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Presentation introduces how to research design and proposal process when implementing student research into the curriculum. The STEM Student Research Handbook chapters addressed are chapter 2 and chapter 5.
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Implementing Research and Development into the High School Classroom
Day Four…Yipee!!!!!
July 11, 2013Illinois State UniversityWIP-5 Grant
http://RandDforHS.wikispaces.com
Workshop Review
Parklands
Today
Writing a Procedure/Proposal (Ch. 2)
CeMaST Equipment
Writing a Proposal (Ch. 5)
Develop a procedure
Peer Edit
Lunch
Parklands!
G
Chapter 2
Harland, Darci J. (2011). STEM Student Research Handbook. Arlington: NSTA Press.
Your Commitment Page 19
ResearchDesign Table
Page 33
Your Commitment
HypothesisDraftChapter 4
Your Commitment
Background Questions
What do you need to know about your topic?
Your Commitment
Background Questions
Skills I
need? How will I record data?
Can I measure that?
What would bemy control?
What extraneous
variables might I
need to control?
Entity
background?
Ethics & Safety?
Your Commitment Page 18
Independent VariableWhat do you need
to know about your topic?
The ONE thing you are changing (to test)
IMPORTANT
!
Your Commitment Page 18
Independent Variable
Manipulate
dVariable
Must be measurable
Safe &
ethical to
manipulate
Your Commitment Page 18
Dependent Variable
What do you need to know about your topic?
The ONE thing you are changing (to test)
What you’ll
measure
Your Commitment Page 18
Dependent Variable
Responding
Variable
What you measure
The “effect” or data you will collect
Quantitative vs.Qualitative
Your Commitment Page 26Quat vs. Qual
Your Commitment Page 31
Your Commitment Page 25
Constants
What do you need to know about your topic?
The ONE thing you are changing (to test)
What you’ll
measure.
What needs to remain the same for each group/trial.
Your Commitment Page 25
Constants
pH
pressure
temperature
lighting
When data
are collected
humidity
How data are collected
Your Commitment
Constants
The “C” words
ControlResearch design
Things you do the same for every trial or group
A group/trial used to compare to the experimental groups
Needed to show what “normally happens.”
Needed to “control” for extraneous variables.
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@)&
%
Your Commitment Page 19- 22
GroupsWhat do you need to know about your topic?
The ONE thing you are changing (to test)
What you’ll
measure.
What needs to remain the same for each group/trial.
Control
ExperimentalGroups
Your Commitment
Extraneous Variables
Constants
How would you keep (experimental)
groupsfrom cheating?
Control for by setting up
Your Commitment Page 33
Go!What do you need to know about your topic?
The ONE thing you are changing (to test)
What you’ll
measure.
What needs to remain the same for each group/trial.
In Your Groups
CeMaST
Let’s go get equipment!
Proposal
Your Plan
Procedure
Materials
How data are collectedHypothesis
Page 68
Literature
Review
Procedure
Protocol
Methods
Also called Format OptionsList of directions
Narrative
Play with Methods
Research
Background Pretrials/pilot tests
Design equipment
Test methods/skills
Page 70
Frequency of DataPage 71
How many groups?How fast can measurements be taken?
Scientific WritingPage 73-75
Your Commitment Page 72
?’s to help writing MethodsHow will data be collected?
How will measurements be taken?
How will data be measured or obtained?
What tools and techniques will be used?
How will qualitative observations be recorded?
How often will data be collected?
How does design address extraneous variables?
Tomorrow
Dr. Normal LaFave
Scientist, engineer, author, and teacherErin ColfaxNJ Teachers; year-long research course: Topic Literature ReviewMeBackground Research (Ch. 3)
