Weekly Recap # 4: Oct 24 2014
TO DO:
Find out expectations for undergraduate Thesis: Length of thesis, number of pages, etc.
Notes for next session: Kevin use Voice Recorder to begin recording sessions.
Next week move to Jia’s Adobe Connect Room
Check for TURNIT IN Access
Expand Literature Review (10 articles minimum)
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Jia confirmed proposal was developing accordingly. Made edits to major sections.
Today we will discuss the Theoretical Framework topics of:
CALP and BICS
ZPD
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Theoretical Frame Work:
Social Culturally Theory ZPD: Zone of Proximal Development
Scaffolding: Technology Supported Development
Text student via Mobile Technology
Email student vocabulary
Scaffolding through technology
One directional Scaffolding through technology
CALP – Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency
BICS – Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills
**Note:
You should use Turn-it in to ensure you are paraphrasing correctly: Contact program assistant for more details on gaining access
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Theoretical Frame Work Resources supplied by Jia:
YouTube Francois Desjardins
Graphics to illustrate Theoretical Frame Work
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Literature Review:
At least 10 articles of similar related studies.
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Thematic Analysis
Search tutorials
12 interviews from research participants
Find out what findings are similar to others
Compare similarity, contrasts, differences to other studies
Find 3 themes among research: EXAMPLES OF POSSIBLE THEMES:
Did the students approve of the technology scaffolding? How did they feel about it? What were there perceptions of the frequency? How did they feel about the time of day they received the intervention?
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Subject matter
Interviews will be translated to English with-in one week.
Give proper credit to Jia and participants for research subject matter.
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Jia’s Observations of Writing: Your current APA is sloppy
APA: Semi Colon between multiple authors.
Perioid after parenthesis.
Include DOI number, Italisized.
Use Purdue University Writing Center APA Guidelines
Use these resources:
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
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Next In-class talk: 2 weeks:
How to prepare a Research Poster Talk