Class will not meet again until Wednesday 10/26. Here are some additional resources on primary vs. secondary sources and scholarly vs. popular sources, as promised. Jamie passed along another site you might find helpful.
Personal Conferences: Make sure you sign up for a time on the Google Doc I shared to you. The conference dates are 10/10, 10/11, 10/12, 10/17, and 10/19, but you should only sign up for one 20-minute slot. It's fine for you to sign up for one of the Monday slots if they fit your schedule better. Make sure the following are accessible in some manner to both of us during the conference: concept map, project description, annotated bibliography.
Reading Homework: Please read the sequels to our textbooks, Graff & Birkenstein's He Said / She Said and Booth et al.'s The Craft of Decorative Napkin-Folding. Just kidding, there's no reading homework.
Random Google Docs note: They have apparently moved the "email collaborators" tab into the "File" menu.
Annotated Bibliography: Share me an A.B. with at least 10 entries. This needs to be done by the time of your conference meeting so we can take a look at it together. We will expand this to 25 entries by 10/30. Here is a sample of a pretty good A.B. from last year. As given today, the format is: 1) Bibliographic Citation for source according to the discipline-specific style standard you've selected. Then the annotation: 2) Thesis or main idea of source... WHAT is being argued. 3) Evidence or method of source... HOW is it being argued. 3) Audience of source... WHO are the readers it addresses. 4) Purpose of source... WHY is it written? What is the author trying to accomplish? These last four could be accomplished in 2-4 sentences. You can write more if it's helpful, but don't write a novel. 5) Is the source your "family," "friend," "enemy," or a "one-night-stand"? ("Strangers" and "help wanted" are important to classify but shouldn't be included in your annotated bibliography. Remember you will always reassess your sources, so even friends may become strangers. 6) What makes this source useful to you? 7) What are the limitations of the source, or reasons it might not be useful? 8) This source relates to one (or more) of your others sources how? Those last four could also be done in 2-4 sentences.
Background Literature Review: Share me your first draft of the Background Literature Review by Monday 10/24 at 8:00 p.m. Remember, the Drafting an Investigative/Creative Proposal handout gives fairly specific instructions. The samples we looked at today are here. Naturally these first drafts cannot be complete because you need more time for research, but you can definitely make a good start.
Research Log #4: As previously assigned, please post a revised list of your 25 research questions by Friday 10/7. I want to make sure to get that in before the holiday weekend because it will guide you as you start doing your background literature research.
Research Log #5: During the Monday 10/3 class we did an exercise in which you discussed the types of sources that are commonly used in one/more of your disciplines, the standards of evidence or proof in one/more of your disciplines, and what critical thinking means in one/more of your disciplines... or answer for your partner as you arranged. Please follow up on this exercise and develop further for a blog post. Due by Thursday night 10/13.
Research Log #6: The topic should be the current status of your relationship with your faculty mentor, how you feel about that, etc. Most will want to do this blog post after corresponding with the mentor about their project description, so we'll let the deadline float to allow varying schedules. Let's say sometime before Thursday 10/20, but preferably sooner.
I am still organizing all the articles and reference material that I have found and arranging everything in some sort of logical order. Hopefully this arrangement will help save time with my research and bibliography. I have found several other institutes and researchers on with similar research interests but have not really delved deeply into their work as of yet. Needless to say, my head hurts.
ReplyDeleteUpdated Questions:
1. When did scholars begin talking about resource motivated conflicts?
2. Why would one group/government want resources over another group/government?
3. Are the dividing lines in resources conflict ideological, religious, or ethnically oriented anyway?
4. While states have targeted resources (oil infrastructure) when did terrorism become a method to target such resources?
5. How often do terrorists strike oil or other resource infrastructure?
6. Is there a visible effect of terrorist attacks on infrastructure?
7. Is there any significance to the timing of terrorist attacks?
8. Are there any key decisions or events prior to an attack
9. Do states respond differently to attacks on infrastructure vice civilian or military targets?
10. What are the economic indicators prior to an attack?
11. What are the economic indicators after an attack?
12. What is the political rhetoric regarding such attacks?
13. What does is the media account of such events?
14. What are the primary economic viewpoints in targeted nations?
15. How can we identify who supports terrorism?
16. What is the role of OPEC member nations in regard to terrorism?
17. What is the public perception of targeted countries?
18. What is the public perception where terrorist and their sponsors originate?
19. What are the levels of repression in nations that conduct terrorist activities?
20. What is available through open source resources to measure clandestine activities?
21. Are there particular companies that happen to be targeted?
22. What is the role of sanctions in targeted locations?
23. Are sponsoring parties subject to terrorism?
24. What do NGO’s and intergovernmental organizations have to say?
25. Are there significant policy changes after an attack or a series of attacks?
Emma
ReplyDeleteResearch Log # 4
1. What is meant by math gender gap
2. Does math gender gap exist
3. Who are studying the gender and math performance score?
4. Who are involved in the conversation of this topic?
5. Who will benefit from my research on this topic?
6. What group of people are concern about this problem?
7. What kind of theories are the offering about this topic?
8. What academic and professional resources can I consult to find research information?
9. Do gender differences in math performance exist in other counties besides the U. S.?
10. In the 70’s girls were ahead of boys, but boys turned the tables on girls in the 80’s and the 90’s. Why the dramatic changes in the performance of girls during these years?
11. What are the causes of difference in the math performance between boys and girls
12. What role does genetics and culture play in the situation?
13. Why is it that girls are more likely than boys to fall prey to the math gender gap
14. What environmental and social experience affect the development of children brain
15. How does school experience contribute to the gender and math gap?
16. What is math anxiety
17. What role does math anxiety plays in math performance score?
18. How does it affect girls in the future
19. What gender does math anxiety affects most
20. What are some of the ways to introduce math concepts to children to motivate their interest
21. Can low parental expectations explain why girls fall behind in math?
22. Are there any studies done on how to remediate the problem?
23. What are the strategies used to help remediate the problem?
24. How effective are these strategies?
25. If this problem can be remediated, when should it start?
1. African american students have consistently low achievement scores, yet African immigrants have relatively high test scores. How do African American's feel about being blended with African immigrants? how do African Immigrants feel?
ReplyDelete2. What are the stages of normal language development/acquisition for a newly arrived immigrant?
3. What specifically about the African dialect will help or hinder the student's learning of the English language?
4. How similar are the languages of East Africa? Should I study them collectively or singularly in making comparisons?
5. Does the East African culture value education?
6.How does the African culture and traditions affect the student's socialization in schools?
7.How do East African social values compare/contrast to those of America?
8.How does the classroom teacher incorporate the student's home culture into the classroom?
9. How do the school systems in East Africa and America compare?
10. Is diversity training a mandatory or optional part of a general ed. teacher's education?
11. What methods are used by ESOL teachers to reach their diverse student body?
12. Are these methods meeting the needs of the African students? How do I evaluate this?
13.What behaviors might a child display in the classroom due to the inability to communicate?
14. Where are translators found for the students, parents and educators in the school systems?
15. What resources are available to the parents and families of these students to help them better participate in their child's education?
16. What is the function of the Ethiopia Child and Family Welfare Association?
17. How did the education in Ethiopia compare before and after the revolution of 1974?
18. How is USAID affecting education in Ethiopia?
19. What dietary restrictions or manner of dress might be noted by teachers of these students?
20. Where are the large populations of African's located within the US and how have their local school systems dealt with their issues?
21. What makes the challenges of the African student different from those encountered by those of Korea/Norwegian/Italian students?
22.Is gender an issue in African education?
23. How do I find ethnic statistics within the FCPS data banks?
24. Is there an Ethiopian or Ghanaian embassy in DC?
25. How can an educator learn key words in the varied African languages to help the student feel more at ease in the classroom?
Jeremy Galliani
ReplyDeleteResearch Log 4
1. How valuable is intellectual property to an organization such as the Federal government?
2. When was intellectual property recognized as a critical asset for the Federal government?
3. What current methods (technical and policy) are used to secure information?
4. Are threat agents continuing to adapt and become harder to detect?
5. When did upper level management begin taking note of the issues with information security?
6. What are some of the IT threats that existed in the days of early computer use?
7. What are some typical Information security programs that were in place during the growth and use of the Internet?
8. How successful were they?
9. What sort of capital costs are involved with migrating a system to the cloud
10. Is there technical expertise available to manage the system?
11. Should the Federal government in-source or outsource this project?
12. How much in terms of resources (money, people) does the Federal government spend on securing IT assets?
13. What are the main computing architectures?
14. Are these architecture secure?
15. What are the costs associated with certifying a system through the government’s C&A program?
16. Does certifying a system become an easier task (money, time) by implementing cloud computing?
17. How has management adapted to the growing threat to information?
18. Has the implementation of security programs reduced efficiency at the federal government?
19. How would the landscape change (jobs, economy, etc.) if systems were inherently secure?
20. What is cloud computing?
21. Why is cloud computing now being looked at by large organizations such as the Federal government?
22. Is cloud computing secure?
23. What route might IT and Business executives go if not cloud computing?
24. Do business operations improve with the use of cloud computing?
25. What are some of the arguments against cloud computing?
Jason Gard
ReplyDeleteResearch Log #4
1. What are some of the well known stereotypes associated with different generations?
2. What are the different generations currently in the work force?
3. What factors were used in job promotion in the past vs. now?
4. Is this more of a problem now than it has been in the past?
5. What has been done to address the stereotype issue thus far?
6. What steps are being taken now to correct this issue for future generations?
7. Are there communication problems between generations?
8. Do the generations have different approaches to communication?
9. Is there generational terminology being used?
10. What problems might arise due to conflicts between the generations?
11. Why do people care about this topic?
12. How does this topic affect each of the different generations?
13. What internal repercussions could come from conflicts within this topic?
14. What external repercussions could come from conflicts within this topic?
15. Is there any conflict training in place for managers to help deal with generational issues?
16. What are the different types of conflict that come into play with these issues?
17. Have other cultures had to deal with the same generation issues?
18. If so, how have they dealt with them?
19. Is the advancement of technology part of the communication issue?
20. What has social media sites done to help or hinder the collaboration of genders?
21. Are the priorities of the generations similar?
22. What impact does the economy play in the workforce for different generations?
23. Is there a difference in the amount of time different generations stay in a position within the same company?
24. Is there a difference in the level of flexibility to change and adapt within different generations?
25. Is there a difference in the level of tolerance between the generations?
George
ReplyDeleteResearch log#4
1. How are cell phone cameras impacting digital camera sales?
2.What are photo software companies doing to generate business?
3.How has digital printing grown or shrunk after the growth of more powerful
digital color photo equipment?
4 how is digital media influencing social media?
5 when did the digital camera replace the film camera for professionals?
6. Is the iphone impacting fine art photography?
7. How are changes in technology decreasing the participation of professional photographers?
8.Are professional photographers adopting new models of business?
9. Is the iphone and itouch cameras affecting the privacy of famous citizens?
10. How are camera phones changing the way we document important events?
11. Have camera phones increased the amount of photo sharing on facebook.
12. Are camera phones helping promote more study of photography technique?
13.How has digital media changed the advertising industry?
14. Are professional photographers invested heavily in new digital photo media?
15. Is photo software technology evolving rapidly with all the new digital advances?
16. Is the relevancy of fine art photography being challenged with increased amateur participation in photography?
17. Are cameras becoming bigger and more complex?
18. Are the new digital cameras producing higher quality images?
19. Is it cheaper to operate a professional photo business now with all the new technology advances?
20. How many more people have bought the iphone in the last three years?
21. How many new camera phones are made each year in the US?
22. When did the digital camera become the primary piece of photo equipment for photographers?
23: Why did the digital camera evolve from film cameras?
24. What are the new changes to digital SLR’s being implemented?
25. What are the trends forecast for digital cameras in the next five years?
26. Are digital cameras affordability affecting the overall quality of good photography?
Robert R. Thomasson
ReplyDeleteBIS 390 Section 002
Professor Aaron Winter
10/09/2011
Research Log #2 (25 questions)
1. What is heroin and how is it different from other drugs?
2. Who benefits from the Afghan opium trade?
3. What are some reasons farmers cited for growing opium? High sales price of opium and poverty.
4. How is poppy cultivated in Afghanistan?
5. Where are the trading routes for Afghan opium?
6. What efforts are being made to shut down the major opium trafficking routes, especially along the Afghan border?
7. Why has opium cultivation increased in Afghanistan since 2001?
8. Who’s responsible for growing Afghan poppy…the poor populace or the rich elite?
9. Drug traffickers and drug kingpins, including high value targets (HVTs) derive more money from opium than the farmers who produce the poppy. How many HVTs are involved with opium cultivation and how many have been caught and prosecuted thus far?
10. What are some other alternatives for farmers, other than growing poppy?
11. Are farmers coerced by drug traffickers into planting poppy?
12. What are some ways to eradicate the cultivation of opium in Afghanistan?
13. Could an aerial spray eradication program be successful in Afghanistan? Why or why not?
14. How does a lack of security correlate to the narco-trafficking in Afghanistan?
15. What are the differences between Afghan opium and Mexican opium?
16. How’s Afghan heroin distinguishable from Mexican heroin?
17. Why does Afghanistan supply top-quality opium compared to inferior Mexico?
18. What criminal organizations are associated with the transportation of Afghan heroin into the United States?
19. What effects do Afghan heroin have upon American Society?
20. What’s the market value and price of Afghan heroin?
21. How does Afghan heroin contribute to the high fatality rate from drug overdoses?
22. What are the short term effects from heroin usage?
23. What are the long term effects from heroin usage?
24. What are some statistics for seized heroin within the past decade?
25. What is the scope of heroin use in the United States?
For some reason, I can't get my research log #4 to post... I shared in google docs last week.... let me try it again:
ReplyDeleteJamie's Research Log #4 - 25 Questions Revised
1. Why hasn’t a comprehensive guide for civil disobedience been created that incorporates an understanding of government policies and how to employ assistance from nonprofits?
2. Are there similar guides that have already been created?
3. Why hasn’t a compare and contrast between social activism and the application of nonprofit studies and/or policies been done before? Or is that information already available?
4. Why is the creation of this guide necessary?
5. Why is my topic discussion needed / why is this guidebook necessary?
6. How might this guidebook affect future policies, nonprofits, social movements, society?
7. What are the adverse affects of creating this guide?
8. How could this guide benefit society?
9. What is the difference between social movements, community activism and civil disobedience? How are they similar?
10. Are social movements viewed differently from community activism? Do American citizens distinguish a difference?
11. How does American society perceive the initial start-up of social movements / activist groups?
12. How can a social movement or activist groups improve their image and perception by the general society?
13. How does activism affect nonprofit practices? Vice versa?
14. How does activism resemble nonprofit practices? Vice versa?
15. How does activism affect government, state and public policy? Vice versa?
16. Can activist groups function within policy parameters and still have a successful movement? How?
17. Can policies be open to interpretation to work in favor of activism?
18. What does an American activist or American activist organization need to know to stay safe?
19. How does an American activist or American activist organization prepare for lash back?
20. How have previous U.S. social movements affected society, policies, gov’t, nonprofits?
21. How have social movements changed since 9/11?
22. How has activism changed since 9/11? How is still similar?
23. How has the U.S. government reacted to social movements prior to 9/11?
24. How has the U.S. government reacted to social movements since 9/11?
25. Has there been government, state or community policy-based material to label activism as deviant?
26. How does the news and social media play a role in creating an image for activism?
27. How are social movements distinct from forming a non-profit, or signing a petition? (Or is it different? Why?)
28. How does Social Capital play a role in activism? In nonprofits? In policies?
29. Is activism more applicable/beneficial to certain demographics of society? Should there be a distinction?
30. How do social movements / protests / civil disobedience reflect the different values of societies and cultures?
31. What are the identifiable successful traits of organizing people?
32. Why hasn’t America had a revolution since the late 1700’s? Is revolution necessary?
33. What are the different kinds of social movements? Can they be categorized? Should they be categorized?
34. How many American’s engage in political discussion and participation?
35. How do American social movements (not) differ from other first world social movements?
36. How do American social movements not differ from third world social movements?
37. What if no one participated in civil disobedience in America?
38. Why are some movement leaders immortalized and others condemned?
39. How does propaganda play a role in a movement’s success or failure?
40. Is there an accepted definition of Propaganda that can be used to confine this issue?
41. How can citizens be motivated to participate in the political process? How do you overcome Rebel’s Dilemma?
42. What are possible reasons as to why people would participate in activism?
43. Who are the leading scholars in the field of social movements, activism, policies and nonprofit practices?
Muah ha ha! It work! Wish it woulda worked last week...
ReplyDelete#1: Why are organizations using Cloud Collaboration Tools to manage projects?
ReplyDelete#2: What statistics are there that support cloud collaboration use to manage projects?
#3: What are the disadvantages of using cloud collaboration tools?
#4: What are the advantages of using cloud collaboration tools?
#5: Does using cloud collaboration tools enable telework?
#7: What makes cloud collaboration tools better than using email?
#8: Does cloud collaboration allow for document sharing/review?
# 9: Can the use of cloud collaboration reduce project timelines?
#10: Will cloud collaboration bring foster teamwork?
#11: Will cloud collaboration tools cause teams to be come disconnected?
#12: Will cloud computing collaboration tools used by dispersed teams reduce overhead costs?
#13: Can senior management make decisions based on information within cloud collaboration environments?
#14: Will cloud collaboration provide a creative environment/outlet for employees to present new ideas?
#15: Will cloud collaboration enable all employees to access the same information real-time?
#16: Do cloud collaboration tools provide data management capabilities?
#17: Will cloud collaboration tools allow managers to gain more oversight into employee interests and work progress?
#18: Do cloud collaboration tools allow information to be searchable?
#19: Will organizations be able to share their vision with all of their employees through cloud collaboration?
#20: Will cloud computing allow organizations to invest into larger or more complex projects ?
#21: Will cloud collaboration help PMs gain stakeholder and executive management support needed for project success?
#22: Will organizations lose their stored data and historical posts if they want to switch cloud vendors?
#23: What happens to the stored data and historical posts if an organization's cloud computing vendor goes out of business?
#24: Will cloud collaboration support an organizations decision to restructure their employees to dispersed/offsite teams rather than a centralized onsite team?
#25: Will project managers be able to use cloud collaboration to monitor the working hours of staff?
Research Log #4
ReplyDeleteErin Savage
Follow up on the discussion of the types of sources that are commonly used in one/more of my disciplines, the standards of evidence or proof in one/more of my disciplines, and what critical thinking means in one/more of my disciplines.
After class I now understand how to critically analyze a source and determine what kind of source it is and its value towards my research. Many of the sources that I had up to that date were mainly secondary sources because they are journal articles written from the research and perspective of a person who used other sources for their findings in the article. Using journals that are specific to students who are exceptional I am finding primary sources that are reliable and provide information related to specific government laws and regulations regarding educating individuals with disabilities. Also I am finding research previously done with students who have disabilities and the integration of assistive technology and its impact on these students. This research lead me to criticism and critique on strategies for teaching individuals with learning disabilities and I find these findings interesting and worth investigating. Much of these articles are from peer reviewed and scholarly journals and I am comfortable that they are primary source material. Because assistive technology is a new and rapidly growing field much of my research articles are very current and timely to the field. The articles that are in the field of special education are important because of the background knowledge and history of the field of special education and disabilities. I am finding that the articles that relate to the special education field are providing a framework for my research question as to finding best practices in the field for the future in relation to innovation and technology resources available.
Jason Gard
ReplyDeleteResearch Log #5
So far most of the sources that I am finding for my topic have been journal articles. I believe this to be due to this topic being in the infant stages of study. I’ve found a few surveys and few books, but for the most part they’ve been journal articles. The only problem with this is finding articles that have been written by people that have some kind of a background in this topic and not just someone expressing their opinion like they’re writing in their personal journal.
Jason Gard
ReplyDeleteResearch Log #6
So far the interaction between my mentor and I has been going pretty well. We’ve had one face-to-face meeting this semester and we usually exchange an email about every other week. I sent him my project description and a couple days later he sent it back with his comments, which I found to be very helpful. He also sent along a note with some possible sources. At this stage I believe everything is progressing along nicely and I’m looking forward to moving along in the process.
Catherine Myers
ReplyDeleteResearch log #5
I’ll focus on one of my disciplines – Psychology. It’s a huge discipline, with many sub-specialties. The sources commonly used in Psychology are research studies, most are designed to narrow in on one aspect of human behavior.
In psychology and human development, no matter how careful the measurement, how specific the variables, I think the only reasonable approach is to adopt a holistic, complex dynamic systems theory. I believe that is essential to critical thinking in psychology. Researchers have to stay aware of the possibility of bias, blindspots and error by omission.
There is a lab within the psychology department called MRES (pronounced “mysteries”) – they study how to apply methodological skills. MRES stands for Measurement Research methodology Evaluation and Statistics. They meet every Thursday for an hour, and have an information repository wiki. I just heard about them a few weeks ago, and I’m intrigued by their work. They talk about challenges to the ways in which data is measured and analyzed, they seem determined to improve accuracy.
In the readings on Critical Thinking, I appreciated the Facione article for saying: “…many of the experts fear that some of the things people experience in school are actually harmful to the development and cultivation of good critical thinking.” (p. 9) Today I read a blog about the book Little Bets by Peter Sims – he interviews famous people who made mistake after mistake until they finally got things right. The blogger was unschooled until she attended college, and she makes the point that school encourages people to “learn facts” and get things “right” – it certainly is not accepting of failure.
One of the upcoming MRES discussions will be about the scientific process and inquiry. There’s an article to read, and the MRES notice about it says, “Researchers and historians worry that confirmation bias and the drive to show positive results not only skew the published literature but also bias scientific inquiry.”
MRES is the best example of critical thinking I’ve found.
Research Log #5
ReplyDeleteI was lucky enough to partner with someone who is also working on education issues. Together we came up with a variety of sources commonly used in our fields, such as test scores, teacher experiences, student background and lesson plans.
In regard to critical thinking, I liked how you broke it down to "what does it look like when your discipline works?"
When all is well in the field of education teachers are motivated and vary their classroom instruction. Classroom achievement levels go up and teachers and students share a positive relationship. Administration supports and appreciates the teachers and their efforts. If education is not as its best, it may be due to a few issues such as class size being too large to manage or having to spend too much time on discipline problems, which in turn detracts from instruction time. Poor teacher education results in inefficient teaching methods and an inability to modify lessons for certain students. Also, if teachers have low expectations for certain groups of students the students will most certainly live down to them.
I have been searching the ERIC database as well as Google Scholar for articles, as well as mining them for possible references to further research. I still feel like it is such a hit or miss proposition, and I have to get better at scanning, as I feel I am wasting precious time reading too deeply, yet need to in order to understand the article in question.
Jamie
ReplyDeleteResearch Log #5
Sources that will apply towards my research are government/state/public policies, acts, laws, nonprofit 990 forms, charitynavigator.com, sociology journals, nonprofit journals, books, social movement activist biographies, and newspapers to name a few. I went to library of congress and was able to use their online databases that you cannot access unless you are at the library but the resources I found through the database that were very interesting to me, were not located at the library. Needless to say, it was a long trip but possible no resources if I can't locate the articles and books soon.
Nonprofit critical thinking usually deals with developing programs and/or initiatives that are carefully evaluated and then reported with funders, the community and the government. Nonprofits will also use many types of surveys to make sure they are meeting their desired populations needs before they invest money into a program.
Jamie
ReplyDeleteResearch Log #6
My mentor and I communicate via e-mail although I do have her phone number and we have met in person prior to the start of this class. My mentor wants me to be successful so she is encouraging me the best she can although I don't think she is confident in my research topic. Overall, the relationship is working and as long as she responds to my e-mails, I'm happy. I do plan on scheduling an in-person meeting with her in the upcoming weeks just to have a face-to-face and get more feedback on my topic.
Research log #6:
ReplyDeleteCurrent status of relationship with faculty mentor.
I’m fortunate to have a long-time relationship with my faculty mentor, I first went to talk with her about five years ago. I’ve had about one meeting per year since, and periodic email correspondence as I tried to construct my BIS educational contract. I was able to take one of her classes last Spring, and she is supervising my independent Readings course this semester. I’m confident that she understands what I’m doing, and she is a well-known researcher in the field of emotional development, so she’s a great person to mentor my research on an intervention that might improve parents’ well-being.
George
ReplyDeleteresearch log # 5
The sources that are primarily used in my are secondary sources. Since my field is a creative and communications field, most sources are not academic, and are usually driven by economics as opposed to academia. Critical thinking in my field means furthering new ways of expression and improving techniques and methods of capturing images, archiving and also new creative ways of seeing everyday things and themes.
George
ReplyDeleteresearch log #6
I have a good relationship with my faculty mentor and he has been readily available to meet in person any week. He also has been helpful in reviewing my proposal and given me ideas and guidelines to make my research more rewarding. He has lots of experience in one of my disciplines and also experience with research. Overall, I am happy I have him as my mentor and, he has been encouraging and professional throughout the semester. I can also speak to him on a personal level, so that helps make communication easier.
Stacy
ReplyDeleteResearch log #5
(Sorry for the delay, the storm/tornado/whatever knocked out my power on Thursday)
My disciplines are Marketing, Business, Psychology and Communications. My topic deals with internet marketing.
Sources used in my disciplines are journals such as:
Journal of Consumer Behavior
Journal of Advertising Research
Journal of Internet Marketing
Journal of Segmentation in Marketing
Journal of Psychology and Marketing
Etc.
I will also look at information published directly by sites like Groupon, Facebook, Twitter, Living Social, Google Ad Words, etc.
I can also look at online reviews of the various types of internet advertising. I also expect that Wikipedia will be a good jumping off point and will indicate some of the best sources for me to investigate.
Critical Thinking in my disciplines will include researching various segments and how they have changed in the last 5 years, how similar services like Groupon and Living Social compare to each other, examining cost effectiveness of internet marketing, and whether internet marketing makes it easier or harder for small businesses to start up.
Research Log #5
ReplyDeleteEmma
· The types of sources that are commonly used in one/more of my disciplines
International Journal of Psychology
Journal of Instructional Psychology
Journal of Social Psychology
Journal of Educational Technology & Society
Gender Issues
Interdisciplinary Science Reviews
International Journal of Educational Development
· What are the standards of evidence or proof in one/more of my disciplines?
Test scores,
Teacher experiences,
Student background
Instructional strategies
· What critical thinking means in one/more of your disciplines
Student and teacher achievement
Student and teacher relationship
Teacher motivation
Class size/ Lesson plans.
Teacher / parent expectation
Stereotype threat
Emotional behavior
Research Log #5:
ReplyDeleteI would select PMI PMBOK as a commonly used and respected source for my management discipline. This source is also the source that provides the highest recognized international certification in the this discipline.
For Information Technology I would select Gartner, Inc. (NYSE: IT) because it is the world's leading information technology research and advisory company. Both Private and Government Organizations seek their guidance and research from Gartner.
Critical thinking:
Technology aided management
structure vs. unstructured
culture and productivity
social revolution's affects on IT management
Research Log #6
ReplyDeleteI feel that my mentor has helped me to shape my research topic and narrow down a broad topic. I have worked with my mentor previously as a student in one of his classes and I believe his vision aligns with mine. He is accessible and approachable which will help me to have a source that I can reach out to when I have questions. I have also found a second informal mentor that I can reach out to. I am taking a class with a Professor this semester who is teaching classes and very involved in cloud computing. This professor is also a valuable resource that has afforded me some ides to help and made himself available to me for brainstorming and guidance.
Log #4
ReplyDelete1. What do I want to know about imagery recall?
2. Why is imagery recall important in early childhood?
3. How can imagery recall be applied to support children who have experienced trauma?
4. How can imagery recall support memory development in young children?
5. what challenges do we face in the application of an art-strong program for children?
6. What research has been done on the subject of recall processes and construction of children's art?
7. What research has been done on the psychological effects of trauma on a child through imagery recall?
8. How can we improve the existing arts programs to accommodate children with psychological struggles?
9. What can we do to support the development of programs with strong concentration on art and recall processes?
10. What challenges do we face in the future regarding children's ability to recall lessons and information through art?
11. What imagery creating processes support memory development later in life?
12. How can we support a child's interest in learning through imagery recall experiences?
13. What research has been done regarding long term memory development through imagery experiences?
14. What is the deeper meaning of imagery recall to a child's development in the long term?
15. Where does arts end and crafts begin?
16. What is beneficial exploration of materials in "arts"?
17. What are the developmental stages of imagery creation in young children?
18. What is important to know about the imagery recall process in young children?
19. Where and when did imagery recall understanding begin?
20. What are the countering viewpoints?
21. What about imagery recall supports closure in young children who have been put through psychological trauma?
22. What are the challenges of imagery recall?
23. Where can it go from here?
24. What do I still want to know?
25. What can I do to improve the arts imagery recall process?
Log #5
ReplyDeleteI would say one of the most common resources for my program of study is the Education Journal, or the Art Education Journal.
Log #6
I feel my mentor has not had much time on her hands to pass on messages on my work, because I have not heard from her since the meeting I had with her in early September.
Research Log #6
ReplyDeleteI have been pleasantly surprised by the willingness of my mentor to work with me. She had originally thought she would teach just one class so agreed to be an advisor based on that light load. There was a mix-up and she has ended up teaching more than she signed up for, yet still manages time for me. At our meeting she said she would be available every Wed if there was a need. i mentioned not wanting to waste her time and she not only told me it was not a worry, she warned me not to be like a previous mentee who only saw her once. She seemed genuinely interested in my paper and excited about my project. She made some eye-opening suggestions and was realistic about some of my thoughts. I am happy to have her input but am still a little hesitant about appearing stupid about the topic. hopefully, as my research develops I will have more insightful questions to ask of her.
Research log 6
ReplyDeleteI feel that I have a really good working relationship with my advisor. She is invested and excited about the field of assistive technology and has provided me with great resources and support. I think she and I work alot alike. She moves at a fast pace as I discovered one day when she offered me the opportunity to revise a paper I was working on in her office. Tech folks as used to working and moving quickly and adapting to changes and I think that is why I am very comfortable with this area. As soon as she noticed I needed to update my BIS contract we she offered me the opportunity to sit down right there and get it done. I LOVE that. On the other hand she is so busy that hand holding is not possible and I really do not enjoy it so if I need something I ask and she is right there to help but no contact does not mean lack of interest on either of our parts. I am really happy that I asked her to be there for me. I knew immediately once I took her class on AT that she was someone I could work with and count on.
Stacy
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I like my faculty mentor. She has only been my mentor for a month, but so far I'm confident I made the right decision in choosing her. Although she is a very busy person, she is very nice and I always find her to be helpful. I look forward to working with her in the future.
Research Log #6
ReplyDeleteI selected my faculty mentor during the Spring 11 semester. I've only contacted him a few times throughout this process, but he has been very responsive and offered interesting points to consider during the initial phase of putting together a topic. I'm confident that as I continue my BIS program I will be able to utilize his knowledge to improve upon my research paper.
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ReplyDeleteSheryl's 25 questions:
1. Why was parole abolished in Virginia?
2. Whom does it impact?
3. What are the costs associated with the change in law?
4. Who is responsible for the abolishment of parole in Virginia?
5. What does society have to say about the change?
6. What was the previous policy and was it effective?
7. Has the new parole law had an effect on crime?
8. Is society safer with prisoners being locked up longer?
9. How much does it cost to house an inmate in jail compared to rehabilitating them?
10. How much does it cost to house an inmate compared to having him or her out on parole?
11. Is Virginia the only state that abolished parole and if not what others?
12. What is their success rate compared to Virginia’s success rate and recidivism of an inmate who did not get parole?
13. Are there any plans in the future to change the parole law in Virginia back to inmates being placed on parole versus being jailed?
14. What was the projected outcome of “no parole” in Virginia?
15. What crimes are offenders committing that warrant them no parole?
16. How many inmates are there in jail now versus 1995 and before the changes with parole?
17. What percentage of inmates are male serving time without parole versus female, versus African-American, White, Asian and Hispanic?
18. What supports or rehabilitation programs are in place to assist the inmate once they are released?
19. What is Truth in sentencing and did it have any influence on the abolishment of parole?
20. What are the views of the offenders’ families, law enforcement, society and victims if any regarding an inmate being placed in jail without parole and doing 85%of their time?
21. What impact has the increase of the prison population had on the correctional staff inside the jail?
22. How many jails and/or prisons have been built to accommodate this influx of prisoners and how much did it cost?
23. Is there any significant amount of inmate release back into society anytime soon?
24. What are the plans for those inmates that are due to be released within the next five years?
25. Are there any plans to build more prisons?
Research Log #6
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The relationship with my mentor has been great so far. I met with her last Thursday to sign my contract amendment form. She give me good comments on my project description and pointed me in some directions for more literature. She is willing to provide support although she is busy around this time of the semester.
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ReplyDeleteLog #5 In the field of International Relations and Security Studies there are many that can be used to help analyze particular issues. Most of the academic sources are either descriptive or quantitative. The descriptive sources are either written to give an account of a particular matter or champion a particular school of thought. On the other hand sources that appear more quantitative attempt to be more scientific buy showing underlying factors or enablers of events often shedding new light on a matter or breaking popular beliefs.
ReplyDeleteAside from academic writings sources include government documents and reports, economic assessments, demographics, surveys, and investigative reports. Recently, I have found two key databases that can assist me with my project. The University of Maryland’s Global Terrorism Database (GTD) and the National Counter-Terrorism Center’s Worldwide Incident Tracking System (WITS). These two databases are an excellent source gaining primary source information about attacks including: target, perpetrator, tactic/method employed, location, time, etc. This data can be used on a specific cases or incident analysis or looking at broader trends and patters. There are additional data sources that examine effects of conflicts and terrorist propaganda, however I will likely use them as supplemental sources to the two terrorism databases.
Log #6
ReplyDeleteI have met with my faculty mentor once this semester and emailed several times. As of right now, I am pushing through all of the literature and trying to see how to utilize the primary source data with the academic materiel. My mentor is supportive and has a substantial understanding of the BIS program and the process. The last guidance I received was to meet with him at, or preferably before, the next “fork in the road”. This is reasonable as I am drudging through mounds of material to get a solid feel for my project and at the “fork” will be any major changes. I feel confident my mentor will be of help at any point along the way. That said, I am still losing my mind.
Robert R. Thomasson
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My disciplines include both Criminal Justice and History which pertain with the following sources:
History Sources:
1. Primary and Secondary Sources
Primary sources are actual records from the past, such as letters, photographs, and articles. Secondary sources are accounts of the past created by people writing about events after they happened.
2. Published Documents
Some primary sources are published documents. Published documents include books, magazines, newspapers, and government documents.
3. Unpublished Documents
Unpublished documents include personal letters, diaries, and journals.
4. Oral Traditions/Oral Histories
Oral traditions and oral histories provide firsthand knowledge of historical events.
Criminal Justice Sources:
1. Visual Documents
Visual documents include photographs, and films. Since visual documents capture moments in time, they provide evidence of changes over time. Visual documents include evidence about a specific event or moments in time.
2. Data and Statistics
Statistics is the study of the collection, organization, analysis, and interpretation of data. Most data are collected a couple years and focus on police departments, training academies, and crime labs. Data from law enforcement agencies provide national estimates for personnel, equipment, operations, agency policies, budgets, and job functions across agencies. In addition, Law Enforcement Agencies collects data on contacts between the public and police, special units within law enforcement agencies, and trends in police organization.
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ReplyDeleteMy mentor is a faculty member with the BIS program, so his experience is beneficial for guiding me to a successful BIS project. My advisor’s knowledge is helpful, because he’s familiar with the culture Afghanistan by living there. And as a result, my adviser can direct me to a common objective with my methodology work, as he provides me advice with the BIS program. Currently, we rarely attend meetings because our schedules are always hectic. However, I email my advisor all of my assignments for his approval, while I keep him informed with my status as a BIS student.
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