Electronic Research

Electronic Research (100 points)

NOTE: Your electronic research topic and the topic for your discussion board prompt are the SAME. You select a topic (only one student per topic), email Dr. Petty with your request and then check the submission date to see when to send a prompt for the discussion board.

The following are examples of resource sites to facilitate your on-line searches:

Smithfield Middle School IMC Cybrary

Ask ERIC

Dogpile

ixquick.com

Topics will Include:

Topic - Chapter from Text	Student Responsible for Discussion Board Prompt for this Topic	Date for Submitting Discussion Board Prompt to Dr. Petty via email
1. Motivating middle school students to read - Aliteracy (chapter 1)		must submit PROMPT to instructor by midnight Saturday, September 3
2. Learning is a social process (chapter 1)		must submit PROMPT to instructor by midnight Wednesday, September 7
3. Diversity and the teaching of reading (91-92, 110-111, 119-120, 166-167, 169-170, 216-217, 230-231, 242-244, 262-263, 325-327, 378-379, 418, 421-422, 475-477)		must submit PROMPT to instructor by midnight Saturday, September 10
4. Literacy assessments: formal and informal measures of assessment (chapter 4)		must submit PROMPT to instructor by midnight Wednesday, September 14
5. Reading comprehension: curriculum, instruction, strategic reading, student learning (chapter 3) -		must submit PROMPT to instructor by midnight Saturday, September 17
6. Vocabulary development and instruction in the content areas (chapter 6) - general		must submit PROMPT to instructor by midnight Wednesday, September 21
7. Vocabulary development in Math (chapter 6)		must submit PROMPT to instructor by midnight Saturday, September 24
8. Vocabulary development in Science (chapter 6)		must submit PROMPT to instructor by midnight Wednesday, September 28
9. Vocabulary development in Social Studies (chapter 6)		must submit PROMPT to instructor by midnight Saturday, October 1
10. Vocabulary development in art/music (chapter 6)		must submit PROMPT to instructor by midnight Wednesday, October 5
11. Study skills and reading strategies for content area reading (chapter 9) - general -		must submit PROMPT to instructor by midnight Saturday, October 8
12. Study skills and reading strategies for content area reading in Math (chapter 9)		must submit PROMPT to instructor by midnight Wednesday, October 12
13. Study skills and reading strategies for content area reading in Science (chapter 9)		must submit PROMPT to instructor by midnight Saturday, October 15
14. Study skills and reading strategies for content area reading in Social Studies (chapter 9) -		must submit PROMPT to instructor by midnight Wednesday, October 19
15. Integrating literature into content area reading (chapter 8) - general -		must submit PROMPT to instructor by midnight Saturday, October 22
16. Integrating literature into Math (chapter 8)		must submit PROMPT to instructor by midnight Wednesday, October 26
17. Integrating literature into Science (chapter 8)		must submit PROMPT to instructor by midnight Saturday, October 29
18. Integrating literature into Social Studies (chapter 8)		must submit PROMPT to instructor by midnight Wednesday, November 2
19. Writing and reading processes: facilitating literacy in the content areas (chapter 7) - general		must submit PROMPT to instructor by midnight Saturday, November 5
20. Writing in Math (chapter 7)		must submit PROMPT to instructor by midnight Wednesday, November 9
21. Writing in Science (chapter 7)		must submit PROMPT to instructor by midnight Saturday, November 12
22. Writing in Social Studies (chapter 7)		must submit PROMPT to instructor by midnight Wednesday, November 16
23. Technology and literacy (chapter 10)		must submit PROMPT to instructor by midnight Saturday, November 19
24. The teaching of reading for special needs learners (pages 119-121, 418-419, 421-423, 325-327, 262-263, 273-274, 216-217, 230-231, 237-241)		must submit PROMPT to instructor by midnight Wednesday, November 23
25 Active Learning Strategies (chapter 2)		must submit PROMPT to instructor by midnight Saturday, November 26
26. Initiating Students to new learning (chapter 5)		must submit PROMPT to instructor by midnight Wednesday, November 30
27. Becoming an Effective Content Literacy Professional (chapter 11)		must submit PROMPT to instructor by midnight Saturday, December 3

NOTE: All resources/readings should be geared toward middle and secondary learners.

Electronic Research and Professional Readings will be used for:

Demonstrating your "expert" knowledge on the selected topic
Discussion board reactions and discussions based on your findings. This will allow you to react to the reading as well as what you have learned. (Reactions and responses are to be based on evidence rather than on feelings.)
"Grand conversations" via the Discussion Board based on your well developed explanation or description of how you will use what you have learned.

Example of APA format:

McCallum, R. (1998). Don’t throw the basal out with the bath water. The Reading Teacher, 42(3), 204-208.

Irvin, J., & Connors, N. (1989). Reading instruction in middle level schools: Results of a U.S. survey.
Boston: Abbott and Smith.

Scoring will include grammar/mechanics. Type in 12 point Times New Roman or Arial font, double-space, front-side of page only ... bold headings. Bibliography/resources APA style (5th ed). Here are some on-line APA style websites (for your convenience): (NOTE: You will lose points if APA style is not followed exactly.)

http://www.apastyle.org/elecgeneral.html

http://www.apastyle.org/elecsource.html

http://www.vanguard.edu/faculty/ddegelman/index.cfm?doc_id=796

APA Citation Machine - http://landmark-project.com/citation_machine/cm_book.php3 (only as good as what you enter ... remember: don't enter FULL first names - initials only)

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