WHAT'S YOUR QUESTION
SYLLABUS  SPRING 2003


**Please Note**
This is a PROCESS class. 
Assignments will be added/changed/revised as we go along.
So check frequently for updates!!!

 
 
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Week 1 4/1
 
  • Introductions
  • Establishing community norms
  • Asset Mapping
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    Assignments for Ap 2:

  • Read Mismeasure of Man p 19-61
  • Keep list of unknown vocabulary and questions about the text 
  • Read Covenant
    		•  4/2
     
    • Setting Norms
    • Seminar passes
    • Bring autobiography artifact
    • Covenant
    • Mismeasure of Man p. 19-61
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    Assignments Due Ap 9:
  • Read the rest of Mismeasure of Man (except for Chap 6)
  • Seminar Pass Mismeasure of Man
    		•  4/3

    Approaches to Research
     


     
  • Frameworks for designing research
  • Asset Mapping
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    Assignment Due Ap 4:
  • Bring a written draft of your research topic, area of interest, question
    		•  4/4
     
    • Focussing Your Question
    • Literature Reviews
    • Annotations
    • APA Style
    Due:  Written draft of your research topic, area of interest, question
       
    Assignment Due Ap 8: 
  • Read and be prepared for quiz Research Design Chap 1-3
  • 2-3 page Self Analysis Paper
    		•
    Week 2 4/8

    Due:2-3 page Self Analysis Paper
    Quiz Research Design Chap 1-3

    Library
    -Key words
    -starting the quest broad search o databases
     

    Assignments for Ap 9:

  • Print outs of abstracts from 30-40 possible sources for your topic.  Highlight or asterick 15-20 that you will find for your literature review.
    		•  4/9

    9:00--OPTIONAL PRE-SEMINAR

    Due: 

    • Seminar Pass
    • Print outs of abstracts from 30-40 possible sources for your topic.  Highlight or asterick 15-20 that you will find for your literature review.
    Mismeasure of Man

    Chap 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 thru end of book
     

    Assignments for Ap 15:

  • Find and annotate 5 sources for lit review
    		•  4/10

    Quantitative Designs

    • Who/What: populations
    • Sampling-Lurkers
    • Normal Distribution
    • Descriptive Statistics
    Assignments for Ap 15:
  • Read Research Design p. 153-157 for Quiz on Ap 15
  • Quant Res Worksheets

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    • Writing the Proposal (p. 49-54)
    Assignment for Ap 17:
    • Draft Proposal
    		 4/11
     
    • Surveys
    • Reliability
    • Validity
    Week 3 4/15
  • Quiz Research Design p. 153-157

    • Due: 
    • Annotated bib of 5 more sources
    • Quant Research Worksheet 1
    Guest Researcher--Kabby Mitchell III    		 4/16

    NO CLASS--Faculty Retreat

    Assignment for Apr 18:

  • Annotate 5 more sources for lit review
  • Read Einstein's Dreams and complete seminar pass (Ap 23)
    		•  4/17

    Bring:  Research Design Book,  Self Analysis
    Due: 

    • Draft Proposal
    • Survey
    • Redo Quiz #1
    Qualitative Designs

    Read Research Designs Chap 10 p.179-190

    • Methodological Log
    • What makes a context
    • Ethics of entry

      • Selection procedures

    Workshop:  Refining the Proposal

    Assignment for Ap 22:

  • Read Research Design Chap 9 for Quiz
  • Quant Res Worksheet 2
  • Revised Proposal and Literature Map (see p. 39-41)
    		•  4/18

    Due: Annotate 5 more sources for lit review

    Qualitative Con't
     

    Read Research Designs Chap 10 p.195-197

    • Credibility
    • Trustworthiness
    • Audibility
    Week 
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    		 4/22
     
  • Quiz Research Design Chap 10
  • Due: 
    • Revised Proposal
    • Bring ALL annotations
    • Read Lit Maps p. 39-41
    Assignment for  May 1:
  • Final 5 annotations for lit review
    		•  4/23
     

    Due:  Seminar Pass 
    Einstein's Dreams
     

    Assignment for  Ap 30:

  • Read and prepare Seminar Pass for A Feeling for the Organism: The Life and Work of Barbara McClintock

    •      		 4/24

    Data Display


    Independent Research    		 4/25

    Qualitative Con't

    Read Research Designs Chap 10 p.197-207

    • Data Sources
    • Data Matrix
    • Member-checking
    • Triangulation
    Week 5 4/29

    Independent Research

    Mid-term appointments

    		 4/30

    Due:  Seminar Pass
    A Feeling for the Organism: The Life and Work of Barbara McClintock
     

    Assignment for  May 5:
    Read and prepare Seminar Pass for King Solomon's Ring

    		 5/1

    Due:  Final 5 annotations for lit review
    Inferential Stats

    Research Design Chap 6


    Mid Term Appointments    		 5/2

    Qualitative Con't
    Due:  Finish Bale's Analysis from Last Friday. 

    Read Research Designs Chap 10 p.190-195

    • Data Coding
    • Theme Emergence
    • Analysis
    Week 6 5/6

    Independent Research
     

    Mid Term Appointments

    		 5/7

    Due:  Seminar Pass
    King Solomon's Ring
     

    Assignment for  May 14:
    Read and prepare Seminar Pass for Their Eyes Were Watching God
     

    		 5/8

    Writing the Report

    Research Design Chap 4,5,7,8


    Guest Researcher:  Betsy Diffendal    		 5/9
     

    FINAL EXAM:  QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE METHODS

     
    Week 7 5/13

    Independent Research

    		 5/14

    Due:  Seminar Pass
    Their Eyes Were Watching God 

    Assignment for  May 21:
    Read and prepare Seminar Pass for 
    Ain't No Makin' It OR A Tribe Apart

     

    		 5/15

    Due:
    Draft- Purpose, question, hypotheses/obj, terms, limitations


    Guest Researcher:  Betsy Diffendal    		 5/16

    Independent Research
    Week 8 5/20

    Independent Research

    		 5/21

    Due:  Seminar Pass
    Ain't No Makin' It

    A Tribe Apart

    Assignment for  May 28:
    Read and prepare Seminar Pass for
    An Unspoken Hunger
     

    		 5/22

    Due:
    Solid draft-lit review & methodology

    		 5/23

    Independent Research
    Week 9 5/27

    Independent Research

    		 5/28

    Due:  Seminar Pass
    An Unspoken Hunger
     
     

     

    		 5/29

    Due:

  • Final Draft for peer review
  • Presentation Plan
    		•  5/30

    Independent Research
    Week 10 6/3

    Research Presentations

    		 6/4

    Research Presentations

    		 6/5

    Research Presentations

    		 6/6

    Research Presentations