Educational research

myself referencing those educational experiences in my everyday life. Unfortunately, taking my students on regular fieldtrips is not an option. But, using assignment the encourages open ended thinking, choice, and hands on…

Professors, tutors, and students in the college jointly weave an academic network to effectively pass the knowledge from the past to the future. As we all know, it’s difficult to study, research, and even do any things without instructions and lectures. In “Hidden Intellectualism”, one of the reasons for Graff claims that the “street smarts” for the pop culture beat out the “book smarts” is because the “street smarts” can be widely propagated…

advantages and disadvantages, so it is impossible to determine which is better, as each study’s effectiveness depends on its nature. Case studies, experiments, and correlational studies all have something in common, though: they can all be affected by research bias. This is a disadvantage in any study, and can sometimes drastically affect the results. A case study can be defined as “an intensive description and analysis of a specific group.” (Christensen, 2013). In a case study, one person is…

Throughout the semester I have attended two research presentation in the political science department. These two presentation were different in many ways but had an underlying similarity. I have learned lessons from each presentation and presenter separately but also combined. Joe Ornstein presented the first workshop, which was titled “Subnational Public Opinion Estimation Using MrsP”. This presented took place on October 25 in the Eldersveld Room, 5670 Haven Hall. Joe Ornstein is a PhD…

Introduction This study was conducted in order to analyze the effectiveness of an economic educational program’s ability to increase financial literacy and self-efficacy for battered women. This article critique will highlight the main points, limitations, and conclusions of the research study and discuss what can be improved to better help the battered women’s population in gaining a stronger financial basis. Hypothesis For this particular study the hypothesis was explicitly stated. With…

extensive network of research and advocacy. The New York Times published an article evaluating the findings, explaining how prominent academics, such as Professor Wayne Parrott of University of Georgia, are involved not only in exploratory research in agrichemistry, but also in promoting the findings to policy makers. Many of these academic were recruited due to their prior advocacy- advocacy independent of corporate influence and based in their interpretation of the research. By channeling…

antibiotics in agriculture industry would result in antibiotic resistance of humans. All three articles are from people who have significant authority in writing. Baldwin is a writer, and the other two are M.D and Ph.D who can be assumed to have high educational background. Especially, Agus and Tony are writing an op/ed about issues related to their professions. Thus, their opinions and statistics would sound more reliable compared to Baldwin’s. Consequently, the authors’ social titles supports…

Determining the strength of a nursing research study is a critical process that enhances the implementation of evidence-based practice. Determining the strength of a nursing research study ensures that the empirical knowledge developed through nursing research is useful in improving nursing care, the system of healthcare delivery, and patient outcomes. Additionally, nurses should use research findings when making clinical decisions on the best practice to use in order to deliver healthcare…

“Sociology Making a Difference” is that his sociological research, along with the Community Service Society, is being utilized to assist the poor of New York City, which makes up roughly one third of the city’s population. Thus, this sociology based research is impacting a lot of people and making a difference. 2. Identify the major theme(s). What are the sub-themes in the article? The major theme in this reading is the impact that research (maybe not just sociology based) can do for a…

Ethical considerations; As Lambe and Bones note in their study, informed consent is a requirement of any such research proposal, indeed further to this Burton and Bartlett consider the value of being able to discuss ‘final story’ (pp.175) with the teacher in question, or as otherwise described at a ‘debrief’. This discussion time is of particular importance due to the nature of the methods. Indeed as Stutchbury, K, & Fox, A, (2009) consider, with any interaction with others, there will be an…