A lesson plan based on a quick video overview of "The CRAAP method for evaluating sources of information" by Kallie Gay.
This curriculum, which can be used in whole or in part, provides background legislative initiatives, evaluations of Family Preservation/Support Programs in different areas of the country, and techniques in evaluating community-based programs. Chapters include: a description of the development of Family Preservation/Family Support programs including key federal legislation and California's implementation process; a review of current literature on both family support and family preservation evaluations; a state-wide matrix of County Five-Year Plans for the Family Preservation/Support Program Initiative, summaries of 10 county Five-Year Plans, and case studies of three counties; information on single-subject designs including the nature and scope of single-subject research and its relationship to time-series design; information on collecting and analyzing administrative level data to determine whether change has occurred in a target community; and analysis of administrative level data within a single-system design framework. This module addresses Child Welfare Policy, Planning and Administration competencies. (343 pages)Rogers, K., Ferguson, C., Barth, R. P., & Embry, R. (1998).
An activity/ worksheet on the topic of evaluating sources; students generate their own strategies for evlauating sources, compare to the CRAAP test, and use their strategy on an information source.
A quick video overview of the CRAAP method for evaluating sources of information
Web sources can be created by anyone and therefore are riskier in terms of their credibility and authority. This source offer some criteria by which webpages can be evaluated for authenticity.
This handbook was developed to support the course, Experiences in Biodiversity Research, which exists to provide early undergraduates with experience in the practice of biodiversity research and demystify the path to careers in this field. Although this course is situated within Iowa State University, guidance for educators is provided throughout the handbook to support those interested in teaching similar courses at other universities.
In this activity, students use authentic Arctic climate data to explore albedo and its relationship to seasonal snowmelt as a self-reinforcing feedback mechanism, which is then applied to large scale global climate change.
Experimental Psychology is intended to provide a fundamental understanding of the basics of experimental research in the psychological sciences.
Experimental Psychology by Jackie Anson is modified version of Research Methods in Psychology which was adapted by Michael G. Dudley and is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial.
Experimental Psychology is intended to provide a fundamental understanding of the basics of experimental research in the psychological sciences.
Experimental Psychology by Jackie Anson is modified version of Research Methods in Psychology which was adapted by Michael G. Dudley and is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial.
Experimental Psychology is intended to provide a fundamental understanding of the basics of experimental research in the psychological sciences.
Experimental Psychology by Jackie Anson is modified version of Research Methods in Psychology which was adapted by Michael G. Dudley and is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial.
This activity introduces students to the Arctic and Arctic climate. Through a virtual exploration of the geography of the Arctic students become familiar with the region. They are then introduced to meteorological parameters that Arctic research teams use.
FACTS is an acroynm to help students remember key points when evaluating information.
National, state, or local-level data are limited with respect to the characteristics of immigrant children in the child welfare system, the proportion of immigrant children who reunify, or the constellation of services that may be associated with family reunification among immigrant families. To fill these gaps in the literature, practice, and policy, this project examined family reunification among Mexican and Vietnamese immigrant and non-immigrant children and identified promising practices to improve service availability and effectiveness. This study used quantitative and qualitative methods and was conducted in two counties in Northern California. This curriculum has five overall goals: (a) to understand common characteristics among Mexican and Vietnamese immigrant families in the U.S. and California and connections among parenting and acculturation; (b) to understand distinctive characteristics of Mexican and Vietnamese immigrants in the child welfare system, compared to non-immigrants; (c) to understand factors that contribute to reunification among Mexican and Vietnamese immigrant families involved in family reunification services; (d) to understand how the work of a child welfare worker influences service availability for Mexican and Vietnamese immigrant families; and (e) to understand the basic components of cultural competence and how these relate to service effectiveness with immigrant families involved in the child welfare system. Video clip (coming) and PowerPoint Presentation (coming).Osterling, K. L., & Han, M. (2013).
This resource is a video abstract of a research paper created by Research Square on behalf of its authors. It provides a synopsis that's easy to understand, and can be used to introduce the topics it covers to students, researchers, and the general public. The video's transcript is also provided in full, with a portion provided below for preview:
"Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is one of the most common neurodegenerative diseases. While most of the attention focuses on motor symptoms. PD can also cause gastrointestinal symptoms such as constipation, nausea, and vomiting. Growing evidence suggests that the gut microbiota influences PD pathogenesis via the microbiota-gut-brain axis and that using fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) to normalize the gut bacterial community has beneficial effects on PD. To explore the underlying mechanisms, researchers established a chronic rotenone-induced PD mouse model. Rotenone treatment led to gut microbiome changes, gastrointestinal impairment, and poor motor performance, which was then alleviated by FMT. FMT also reduced intestinal inflammation and barrier destruction. Subsequently, FMT attenuated blood-brain barrier impairment and neuroinflammation in the substantia nigra (SN), thus decreasing the damage to dopaminergic neurons..."
The rest of the transcript, along with a link to the research itself, is available on the resource itself.
This course investigates theories and practices of feminist inquiry across a range of disciplines. Feminist research involves rethinking disciplinary assumptions and methodologies, developing new understandings of what counts as knowledge, seeking alternative ways of understanding the origins of problems/issues, formulating new ways of asking questions and redefining the relationship between subjects and objects of study.
What makes research distinctively feminist lies in the complex connections between epistemologies, methodologies and research methods. This course explores how these connections are formed in the traditional disciplines and raise questions about why they are inadequate and/or problematic for feminist inquiry and what, specifically, are the feminist critiques of these intersections.
This course is part of the Graduate Consortium in Women's Studies at MIT.
Mathematics facts are important but the memorization of math facts through times table repetition, practice and timed testing is unnecessary and damaging. Math facts, themselves, are a small part of mathematics and they are best learned through the use of numbers in different ways and situations. Unfortunately many classrooms focus on math facts in unproductive ways, giving students the impression that math facts are the essence of mathematics, and, even worse that the fast recall of math facts is what it means to be a strong mathematics student. Both of these ideas are wrong and it is critical that we remove them from classrooms, as they play a large role in the production of math anxious and disaffected students.
This writing assignment--the formal argument--requires students to use the comparison/contrast mode to support a stand on a controversial historial issue, along with material from sources chosen by their instructor.
Urban governance comprises the various forces, institutions, and movements that guide economic and physical development, the distribution of resources, social interactions, and other aspects of daily life in urban areas. This course examines governance from legal, political, social, and economic perspectives. In addition, we will discuss how these structures constrain collective decision making about particular urban issues (immigration, education…). Assignments will be nightly readings and a short paper relating an urban issue to the frameworks outlined in the class.
A social/behavioral science research methods text appropriate for a first course. The focus is on writing and using the APA Style.
This resource is a video abstract of a research paper created by Research Square on behalf of its authors. It provides a synopsis that's easy to understand, and can be used to introduce the topics it covers to students, researchers, and the general public. The video's transcript is also provided in full, with a portion provided below for preview:
"Colon cancer is the third most common and the second deadliest cancer worldwide. There are several known risk factors, which include gallbladder removal, or cholecystectomy, but the causal link between the two has not yet been confirmed. The gallbladder regulates bile acid metabolism, and its removal may lead to an overload of secondary bile acids. Researchers recently found that gallbladder removal in a colitis-associated mouse model promoted colon cancer development. Further, gallbladder removal elevated plasma levels of the secondary bile acid deoxycholic acid (DCA). In cultured colon cancer cells, DCA administration promoted cellular proliferation and migration and altered the expression of over 200 genes. Some of the upregulated genes were correlated with the important signaling pathway Wnt and cell cycle-associated pathways. DCA treatment also reduced expression of the receptor FXR, which subsequently increased levels of β-Catenin and c-Myc in both cultured cells and mice..."
The rest of the transcript, along with a link to the research itself, is available on the resource itself.