Research 101
Students are often assigned a research paper, and don’t know
where to go to get started. They aren’t
sure what the instructor means by scholarly sources. The goal of my learning activity is to create
a board on Learnist, a Web 2.0 social media site, that will take them to other
links that will help them understand what they need to do to complete a
research paper. It will start with
selecting their topic; explaining the difference between scholarly sources,
primary resources, and secondary resources; how to search for sources; how to
determine if a source passes the CRAAP test; the organization of a research
paper; and citing their resources in APA style.
The goal for the learner is to allow the learner to review
the various websites that cover these topics, so that the learner will be able
to create a research paper. The learners will be anyone who has to create a
research paper and wants to understand what is expected to be in a paper and
how to find and compile resources. The
learner can either be undergraduate or graduate.
The learning activity will be created in Learnist, so the
learner will have to have a computer and access to the internet. They will not have to have a Learnist account
in order to review the learning activity.
The learning activity will contain step by step
instructions, and the visual attached to each step, will then have links to
additional materials that will expand the learners knowledge.
To assess the success of the learning activity, I am going
to ask four students to review the Learnist board, and ask the following
questions:
1. What did you think of the learning activity?
2. Do you think this learning activity will help
you with your next research project?
Why or why not?
3. Is there anything you would change in the
learning activity?
4. Other comments?
From these comments, I will revise the learning activity
accordingly.
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