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This course covers the study of standards, methods and techniques of research in the behavioral and social sciences. Students who participate in this course should expect to gain an understanding of applied social science research design and methods. Upon completion of this course you should have basic knowledge of the types of skills you will need to further develop if you wish to pursue a career involving research. Moreover, it is intended to enable students to become critical evaluators of educational and psychological research and provides an overview of (a) the historical and philosophical context of research, (b) library literature searches/reviews, (c) quantitative and qualitative research design methodologies, (d) basic concepts in research design, analyses, and interpretation, (e), basic descriptive and inferential statistics and (f) the influence of culture on the design, implementation, and evaluation of applied research. As this is a course section for the Community & Social Change program we will pay special attention to research that is designed to facilitate action or inform social change efforts. We will also focus a considerable amount of time on applied, collaborative or participatory approaches. These approaches are consistent with the values and principles associated with conducting effective research in community-based, organizational and policy settings.
Student | Assigned | Reviewing |
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Fcolasimbo | ||
NoelleW | ||
Alangston16 | ||
Xochsm | ||
Able85 | Depowerment in Community Psychology | |
A.novack | Collective impact | |
CPS76 |
Take the "Editing basics" and the "Finding articles" training ASAP.
Review page 6 of your
Editing Wikipedia guidebook. Then look up 3-5 potential topics related to the course that you might want to update on Wikipedia. Review the content of the article and check the Talk page to see what other Wikipedians are already contributing. Identify one or two areas from each that you could improve.
From that list, choose 1-2 potential articles from that list that you can tackle, and post links to the articles and your notes about what you might improve in
your sandbox. This is in preparation for your topic proposal, and to get you practice working in your sandbox.
If you are planning to update an article related to a medical topic in any way, please review the "Editing Medical Topics" training below and the
Editing Wikipedia articles on Medicine handout.
You can also review and download the additional
subject specific handouts for editing Wikipedia topics about women's studies, psychology, sociology, history, and more.
Take the "Evaluating Articles and Sources" training.
What article are you going to create or what exactly are you going to contribute to your selected article?
Review what exists on Wikipedia in your topic area, and consider the following questions (but don't feel limited to these):
Then, continue working in your sandbox on your proposal.
Creating a new article?
Improving an existing article?
All
Editing an existing article?
Creating a new article?
Revise
You probably have some feedback from other students and possibly other Wikipedians. It's time to work with that feedback to improve your article!
Present
Consider the following questions as you reflect on your Wikipedia assignment:
Do additional research and writing to make further improvements to your article, based on suggestions and your own critique. Continue this process and add comments to at least two of your classmates' articles during the final week of classes and during the reading
This Course
|
Wikipedia Resources
|
Connect
Questions? Ask us:
contact |
![]() | This course page is an automatically-updated version of the main course page at dashboard.wikiedu.org. Please do not edit this page directly; any changes will be overwritten the next time the main course page gets updated. |
This course covers the study of standards, methods and techniques of research in the behavioral and social sciences. Students who participate in this course should expect to gain an understanding of applied social science research design and methods. Upon completion of this course you should have basic knowledge of the types of skills you will need to further develop if you wish to pursue a career involving research. Moreover, it is intended to enable students to become critical evaluators of educational and psychological research and provides an overview of (a) the historical and philosophical context of research, (b) library literature searches/reviews, (c) quantitative and qualitative research design methodologies, (d) basic concepts in research design, analyses, and interpretation, (e), basic descriptive and inferential statistics and (f) the influence of culture on the design, implementation, and evaluation of applied research. As this is a course section for the Community & Social Change program we will pay special attention to research that is designed to facilitate action or inform social change efforts. We will also focus a considerable amount of time on applied, collaborative or participatory approaches. These approaches are consistent with the values and principles associated with conducting effective research in community-based, organizational and policy settings.
Student | Assigned | Reviewing |
---|---|---|
Fcolasimbo | ||
NoelleW | ||
Alangston16 | ||
Xochsm | ||
Able85 | Depowerment in Community Psychology | |
A.novack | Collective impact | |
CPS76 |
Take the "Editing basics" and the "Finding articles" training ASAP.
Review page 6 of your
Editing Wikipedia guidebook. Then look up 3-5 potential topics related to the course that you might want to update on Wikipedia. Review the content of the article and check the Talk page to see what other Wikipedians are already contributing. Identify one or two areas from each that you could improve.
From that list, choose 1-2 potential articles from that list that you can tackle, and post links to the articles and your notes about what you might improve in
your sandbox. This is in preparation for your topic proposal, and to get you practice working in your sandbox.
If you are planning to update an article related to a medical topic in any way, please review the "Editing Medical Topics" training below and the
Editing Wikipedia articles on Medicine handout.
You can also review and download the additional
subject specific handouts for editing Wikipedia topics about women's studies, psychology, sociology, history, and more.
Take the "Evaluating Articles and Sources" training.
What article are you going to create or what exactly are you going to contribute to your selected article?
Review what exists on Wikipedia in your topic area, and consider the following questions (but don't feel limited to these):
Then, continue working in your sandbox on your proposal.
Creating a new article?
Improving an existing article?
All
Editing an existing article?
Creating a new article?
Revise
You probably have some feedback from other students and possibly other Wikipedians. It's time to work with that feedback to improve your article!
Present
Consider the following questions as you reflect on your Wikipedia assignment:
Do additional research and writing to make further improvements to your article, based on suggestions and your own critique. Continue this process and add comments to at least two of your classmates' articles during the final week of classes and during the reading