Assignment 1: Paper Discussion #1
Read the assigned paper and post your discussion contribution to this week's discussion board.
Response: Due mid-week
Review the Content Response Rubric [pdf]for guidance on constructing your response to the reading.
Replies to Classmates: Due end-of-week
Return to the discussion board and respond to critique postings from two of your classmates. Engage them in an in-depth, collegial discussion about their work. You might ask them to clarify things you found unclear, point out (politely, please) statements with which you disagree, or offer alternative views to the ones they stated.
Review the Classroom Conversation Rubric for guidance on joining the unfolding conversation.
Grading
Your response is worth 8 points and your replies to your classmates are worth another 8 points.
Assignment 2: Literature Review Dissection
Your second assignment this week is to retrieve a full-text article from the Review of Educational Research (RER). Unfortunately, the most recent RER available electronically is from the year 2000. If you want to track down a more recent paper copy of the RER that is fine. Otherwise, something a little older will suffice.
Be sure the article is a literature review. If you can find one focusing on a topic that interests you, please examine that review. Otherwise, any review will serve our purpose which is to look at an excellent example of APA style in use. The RER is one of the most prestigious journals in the education field and it uses APA style.
Using the APA Publication Manual and the Using Someone Else's Words handout from the Writing and Research Strand in this lesson for guidance, examine the RER literature review you retrieved for the items detailed here. Be sure to post about your experience in the appropriate discussion board. Don't forget to include a correctly formatted citation of the work you examined.
Grading
Your response is worth 30 points. I'm not looking for a long response - merely evidence that you completed the task. This should be an "easy" 30 points for you. You should work harder on your paper discussion than the literature review dissection.
Assignment 3: Using Someone Else's Words Tutorial
Complete the tutorial in the Research and Writing Strand. Follow the instructions to send an email message to your instructor.
Grading
Your email is worth 10 points.
