AP CAPSTONE - RESEARCH

8/31 – RESEARCH – “Knowledge is _____”• OBJECTIVE: SWBAT begin working on developing

their research topic• Today: (review)

1. Why should we “research?” Read the ontological summary.

2. What do you expect this year? 3. What does Mr. Harmon expect? 4. What is the biggest difference in this culminating task?

• Tonight – ACTIVE read & complete… “Choosing your research project/topic”

• Be prepared to break down/discuss tomorrow

Monday, Aug.1stPLAID/ PODS/CON Schedule

Period To FromSchedules 8:00 - 8:15 1st 8:20 - 8:55 PODS 9:00 - 9:30

CON 9:35 - 10:25 2nd 10:30 - 11:05 1st lunch 11:10 - 11:403rd 11:45 - 12:20 3rd 11:10 - 11:452nd lunch 11:50 - 12:20 4th 12:25 - 1:00 5th 1:05 - 1:45 6th 1:50 - 2:30

End Passing 2:30 - 2:35

9/1 – copy into your notebooks… Define - “Pay it Forward”• OBJECTIVE: SWBAT start developing their research topic• Review:

1. Why is Knowledge power(ful)? 2. Do you believe in ghosts? Explain to your group.

Use the “ontological study” from last night…1. What ways do we gather information?2. How do we “know” or “understand” something?3. How can you prove that something exists or that a relationship between things is real?4. “If you can’t measure it, it does not exist.” Agree/disagree, explain?5. If you were at a Starbucks and you heard two experts discussing the existence of ghosts, would you be

able to engage in a conversation with them? That is your task for this year…

• Join the conversation… (or, ideally, add something to it)…like Friends• Today/Tonight – ACTIVE read & complete… “Choosing your research project/topic”

• Jigsaw the methods section…• Be prepared to break down/discuss tomorrow in groups and whole class

• HW: College Applications (or scholarships) – 2 due/submitted by 9/28

Should we design Capstone T-shirts?

9/2 – What does “Pay it Forward” mean?• OBJECTIVE: SWBAT start developing their research topic• Review:

1. Why do we research?2. How do we gather information?3. Agree/disagree: “If you can’t measure it, it does not exist.”

• Today: 1. Break down the “choosing your research topic” article

• HW: • Tonight – ACTIVE read & complete… “Choosing your research project/topic”

• Jigsaw the methods section…• College Applications (or scholarships) – 2 due/submitted by 9/28• “Greatest mistake in human history…” – Read/annotate• Bring to NEXT CLASS 5 research topics/questions

Capstone T-shirt designs

due Sept. 11

• Review:1. Take out your choices of “disciplines” and questions2. What is a discipline? How do we gather knowledge in/around a discipline? (F,K,M,P)

• Today: 1. Remind.com – please register2. Next Tuesday: PREP portfolio…you need a 3-ring binder and dividers next week3. Consultants – Start thinking…you need to have a person (outside of SP) who can help you4. Break down the “choosing your research topic” article5. Complete Activities I-III in packet to “create problem statements”.

• HW: • Tonight – ACTIVE read & complete… “Choosing your research project/topic”

• Jigsaw the methods section…• College Applications (or scholarships) – 2 due/submitted by 9/28• “Greatest mistake in human history…” – Read/annotate• Bring to NEXT CLASS 5 research topics/questions

9/4 – How do we gather knowledge and deepen understanding?OBJECTIVE: SWBAT start transforming a topic into a problem statement.

Capstone T-shirt designs due Sept. 11

• OBJECTIVE: SWBAT start transforming a topic into a problem statement.• Review:

1. “Campus rape study misleading” – read & discuss2. “Legal Notes” – on a legal size sheet, make a “wordle” that can review last week3. Define FOCUS, SCOPE, VALUE, FEASABILITY – THINK, PAIR, SHARE (on board)4. Share YOUR “transformed” question that you changed into a problem statement5. Look at “cyberbullying” article…transform that into problem statement6. PREP (Process & Reflection Portfolio)…you need a 3-ring binder/dividers by Friday7. Consultants – Start thinking…you need to have a person who can help guide you

• Today: Continue working on “transforming” topics into problem statements 1. Define: FOCUSED TOPIC, PURPOSE, VARIABLES, CONTEXT2. Read the next student proposal (“embedding journalists”) and complete the steps to transform3. Compare both topics (cyber vs. journalists) and 4. EXIT: How does changing topics into a PROBLEM STATEMENT help in the research process?

• HW: You have TWO nights…• “Mindset” – chapters 1 & 2 Friday• “Greatest mistake in human history…” – Read/annotate• Bring to NEXT CLASS 2 original research topics/questions…provide a rationale and problem statement for both of

your ideas

9/8 – How do we REVISE knowledge in order to deepen understanding?

Capstone

T-shirt designs due Sept. 11

• OBJECTIVE: SWBAT start transforming a problem statement into a RESEARCH QUESTION.• Review:

1. PREP (Process & Reflection Portfolio)…you need a 3-ring binder/dividers by Friday2. Consultants – Start thinking…you need to have a person who can help guide you3. Read the next student proposal (“embedding journalists”) and complete the steps to transform4. Compare both topics (cyber vs. journalists) and

• Today: Continue working on “transforming” topics into problem statements 1. Mindset – you may read silently today if you choose2. Define: FOCUSED TOPIC, PURPOSE, VARIABLES, CONTEXT3. EXIT: How does changing topics into a PROBLEM STATEMENT help in the research process?

• HW: You have TWO nights…• “Mindset” – chapters 1 & 2 Friday – discuss in class for 15 or 20• MONDAY - Bring 2 original research topics/questions…provide a rationale and problem statement for both of your

ideas

9/10 – Transforming the question

Capstone

T-shirt designs due Sept. 11

• OBJECTIVE: SWBAT understand the ideas focused around a fixed and growth mindset?• Review:

1. PREP (Process & Reflection Portfolio)…you need a 3-ring binder/dividers by Friday1. Break down the PREP expectations

2. Consultants – Start thinking…you need to have a person who can help guide you• Today: Begin our discussion on MINDSET

1. Mindset 1. See next slide for questions

2. Define: FOCUSED TOPIC, PURPOSE, VARIABLES, CONTEXT – how do these terms help you in refining your questions?

3. Definitions, Assumptions, Hypotheses in your research – over the weekend• HW: You have TWO nights…

• MONDAY - Bring 2 original research topics/questions…provide a rationale and problem statement for both of your ideas

• FRIDAY – chapters 3 & 4 from Mindset

9/11 – Remembering 9/11

Capstone

T-shirt designs due Sept. 11

Chapter 1: The Mindsets 1. As you read through Chapter 1 what -

a. Surprised you?b. Made you feel uncomfortable?c. Did you agree/disagree with?

2. Can you think of a time you faced an important opportunity or challenge with a fixed mindset?

3. What were your thoughts and worries--about your abilities? About other people's judgments? About the possibility of failure? Describe them vividly.

4. What are the ATTRIBUTES of a FIXED or GROWTH mindset?

Chapter 2: Inside the Mindsets Guiding Questions1. When do you feel smart? When you’re doing something flawlessly or when you’re learning something new? 

2. How can we shift our thinking/beliefs to make striving, stretching, and struggling into something that makes us feel smart?

3.    Did you ever label yourself a failure or loser after something negative happened—failing a test, losing a job, being rejected? Describe a time this happened. How could you have been more like Jim Marshall, who made his humiliating experience into a life-changing opportunity?

• OBJECTIVE: SWBAT their problem statements and RESEARCH QUESTIONS.• Review:

1. PREP (Process & Reflection Portfolio)…1st check is this Friday – completion, organization, contents will be checked

2. Consultants – I want to see your “scripts” tomorrow along with a possible WHO you will ask3. The Inquiry Process: you should know how/why we gather information, how we construct a problem

statement, and then further revise our Research Question

• Today: Definitions, assumptions, hypotheses (46-50)1. Read the excerpt & answer questions – share in group for consensus2. Read 2nd excerpt & answer questions a-g.

• HW: • You should have a topic, interest, or initial question by this point – if not, start fishing!• Answer questions 1-4 from the Inquiry Proposal Form• Look up MLA, APA, and Chicago styles of citations…be able to identify which disciplines

each would address, the types of evidence for each, and how to create in-text citations• PREP portfolio – see contents slide to get organized

9/14 – We need to start researching!!

The PREP portfolio contents…• Table of Contents• Proposal Form (completed and approved)• Topic/issue (demonstrate how they “inquired” about the subject)• Research Process (sources, evidence, documents, analysis)• Annotated Bib/Lit Review

• Provides a complete list of sources cited and consulted in the appropriate disciplinary style

• Writing Process (timeline, outlines, drafts)• Oral Presentation (outline, storyboard, rehearsal reflections)• Consultants (meeting log, questions asked, input provided)• Teacher Conferences (meeting log and weekly check in)• Reflections

The Final Task• Introduction

• Provides background and contextualizes the research question/project goal and initial student assumptions and/or hypotheses

• Introduces and reviews previous work in the field, synthesizing information and a range of perspectives related to the research question/project goal

• Identifies the gap I the current field of knowledge to be addressed

• Method/Process/Approach – • Explains and provides justification for the chosen method, process, or approach

• Results/Product/Findings• Presents the findings, evidence, results, or product

• Discussion/Analysis/Evaluation – • Interprets the significance of the results, project, or findings; explores connections to original research

question/project goal• Discusses the implication and limitations of the research or creative work

• Conclusion and Future Directions• Reflects on the process and how this project could impact the field• Discusses possible next steps

• Bibliography• Provides a complete list of sources cited and consulted in the appropriate disciplinary style

A businessperson had just turned off the lights in the store when a man appeared and demanded money. The owner opened a cash register. The contents of the cash register were scooped up, and the man sped away. A member of the police force was notified promptly. • Answer with True, False or Not enough info…

1. A man appeared after the owner had turned off his store lights2. The robber was a man.3. The man did not demand money.4. The man who opened the cash register was the owner.5. The store owner scooped up the contents of the cash register and ran away.6. Someone opened a cash register.7. After the man who demanded the money scooped up the contents of the cash register, he ran away.8. While the cash register contained money, the story does not state how much. 9. The robber demanded money of the owner.10. It was broad daylight when the man appeared.11. The story concerns a series of events in which only three persons are referred to: the owner of the store, a man who

demanded money, and a member of the police force. 12. The following events in the story are true: someone demanded money, a cash register was opened, its contents were

scooped up, and a man dashed out of the store.

• OBJECTIVE: SWBAT organize different citation styles. • Review:

1. Lesson 8 Document – with the black outs…1. SMARTER searches – p. 372. The PAARC (or CRAAP) test – p. 41-43…how does this compare to a RAVEN test?3. Finish the exercise on assumptions – p. 48 (e,f,g)4. The Importance of Definitions – p. 495. PREP protocol document – front table

Today: work on developing your citation style• MLA – modern language association• APA – American psychological association• Chicago Manual of Style• CSE – council of science editors

• HW: • PREPARE YOUR PREP PORTFOLIO FOR FRIDAY CHECK IN

9/15 – Research and Development Day

• OBJECTIVE: SWBAT organize different citation styles. • Tuesday we were supposed to…

1. Lesson 8 Document – with the black outs…1. SMARTER searches – p. 372. The PAARC (or CRAAP) test – p. 41-43…how does this compare to a RAVEN test?3. Finish the exercise on assumptions – p. 48 (e,f,g)4. The Importance of Definitions – p. 495. PREP protocol document – front table• MLA – modern language association• APA – American psychological association• Chicago Manual of Style• CSE – council of science editors

Today: GET INTO YOUR RESEARCH• FRIDAY: PREP PORTFOLIO CHECK IN – Inquiry Proposal • “Mindset Mondays”: Chapters 3 & 4 for discussion

9/17 – Research and Development Day

Poster Presentation and Elevator Speech

Proposal Title

Problem Statement Research Question

Definitions Significance/Importance of the study

Assumptions & Hypotheses

Proposed Method of Inquiry

SourcesElevator Speech

You have 5 floors to explain your research project

Simply state your question, hypothesis, reasons, and summarize your evidence.

• OBJECTIVE: SWBAT continue working on research process. Today: • GET INTO YOUR RESEARCH• “Mindset Mondays”: Chapters 3 & 4 for discussion

• See next slide for questions

• Finish PREP PORTFOLIO CHECK IN w/Harm

9/21 – M & M day – Mindset review

• Chapter 3• Each member will select a sentence, a phrase, and a word that they find particularly

poignant or important. We will take turns sharing our selections and explaining why we selected them. Guiding Questions:1. Did you always assume that success came right from innate talent or ability? Discuss people you know who are brilliant or talented but never went anywhere. And people who are not so brilliant or talented, but are highly successful. How did they do it?

2. Was there a difficult transition in your life where you fell into a fixed mindset and lost confidence in your abilities? Describe it.

3.Look at the before and after drawings on page 69. What do they tell you about talent?

4. Have you ever trusted someone’s negative evaluation of your ability or talent? Think about it now. How could they judge your potential?

Chapter 4 Discussion Questions:

1. How can being exceptional be a curse?

2. Is there a relationship between “character” and growth mindset?

3. What is the “mindset” truth in the statement: “it’s not whether you win or lose –it is how you play the game.”

•Over the weekend you were supposed to…1. Select & annotate 5 sources 2. develop a Research Question

Today: What is a literature review?1. use the blendspace link on my page

HW for Tuesday: • All of you must become familiar with a literature review…go online• Start your Inquiry Proposal Poster Project

9/28 – OBJECTIVE: SWBAT start their literature review.

•Share with people around you what you discovered about Lit Reviews…

• What is a Lit Review?• What is NOT a Lit Review?

Today: Inquiry Proposal Poster1. Use the template provided and begin your poster project2. Look at rubric for verbal presentationsHW for Thursday: • Have your poster ready• PREP check-in• Define “Literature Review”• Practice your elevator speech

9/29 – OBJECTIVE: SWBAT start their literature review.

•Hang your postersToday: PREP check-in1. Rough Draft of posters2. Practice your speech w/Harmon – come present

3. Continue your research…you need to close read 30 papers/articles/books/videos – at least

HW for Friday: • Posters, speeches, continued research…

10/1 – OBJECTIVE: SWBAT begin explaining their research.

Today:1. Elevator SpeechesHW for Monday: You need to conduct some RESEARCH – You should add at least 3 sources this weekend

10/2 & 10/5 – OBJECTIVE: SWBAT continue the research process.

Today:1. Read and research HW for Friday: • Elevator Speeches • PREP check on Thursday• You need to conduct some RESEARCH – You should add at

least 3 sources this weekend• Mindset NEXT Monday

10/12 – OBJECTIVE: SWBAT continue the research process.

Today: Continue your research HW for Thursday: • PREP check on Thursday

• I want the name & contact information for your consultant

• I want to see your sources – hole punched and in binder• I want to see your progress on sources – ACTIVE READ• I would like to see your inquiry proposal and poster

project• I want to see significant progress on you becoming more

familiar with your area of study• Mindset NEXT Monday

10/13 – OBJECTIVE: SWBAT continue the research process.

Today: Continue your research Elevator speechs: • Share your project through contextualization of the

issue (informally)• Share your reasons for inquiry• What is the probem?• What do you want to “do” – what kind of study will

you conduct? • What are you hoping to find? (Hypothesis)

10/16 – OBJECTIVE: SWBAT share their inquiry proposal via elevator speeches

Today: NO MINDSET SORRY - Continue with check insElevator speechs: • Share your project through contextualization of the

issue (informally)• Share your reasons for inquiry• What is the probem?• What do you want to “do” – what kind of study will

you conduct? • What are you hoping to find? (Hypothesis)

10/19 – OBJECTIVE: SWBAT share their inquiry proposal via elevator speeches

Mindsets Falling Love

• p. 149 Aaron Beck, noted marriage authority, says that one of the most destructive beliefs for a relationship is “If we need to work at it, there’s something seriously wrong with our relationship.”

• p. 152 A no-effort relationship is a doomed relationship, not a great relationship. It takes work to communicate accurately and it takes work to expose and resolve conflicting hopes and beliefs. It doesn’t mean there is no “they lived happily ever after,” but it’s more like “they worked happily ever after.”

• The Partner as Enemy• p. 158 I remember when we were kids and did something dumb, like drop our ice-cream cone on our foot, we’d turn to our friend and say

“Look what you made me do.” Blame may make you feel less foolish, buy you still have a shoe full of ice cream-and a friend who’s on the defensive. In a relationship, the growth mindset lets you rise above blame, understand the problem, and try to fix it-together.

Competition: Who’s the Greatest?• p. 158 In the fixed mindset, where you’ve got to keep proving your competence, it’s easy to get into a competition with your partner. Who’s

the smarter, more talented, more likeable one?Developing in Relationships• p.159 When people embark on a relationship, they encounter a partner who is different from them, and they haven’t learned how to deal

with the differences. In a good relationship, people develop these skills and, as they do, both partners grow and the relationship deepens. But for this to happen, people need to feel they’re on the same side.

• p. 160 …the whole point of [partnerships/relationships] is to encourage your partner’s development and have them encourage yours.”Friendship• p. 160 Friendships, like partnerships, are places where we have a change to enhance each other’s development, and to validate each other.

Both are important. Friends can give each other the wisdom and courage to make growth-enhancing decisions, and friends can reassure each other of their fine qualities. Despite the dangers of praising traits, there are times when we need reassurance about ourselves: “Tell me I’m not a bad person for breaking up with my boyfriend.” “Tell me I’m not stupid even though I bombed on the exam.”

• p. 162 Conventional wisdom says that you know who your friends are in your times of need. And of course this view had merit. Who will stay by you day after day when you’re in trouble? However, sometimes an even tougher question is: Who can you turn to when good things happen? When you find a wonderful partner. When you get a great job offer or promotion. When your child does well. Who would be glad to hear it?

• Chapter 6. Relationships: Mindsets in Love (or Not)

• Think of an especially painful rejection. Do you get stuck in a rejection—do you feel branded by it, do you ruminate about it and harbor feelings of revenge? “Revenge is sweet” – have you ever thought about that? What could you take from it that is useful and constructive for your current or future relationships?

• Have you closed yourself off to certain relationships because you expect perfection—total alignment in every way? This is a dream, and a bad one at that. Who would be wonderful additions to your life in spite of their imperfections?

• Imagine a scene between partners, one with a growth mindset and one with a fixed mindset. The growth mindset partner has a complaint. What does s/he say? What does the mate hear? How can this be resolved? Can you take criticism from others? Or do you make all kinds of excuses for why it’s not your fault? What do you think criticism means about you? How could you handle it better in the future?

• p. 149 Aaron Beck, noted marriage authority, says that one of the most destructive beliefs for a relationship is “If we need to work at it, there’s something seriously wrong with our relationship.”

• Can your partner read your mind? Are there times you’ve gotten annoyed with your partner because s/he doesn’t understand what you need or want? How could you explain more fully so that you’re both on the same page? What assumptions have you made about your partner—about roles, responsibilities, expectations–but never discussed them with him or her? Could this be causing friction between you?

• Do you know couples who seemed perfectly matched but then, to your surprise, broke up? Can you analyze it from a mindset perspective: Did they have trouble communicating about problems, growing from disagreements, or interpreting each other accurately? How would a “growth” mindset help these issues?

OBJECTIVE: SWBAT share their potential “studies” – where does the GAP exist?

Guest speaker tomorrow – Elevator speeches: • Informally explain the CONTEXT of your field of study• What are you trying to RESEARCH or better UNDERSTAND• Share if there is a problem• What kind of “study” would you like to perform?

Writing Process: The Literature ReviewThis portion of your paper needs to be started. I will be collecting a “Lit. Review” rough draft next Monday. Please begin writing based on the research you have completed so far. This will be a grade changer.

10/26 – OBJECTIVE: SWBAT prepare an elevator speech/sign for Dr. Robinson.

Guest speaker tomorrow – Elevator speeches: • Informally explain the CONTEXT of your field of study• What are you trying to RESEARCH or better UNDERSTAND• Share if there is a problem• What kind of “study” would you like to perform?

Writing Process: The Literature ReviewThis portion of your paper needs to be started. I will be collecting a “Lit. Review” rough draft next Monday. Please begin writing based on the research you have completed so far. This will be a grade changer.

10/27 – OBJECTIVE: SWBAT prepare an elevator speech/sign for Dr. Robinson.

Review: With a partner I want you to WRITE me a review/summary of what Dr. Robinson presented on Tuesday. This should be written well and with some considerable thought.

Today: 1. College Apps (ask EACH OTHER or Mrs. Hilsendeger for help)2. START YOUR LITERATURE REVIEW

• See our website for samples• See rubric I provide for writing and scoring guidance

“Lit. Review” FIRST draft next TUESADY at end of class. Please begin writing based on the research you have completed so far. This will be a graded assignment.

10/28 – OBJECTIVE: SWBAT prepare a college app or begin their Lit Review.

Disappointed: I only received 4 of these. Not the expectation. I should receive six more write ups today. WRITE me a review/summary of what Dr. Robinson presented on Tuesday. This should be written well and with some considerable thought.

Today: • START YOUR LITERATURE REVIEW

1. Best way to learn how to write is reading…read literature reviews to get a “feel” – you should have been already

2. See the website for samples3. See rubrics to provide for writing and scoring guidance

“Lit. Review” FIRST draft next TUESDAY at end of class. Please begin writing based on the research you have completed so far. This will be a graded assignment.

10/30 – OBJECTIVE: SWBAT start their Literature Review.

Today: • START YOUR LITERATURE REVIEW

1. Best way to learn how to write is reading…read literature reviews to get a “feel” – you should have been already

2. See the website for samples3. See rubrics to provide for writing and scoring guidance

“Lit. Review” FIRST draft next TUESDAY at end of class. Please begin writing based on the research you have completed so far. This will be a graded assignment.

11/2 – OBJECTIVE: SWBAT start their Literature Review.

• The college side of the committee are not very interested in RAVEN or CRAAP. However they are interested in information that comes from reliable, credible and authoritative sources around a topic and question. So, you do not need to include “The reliability of the source is ____, their ability to see is____ there was no validity present etc...” It needs to be more authentic than that. There is no formula that I could tell you to use. The expectation is that they have done enough research to identify and talk about the most important voices in the debate.

• So how many times is up to you (should be part of the PREP). Since there was not a requirement for an annotated bib in the pilot we have never had to have them submit one or more than one. The annotated bib will be really helpful to their lit review and I assume that some of our students will just do the annotated bib (as part of their PREP). When we encounter this, I would assume that we will suggest they think about both the quality and quantity of their research and whether or not they feel as if more research would be beneficial. Then, we will confer later (maybe even more than one time around this issue).

• The number of sources has more to do with the question they are trying to answer than setting an artificial number of sources. Generally speaking I have seen students be successful with anywhere from 10 sources to 60 sources. 20 seems like a good number but I don't really think that there is an exact number of sources required for success. Since the lit review is a part of the paper, I would say that their analysis of the major works around their question is more important than analysis of "x" sources. I don't think there is an "x" but you have to be able to articulate what is important in the field and their analysis of why

Today: •Ok, WOW, we have some strides to make…

• Based on my conversations with my colleagues at Rogers, Ferris and LC, we are still very much in the “race”

• However, we are not in first place – what does that mean?• I think we are behind in # of sources and depth of discovery• So, here are the remedies…better PREP binders

1. Annotated Bib – you need to create/keep/organize your sources2. Additional Lit Reviews – you have two more by Nov. 303. Inquiry Proposals – These need to be considered/developed4. Nov. 30 is a KEY DATE

11/5 – OBJECTIVE: SWBAT START their Literature Review.

Today: •Annotated bib due today•We want to see your sources today PREP check in

11/9 – OBJECTIVE: SWBAT continue their Literature Review.

Today: •Talk with Mrs. Farnsworth about Naviance•Dr. Robinson is here for survey help/guidance•Turn-in Annotated bib today• INQUIRY PROPOSALS DUE FRIDAY – I would show them to Dr. Robinson and see if she understands

You have two “consultants” in the room today – utilize the time and go deep with your questions

11/10 – OBJECTIVE: SWBAT start their survey questions, turn-in their ANNOTATED BIBS, and continue their INQUIRY PROPOSALS.

Today: • Thank you notes…• Thing-pair-share…address the changes you think you will make in

your research process• INQUIRY PROPOSALS DUE MONDAY – new versions to me on

Monday• You need a LARGE body of evidence when surveying a case (study)• Freeway metaphor…you don’t know where you’re going but you

do have “signs” to read. At some point you’ll be at a destination and you can draw a conclusion based on the signs you’ve read

12/4 – OBJECTIVE: SWBAT revise & re-state their research questions, and re-write their INQUIRY PROPOSALS.

Today: • Continue to work on your INQUIRY PROPOSALS - DUE TOMORROW

If you have a revised copy ready for today, I’d love to have it• We will “discuss” your proposals tomorrow (PREP check-in)• What I learned Friday afternoon…(yes, Friday afternoon )

• Consultants – MANDATORY – but YOU need to find them... “LC model”• Lit Reviews – we’re ahead??? Based on others, it looks like writing any sort of

preliminary draft was a good thing. However, we need to REVISIT our annotated Bibs• Research – means INVESTIGATING, SYNTHESIZING, GATHERING – you HAVE TO READ• Results – BASED on research…surveys/correlations are helpful

12/7 – Pearl Harbor Day – a day that will live in INFAMYOBJECTIVE: SWBAT revise & re-state their research questions, and re-write their inquiry proposals. CONTINUE TO RESEARCH.

Today: • Finish INQUIRY PROPOSALS – PREP check-ins• Consultants – MANDATORY – YOU need to find them by

Groovy Shoes Jan. 19• Lit Reviews – Next draft January 15

• Research – means INVESTIGATING, SYNTHESIZING, GATHERING – you HAVE TO READ

• Results – are BASED on research…• surveys/correlations are helpful

12/11 – CONTINUE TO RESEARCH.

Potential email to a local professor…Good morning,My name is ____________ and I’m a senior at Shadle Park High School here in town. I’m currently enrolled in the AP Capstone program at Shadle and we are in the process of developing an extensive research paper. This is the second course in a two-year program and it allows us to deeply explore an academic topic or issue over the course of the school year. I have been working with my teacher, Mr. Harmon, to develop a research question. At this point, I need help that Mr. Harmon cannot provide. Because of your position and extensive work in ______________, I’d like to ask if you would consider helping me develop the methodology section of my paper. If you are not able to help, could you please provide the name of another professor or graduate student in your department who may be able to assist. You may contact me at the information listed below. Thank you very much for your consideration and potential help in guiding me in this process of scholarly work. Mr. Scott HarmonShadle Park HSscottha@spokaneschools.org509-354-6847

What’s up… • January 28 – SEMESTER ENDS…you will PRESENT your Inquiry Proposal

Boards in the library 2nd hour. You better “look the part” and your boards should look “collegiate”

• January 22 – Final PREP check-in – binder will be turned in. Should be organized, full of annotated sources, your inquiry proposal, an annotated bib, literature review, and your methods section (or preliminary draft)

• Consultants – MANDATORY – YOU need to find them by Jan. 22• Lit Reviews – Next draft January 15

• Research…INVESTIGATING, SYNTHESIZING, GATHERING – you MUST READ• Dr. Robinson hopefully this week…you need questions/model

prepared for collection of information

12/14 – CONTINUE TO RESEARCH…

Do you remember our “study” from the day before break?• January 28 – SEMESTER ENDS…you will PRESENT your Inquiry Proposal

Boards in the library 2nd hour. You better “look the part” and your boards should look “collegiate”

• January 22 – Final PREP check-in – binder will be turned in. Should be organized, full of annotated sources, your inquiry proposal, an annotated bib, literature review, and your methods section (or preliminary draft)

• Consultants – MANDATORY – YOU need to find them by Jan. 22• Lit Reviews – Next draft January 15

• Research…INVESTIGATING, SYNTHESIZING, GATHERING – you MUST READ• Dr. Robinson TOMORROW…you need questions/model prepared

for collection of information

1/4 –YAY RESEARCH…

•Dr. Robinson & Mr. Robinson …today• How to CONDUCT THE STUDY?

• # of questions• Who?• How do you get participants?• What are they being asked? • Administration of survey: how will you scale it?

• WHAT are you trying to discover? NOT determine, prove, show – it is a method of research

• So what?????? What happens AFTER the survey?

1/5 – RESEARCH…worth the effort! Pay it forward