Agenda: EDIT 7650

For those of you who are planning to graduate in August: the SLM Faculty agreed that you can participate in the April marathon and present all of your work except for the internship, finish up internship work in the summer, and not have to present again in August. Anyone planning to do this should consult with me about the particulars. (1-14-09)

Beyond Results: Discussion

did not go into detail - our brains were full
ok to be subjective, but label it so
Please send specific questions as you have them. I may be inspired to blog about small issues, develop content, or make a podcast if warranted.

Looking ahead as far as we dare:

Feb 21
Room 118 (today only)

This day is reserved for individual half-hour conferences. I encourage you to sign up for a slot at your convenience - between 9a and 1p (will expand those times if necessary). Or, we could plan a meeting if that seems a better plan.

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Audio Coaching for Discussion Assignment
Brief Outline
recorded 3-2-09

Audio thoroughly describes how to write Discussions, Conclusions, and Recommendations (26 min.; in WebCT 7650/Home)
Farmer 21, 26
The Assignment
Interpretation, explanation, inductive and deductive reasoning, speculation, reflection - all are appropriate; each should be metacognitively labeled

In other words, make sure we can differentiate between the objective findings and your subjective "value-added" material
All assertions should refer back to something presented in the Results section

Mar 14
12:30-3, Room 119

Midterm feedback

News and business

Discussion and Q&A: Discussion etc. assignment

Reactions to Discussion coaching audio (see above)
Be sure to answer your research question! Can come at the end of Results, Discussion, or Conclusions - wherever it seems logical to place it. In other words, at what point have you provided all the results, analysis, and logic leading up to the answer? Put it there.
Literature: a good thing to include in discussion is a reference, or even a section, back to your lit review. Things that confirm, contradict, or add to the published literature.

A few clues in moving from Discussion to First Complete Draft

Transititions
Redundancy: use common sense

What the complete draft might/should look like: the AP1 Assignment

What to do with the feedback table
Making sure the recipe (methodology) is clear (so we can tell what you actually did)
Beware the words “significant” and “prove”
Yes, there has been redundancy in assignments. I apologize for that. However, I’m not sure if I could have kept everybody’s project straight without this redundancy.
But in the complete AP, we must (or you must) identify the right balance of repetition vs. readers having to look back too often.
Beware anthropomorphism (now we’re really getting picky - this is a minor "sin")
Ways to organize Results flowing into Discussion when you feel there is too much repetition
Fonts for online reading
How to produce the AP First Complete Draft - possible formats

Dropbox submission (filenames: remember!): Word .doc or rubric w/ URL
Prefer to work in Word as long as possible, or G-docs (so that I can highlight)
Webpage/site, like Jennifer's; Michelle's
Please don't .pdf for now - too hard to interact in this format

Your questions and concerns