Class Notes

College Board Intro:
Thinking Ahead 1
Thinking Ahead 2
Thinking Ahead 3
College Board Lessons:
L1 Situating the Approach for Your QUEST
L1 Situating the Approach for Your QUEST Activity
L2 Types of Researchers
L2 Types of Researchers Activity
L3 Developing and Revising Research Questions
L3 Developing and Revising Research Questions Activity
L4 Initial Searches and Annotated Bibliographies
L4 Initial Searches and Annotated Bibliographies Activity
L5 Establishing Your Own Credibility
L5 Establishing Your Own Credibility Activity
L6 Definitions, Assumptions, and Hypotheses
L6 Definitions, Assumptions, and Hypotheses Activity
L7 Presenting Where You Are on Your QUEST
L7 Presenting Where You Are on Your QUEST Activity
L8 Contextualizing Your QUEST with the Literature Review
L8 Contextualizing Your QUEST with the Literature Review Activity
L9 Aligning the Inquiry Approach, Design, and Method
L9 Aligning the Inquiry Approach, Design, and Method Activity
L10 Choosing and Defending an Inquiry Method
L10 Choosing and Defending an Inquiry Method Activity
L11 Organizing and Discussing the Results of Your Method
L11 Organizing and Discussing the Results of Your Method Activity
L12 Engaging in Ethical and Safe Research Practices
L12 Engaging in Ethical and Safe Research Practices Activity
L13 The Proposal
L13 The Proposal Activity
L14 Moving from a Literature Review to Your Own Research
L14 Moving from a Literature Review to Your Own Research Activity
L15 Performance Assessment Task - The Academic Paper
L15 Performance Assessment Task - The Academic Paper Activity
L16 Performance Assessment Task - The Presentation & Oral Defense
L16 Performance Assessment Task - The Presentation & Oral Defense Activity
L17 Practice and Peer-Review
L17 Practice and Peer-Review Activity

Textbook 1:
CH1 The Nature and Tools of Research
CH2 The Problem: The Heart of the Research Process
CH3 Review of the Related Literature
CH4 Planning Your Research Project
CH5 Writing the Research Proposal
CH6 Descriptive Research
CH7 Experimental, Quasi-Experimental, and Ex Post Facto Designs
CH8 Analyzing Quantitative Data
CH9 Qualitative Research Methods
CH10 Historical Research
CH11 Analyzing Qualitative Data
CH12 Mixed-Methods Designs
CH13 Planning and Preparing a Final Research Report

Textbook 2:
CH1 Introduction to Scientific Research
CH2 Approaches and Methods of Data Collection
CH3 Problem Identification and Hypothesis Formation
CH4 Ethics
CH5 Measuring Variables and Sampling
CH6 Research Validity
CH7 Control Techniques in Experimental Research
CH8 Experimental Research Design
CH9 Procedure for Conducting an Experiment
CH10 Quasi-Experimental Designs
CH11 Single-Case Research Design
CH12 Survey Research
CH13 Qualitative and Mixed Methods Research
CH14 Descriptive Statistics
CH15 Inferential Statistics
CH16 Preparing the Research Report for Presentation or Publication