and several book chapters), discussing,
and preparing a Summary & Review;
- Begin review of a research project, from IRB proposal to manuscript stage.
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Assignment |
| Tues, 7/5, 9pm |
1. Read chapter 9 of Creswell (2003).
2. Choose one chapter from among chapters 19 through 24
in Kelly & Lesh. You will read and report on this chapter
by the end of the week through Discussion Board Activity 6 (on 7/6).. |
| Wed, 7/6 |
Three tasks for today:
1. Read and prepare discussion notes for the following:
Von Secker, C. (2002).
[PDF file] Effects of inquiry-based teacher practices on science equity and excellence.
Journal of Educational Research 95(3), 151-160.
2. Do a brief electronic search (no more than 90 minutes)
on the web and/or through any electronic/paper encyclopedia
you may have access to - make notes on what you find -
on theories of human development, learning
and cognition related to keywords:
Vygotsky, zone of proximal development, scaffolding.
Be prepared to discuss these ideas and to provide URLs for your sources.
3. Participate in Discussion Board Activity 6.
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| Thurs, 7/7 |
Three things:
1. Read Chapter 10 of Creswell (2003).
2. Do a brief electronic search (no more than 90 minutes)
on the web and/or through any electronic/paper encyclopedia
you may have access to - make notes on what you find -
on theories of human development, learning
and cognition related to keywords:
Bandura, social cognitive theory, self-efficacy, self-regulation.
3. Read the IRB Proposal for the Mathematics and Science Partnership (MSP) research
Click here to download Microsoft Word .doc file [BB login required].
| | Fri, 7/8 |
Three things:
1. Listen to the audio-clips of interviews/read transcripts of parts of MSP
interviews (POSTPONED until next week - battling some technical difficulties on this one...).
2. Summary and Review of Von Secker (2002) due.
3. Look at the NIH
Online Activity: Research with Human Subjects. Complete the mini-course and submit an electronic copy of your certificate of completion to Dr. H by Tuesday, 7/12. Note: You will need to register as a "new user" to access the activity; there are readings presented to you and then questions over the readings are asked; do the reading; it may take a several hours to complete the mini-course.
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Week 5 Assignments
Three main activities for this week:
- Interview Team set-up, planning, and conduct interviews;
- Reading (an article and several book chapters), discussing,
and preparing a Summary & Review;
- Continued review of a research project, from IRB proposal to manuscript stage.
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Assignment |
| Mon, 7/11, 9pm |
Three tasks for today:
1. Read chapter 11 of Creswell (2003).
2. Use Discussion Board topic "Interview Teams" to organize Interview Teams
(scroll to bottom of Discussion Board topics to find this one).
A team is two to three people.
Each member of the team will agree to conduct an audio-taped
interview with a consenting
colleague using either a science or mathematics task-based
interview protocol. Dr. H will provide (via email) the
interview protocol documents, including task sheets, used
in the evaluation study of the Math-Science Partnership.
NOTE: If a team so desires, one person can interview the other person
on a two-person team with one protocol (e.g., math) and
then the team members can switch roles and
use the other protocol (e.g., science).
Each member of the team will
collaborate with team member(s)
in shared methods for gathering, discussing, and analyzing the interviews.
Each team will report (next week, 7/19) to the class on the
results of their preliminary analysis of the interview(s). Plan for the
interviewing and analysis, including timeline, due tomorrow, Tues., 7/12.
3. Listen to the audio-vignettes and read the abbreviated transcription
of two interviews using the MSP evaluation study mathematics protocol [Link to
the audio clips and transcriptions posted here on Monday, 7/11].
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| Tues, 7/12 |
Three tasks for today plus one deadline reminder:
1. Participate in Discussion Board Activity 7 about learning theories.
2. Read and prepare discussion notes for the following:
Norton, S., McRobbie, C. J., and Cooper,
T. J. (2000) [this is a link to the article in PDF format].
Exploring secondary mathematics teachers'
reasons for not using computers in their teachings:
Five case studies. Journal of Research on Computing in
Education 33(1), 87-109.
3. Each team will post to the Interview Team Discussion Board section
a thread for that team's
plan for interview data collection
and analysis (Note: Online Discussion of
results is scheduled for Tues. 7/19 so interviews and preliminary analysis
must be completed by 9pm Mon. 7/18).
REMINDER: complete the NIH online workshop
Online Activity: Research with Human Subjects
and submit your certificate of completion to Dr. H via email by 9pm. NOTE: This
online activity is likely to take several hours to complete - consider doing it
over several days.
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| Wed, 7/13 |
Two things:
1. Choose one chapter from among chapters 25 through 28
in Kelly & Lesh. You will read and report on this chapter
by the end of the week.
2. Submit a draft IRB proposal for your study using UNC format.
If your proposal
involves gathering anything other than standard educational
measures from minors (e.g., test scores and homework documents are
considered standard documents
gathered in educational settings whereas one-on-one or focus
group interviews that are tape recorded are not), the IRB proposal
will require both an Informed Consent form to be signed by
parents and an Informed Assent form to be signed by the minors.
Refer to the documents available through the
UNC Sponsored Programs and Academic Research Center and to
the sample IRB proposal provided last week
(Click here
to download Microsoft Word .doc file , BB login required).
| | Thur, 7/14 |
Read the Draft Manuscript on the
MSP project (available Mon, 7/11).
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| Fri, 7/15 |
Two tasks today:
1. Participate in Discussion Board Activity 8
on Synthesis of Readings.
2. Summary and Review of Norton et al. (2000) due.
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Last updated 08 July 05 by S. Hauk, hauk@unco.edu.
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