Writing & Research Methodology

English 8125 CRN 17939

Upcoming Assignments:

• 4/20-4/27: Presentations
• 4/29: Final Project

4/27: Last Class & Presentation

• Schedule & final paper
• Discuss papers?
• Chart on choosing a chart (good for research projects)
• Alice's presentation
• Discuss presentations
• Discuss reading & Class

4/22: Presentations

• Discuss papers?
• Joke: http://www.jokes2go.com/09/4/j20.html
• Presentations Today:
  • Jin
  • Jeanne
  • Estefania

4/20: Presentations

• Heather
  
• Frank
• Jennifer

4/15: T-Tests, ANOVAs, Peer Review Day, & Sample Presentation

• Mini 2s, IRBs, schedule, questions, general class administration
• Stats Review: T-Tests and ANOVAs Data Analysis and Basic Stats
• Sample Presentation
• Peer Reviews

4/13: The Publication Process

• IRBs, schedule, questions, general class administration
• Discuss Readings

Reviewing Guidelines:

• IOP General referee guidelines http://atom.iop.org/atom/help.nsf/0/B44DBD2EA2EF742D80256EC5004671D7?OpenDocument
• "How to review" by Michael Bieber http://web.njit.edu/~bieber/review.html
• HICSS-96 Minitrack on Hypermedia in Information Systems and Organizations http://www-ec.njit.edu/~bieber/hicss96-referee-form.txt
• & More

4/8: State of Research

• IRBs, schedule, questions, general class administration
• Discuss Readings

4/6: Issues in Research (including what we we call those people we research?)

• Mini 2, IRBs, schedule (presentations, et al.), questions, general class administration
• Discuss those people we research & readings

4/1: Critiquing Research

• Mini 2, IRBs, schedule (presentations, et al.), questions, general class administration
• Discuss Readings

3/30: Usability & User-Centered Design Methods

• Mini 2, schedule, questions, general class administration
• Discuss Mini 1
• Discuss Readings

3/25: Collaboration

• Schedule, questions, general class administration
• Discuss Readings

3/23: Teacher & Classroom Research

• Discuss your annotated bibliographies and found sources (any recommendations?)
• Discuss Teacher & Classroom Research

3/18: Feminist Methods/Methodology(ies)

• Schedule, questions, general class administration
• Discuss feminist Methods/Methodology(ies)

3/16: Mixed & Historical

• Touch bases on IRB (review how to copy the text to hand in) & schedule
• Feedback on the annotated bibliographies
• Discuss Mixed briefly
• Focus on Historical

3/9: Putting it in Writing & IRB

Special Guest: Susan Vogtner will talk about the IRB

2/25 In Class: Data Analysis!

• Hand in Annotated Bibliography
• Discuss reading
• Data Analysis and Basic Stats & Excel

2/23: In Class: Ethnography

• Discuss Reading Responses
• Questions & schedule
• Another example for your minis: Mine!
• How good of an observer are you? http://viscog.beckman.uiuc.edu/grafs/demos/15.html
• Discuss reading

2/18 In Class: Focus Groups & Case Studies

• Discuss Reading Responses
• Questions & schedule
• Discuss reading

2/16 In Class: Surveys

• Hand in Proposals
• Project check in
• Questions & schedule
• Discuss reading

2/11 In Class: Meta & Discourse Analysis

• Project check in
• Questions & schedule
• Discuss reading

2/9 In Class: Experiments & Writing

• Questions?
• Schedule
• Introduce Mini Research 1
• Go over research article format
• Discuss reading

2/4 In Class: Methods: Quantitative & Qualitative

2/2 In Class: Methods: Quantitative

• Questions?
• Schedule
• Introduce Proposal
• Discuss reading

1/28 In Class:: Methods: Intro to Empirical Research

1/26 In Class: Library/Secondary Research & the Lit Review

• Questions?
• Housekeeping: ERes, next caucus, reading responses
• Schedule
• Introduce Annotated Bibliography
• Example of the research fear we discussed last class & how to make it work
• Discuss reading & present exemplars

1/21 In class: Writing up your Research

• Ask about next caucus
• Questions? Forum?
• TBA for next class?
• Discuss Reading

1/14 In class: Asking Questions

1/12 In class: Research in Writing

• Welcome our guest
• QOD: Research you have done
• Questions? Forum?
• Discuss Reading

1/7 In class: : What is Research?

1/5 In class:

• Welcome
• Review Syllabus
• Intro to me
• Intro to you & Question
• Register for the forum. We are English 8125: Writing & Research Methodology Spring 2009 (Note: Use you first & last name, not camps id. Something like Jane Smith not jsmith56)
• Discuss readings & reading responses