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Tuesday, May 20, 2014

The Vancouver Group


6/12 Guest Researcher ~ Pat Cummings

Pat Cummings, has been Director of Research and Evaluation in the Tacoma Public School since 2006. Prior to coming to Tacoma Pat worked in assessment and research capacities in Federal Way and Peninsula School Districts. Pat’s foundation in educational research was established in earlier careers as a School Psychologist, Washington State Mental Health Counselor and Adjunct Psychology Instructor at Tacoma Community College. He is active in the Washington Educational Research Association and often contributes journal articles regarding statistics and technology. Pat provides data and support to numerous community organizations and research projects related to educational outcomes.  Pat received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degree Psychology at Eastern Illinois University and is a Certified School Psychologist in both Illinois and Washington State.

6/12 Session Nine


Mills Chapter 09 from Glenn E. Malone, EdD





Tonight's 6/12 Discussion:
Guest Researcher Patrick Cummings ~ Quantitative Research
Discuss Galvan 5 & 6
Blog Check
Lit Review Check



Homework Due 6/17:
Read Mills 9
Post a Reflection on this post & Comment on someone's post

Next Class 6/17:
Mixed Methods

Sunday, May 18, 2014

6/10 Session Eight


Mills Chapter 08 from Glenn E. Malone, EdD




Eveskcige Annotated Bibliography




Tonight's 6/10 Discussion:
Guest Researcher Dr. Amy Eveskcige
Galvan Model Lit Review E  (p135)   Q's on p81

Review Mills 8  Writing Up Research
Blog Check 
Annotated Bib Check

Homework Due 6/12:
Read Mills 9
Post a Reflection on this post & Comment on someone's post 
Annotated Bib

Next Class 6/12:
Guest Researcher Pat Cummings ~ Quantitative Research

6/5 Session Seven





Mills Chapter 07 from Glenn E. Malone, EdD




Tonight's 6/5 Discussion:
Guest Researcher Dr. Dan Bissonnette ~ Interviews
Galvan Model Lit Review D (p139)   Q's on p100
Review Mills 7
Blog Check & Assignment Adjustments
Scholarly Article Critiques Check

Homework Due 6/10:
Read Galvan Model Literature Review E (p. 141)
Read Mills 8
Post a Reflection on this post & Comment on someone's post

Next Class 6/10:
Guest Researcher Dr. Amy Eveskcige ~ AutoEthnography

6/3 Session Six



Links from Slide 11:

  1. NViro 10 ~ NVivo enables you to collect, organize and analyze content from interviews, focus group discussions, surveys, audio, social media, videos and webpages.
  2. Ethnograph 6
  3. HyperRESEARCHenables you to code and retrieve, build theories, and conduct analyses of your data.





Tonight's 6/3 Discussion:
Virgin Islands Report
Blog Check & Assignment Adjustments
Scholarly Article Critiques Check
APA Tip ~ Reference List Basics
Reflections on Session 5
Survey Options Goggle Drive (Forms) Survey Monkey, Zoomerang
Galvan Model Lit Review C (p135)   Q's on p81
Review Mills 5 & 6  ~ Data Analysis
Dr. Gay Selby ~ 702
Guest Researcher Dr. Don Francis ~ Action Research PLC

Homework Due 6/5:
Do a quick review of Dr. Bissonnette's abstract and Chapter 1 from his dissertation.  From that reading, bring to class (1) two concepts or terms unfamiliar to you from the reading, and (2) two questions you have.  
Read Galvan Model Literature Review D (p. 139)
Read Mills 7
Reread Mills 89-91 on Interviews
Article Critique #2 
Post a Reflection on this post & Comment on someone's post

Next Class 6/5:
Guest Researcher Dr. Dan Bissonnette ~ Interviews

Future Due Dates:
6/5  ~Article Critique #2 
6/12 ~ Annotated Bibliography
6/19 ~ Lit Review

5/29 Session Five



Mills Chapter 05 from Glenn E. Malone, EdD

Tonight's 5/29 Discussion:
Guest Research Christine Moloney

Homework Due 6/3:
Read Galvan Model Literature Review C (p. 135)
Read Mills 6
Post a Reflection on this post & Comment on someone's post

Next Class 6/3:
Dr. Gay Selby ~ 702
Guest Researcher Dr. Don Francis ~Action Research on PLC's

Future Due Dates:
6/5  ~Article Critique #2 
6/12 ~ Annotated Bibliography
6/19 ~ Lit Review








5/22 Session Four



Mills Chapter 04 from Glenn E. Malone, EdD

Tonight's 5/22 Discussion:
Galvan Model Lit Review B (p129)   Q's on p81
Review Mills 4  ~ Data Collection Techniques 
Review Galvan 4 ~ Analyzing Literature
Blog Check & Assignment Adjustments
Scholarly Article Critiques Check

Homework Due 5/29:
Read Galvan Model Literature Review C (p. 135)
Read Mills 5
Read Mills p. 135-137 (Coding)
Post a Reflection on this post & Comment on someone's post
Keep Collecting & Reading Articles on your topic!  
You need at least 5 for your Annotated Bib & 10 for your Lit Review.

Next Class 5/29:
Guest Research Christine Moloney

NO CLASS on Tuesday 5/27

Saturday, May 17, 2014

5/20 Session Three




Mills Chapter 03 from Glenn E. Malone, EdD

Tonight's 5/20 Discussion:
Guest Research Dr. Mark Knight 
Blog Check & Assignment Adjustment 
Scholarly Article Critiques
The Research Process
A Matching Activity
Types of Research

Homework due 5/22:
Article Critique #1 DUE
Read Galvan 4 & Model Literature Review B (p. 129)
Read Mills 4
Post a reflection on this blog & Comment on someone's post

Next Class 5/22:
Data Collection Methods

Wednesday, May 14, 2014

AMS Recordings

Here's where you'll access the videos of each class if needed.

Revised Calendar & other thoughts about tonight


Revised Calendar:
















I made the changes to the calendar..I went ahead and pushed all the assignments to the Thursday.

Class Roster:



Some had asked about Angel...here's the link.
I've been told that's where the recordings of our AMS session will be located...however I don't see where...stay tuned.

Resources tonight:
TodaysMeet
Scribd
Dropbox
Prezi
SlideShare

What else did you need?

I had a great time tonight...this is really going to be a fun class!  I promise.

I think Earl was the only one that missed..but he sure tried hard!

Earl have you seen the Todaysmeet conversation (Link above)?

Brittany, I don't see your "Tell us about Yourself" entry on this blog?

Luis slipped his in while I wasn't looking.


To Do Before Thursday:

Post a reflection on "Session 1"
Post a reply on "Session 1"

On Thursday we'll add Luis, Brittany & Earl to the list to "Tell Us About Them"

And remember you're going to get to tell us about someone you just met tonight.

Be prepared to engage in Linda's content...prepare by reading all of her material found on the blog "Session 2"
Particularly this link that she made just for you.

Make sure you try to log into the library database before class...contact Linda if you need help (her contact info is in the link.

Complete all homework listed on the blog, under "Session 1"

See you Thursday @ 5:15

Go Cougs
Glenn
--
Attitude is Everything!


Sunday, May 11, 2014

5/15 Session Two

Guest Handout ~ Linda Frederiksen





Tonight's 5/15 Discussion:
Linda Frederiksen will show you how to find articles using the WSU network (Mills pgs. 48-58)
We'll discuss Model Lit Review A in Galvan pg. 125 using the questions on Galvan pg. 9
We'll discuss Galvan Chapter 1 & Mills Chapter 1
Homework due 5/20:
Locate 2 Journal Articles in your area of interest (1 Qual and 1 Quan)
Article Critique #1
Read Mills Chapter 3 & Mills pgs. 61-64 
Dr. Knight asks you to come prepared: Identify a problem, practice, or course of action in your current building that has you wondering if it is working.  What is that program and what causes you to question the effectiveness? 

Post a reflection on this blog and comment on someone's post

Next Class 5/20
Guest Researcher ~ Dr. Mark Knight  ~ Topic: Student Voice Method: Action Research


5/13 Session One



Tonight's 5/13 Discussion:
Course Goals
Research Areas of Interest
We'll go through this blog and the syllabus
We'll get to know each other and our research interests
Homework due 5/15:
Read Galvan Chap. 1 & Model Literature Review A (pgs. 125- 128)
Read Mills Chap. 1 & pgs. 48 -58
Post a reflection on this blog & Comment on someone's post
Next Class 5/15:
Guest: WSU Research Librarian Linda Frederiksen

At your site discuss in groups of 2 or 3 your thought on these 10 questions:

Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Tell Us About Yourself!

Where do you work?


Educational Experience?


What are your research interests?


Please post below I'll start :)

Saturday, May 3, 2014

Literature Review

Mills Chapter 1

Evaluation and Statistic Quotes

Quotes about Data by Glenn E. Malone, Ed.D.

Qualitative Research Data Collection Methods

Qualitative Data Collection Methods by Glenn E. Malone, Ed.D.

Quantitative Research Resources

Khan Academy is a great place to bone up on the basic understandings regarding the statistics and probability needed for Quantitative Research analysis. SPSS is the most common tool to assist quantitative researchers with their analysis. Finally, here is a great free online textbook on the topic of statistics (Rowntree, 1981).

Meta-Analysis Database of Instructional Strategies

Marzano Research Lab

A Synthesis of over 800 Meta-analyses Relating to Achievement

Hattie (2009)

Research Paradigms

Research Paradigms by Glenn E. Malone, Ed.D.

Research Design

Research Design by Glenn E. Malone, Ed.D.