Week 6
July 23 – 29


Important Dates:

  • Base Group Checkin – Due Wed
  • Live Meetings – Thursday at 9pm (EST). Join here: https://msu.zoom.us/j/4890140039
  • Everything else – Sunday night at 11:59pm EST
  • Readings – Are discussed online via Flipgrid (just follow links)

Also, by now we hope that you can turn things in via your portfolio. If not, you can still use the dropbox.



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This week, complete your digital story about your Research Interests.

For details, see the digital storytelling page), but remember to read the entire description of the assignment!



By Sunday 11:59pm, complete your reviews of two classmates’ draft research proposals.

For details, see Step #5 (Peer review) of the RDP page.



Remler, D.K. & Van Ryzin, G.G. (2010). (Chapter 14) The politics, production, and ethics of research. Research methods in practice: Strategies for description and causation (pp. 465-488). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. [discussion: Q1, Q2 ][RVR Ch. 14 QUIZ]

[**OPTIONAL**] Derry, G. (1999). Chapter 11: Difficult and important questions: Science, values, and ethics. In What science is and how it works (pp. 145-157). Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

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Schunk, D. H. (2011). (Chapter 10) Development. Learning theories: An educational perspective (6th Edition) (pp. 345-398). Boston, MA: Addison Wesley. [discussion: Q1 ]

Schunk, D. H. (2011). (Chapter 2) Neuroscience learning. Learning theories: An educational perspective (6th Edition) (pp. 345-398). Boston, MA: Addison Wesley. [discussion: Q1 ]

[**OPTIONAL**] Bruer, J. T. (1997). Education and the Brain: A Bridge Too Far John T. Bruer. Educational Researcher, 26(8), 4-16.

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