CEP901B Technology and Education Prosem

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CEP901B Technology and Education Prosem

• April 8, 2003
• Matthew J. Koehler
• Punya Mishra

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Agenda

• Announcements
• Guest Visitor
• Dr. David Wong
• Break
• Peer review
• More on Research Projects / grant writing
• Meeting with Parolees

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TTD

• Your 6th Bibliography entry was due today
• Meaning your 7th bibliography entry is due next
  week
• Readings for next week are posted
• Details on the annual review process coming soon

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REMINDER tis the time

• To meet with your advisors to discuss
• Courses for next semester (and further)
• Setting up your guidance committee
• Your experience with the practice prelims
• What you are planning on doing for your practicum

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Next Time

• Topic is Cognitive Flexibility Theory
• Guest lecturer, Dr. Rand J. Spiro
• Group in charge
• Continue working on your research project draft
• Convert current draft into a proposal for Spencer
  (as per last week )
• Continue to work on a UCRIHS form for your study
• Work on applying for the Spencer Small Grants
  competition (Deadline April 18)
• Peer reviews due

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Guest Lecturer Dr. Cool!
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Guest Lecturer Dr. Cool!

• a.k.a. David Wong

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What would Dewey do?

• John Dewey
• (1859 - 1952)
• Influential American philosopher
• Little known fact
• Dewey loved to fish!

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What would Dewey do?

• John Dewey
• (1859 - 1952)
• Influential American philosopher
• Little known fact
• Dewey loved to fish!

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The Wong Dewey Connection
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Discussion of Readings
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Breaktime
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Peer review

• AERA proposals are given a 1 to 5 rating for the
  following 10 criteria
• 1. Choice of problem/topic
• 2. Theoretical framework
• 3. Methods
• 4. Data Sources
• 5. Conclusions/interpretations
• 6. Quality of Writing/Organization
• 7. Contribution to the field
• 8. Membership appeal
• 9. Would you (reviewer) attend?
• 10. Overall recommendation
• 1 is always the least favorable response, 5 is
  the most favorable response.
• You must also write a paragraph for each

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Peer review

• Each person is to review three other proposals.
• Go to the people page and review the research
  proposals for the next three people after you
• Turn in these reviews to Punya Matt (by email)
  by the next class.
• Remember you have to provide written feedback on
  each point (in addition to the numeric score).
• Try to make the feedback as constructive as
  possible (in this regard this review is different
  from regular AERA review.

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Grant Writing

• Budgets etc.
• The rhetoric of writing grants
• The tension How to show off your knowledge in
  the domain without assuming prior knowledge from
  the reader

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Parole Time

• Meet w/ your officer