Information Literacy - Research Project Learning Outcomes Upon completion of this lesson's material, students will be able to:
Instructions The field of Psychology makes a number of very important contributions to our understanding of the world. It also provides a very unique perspective on problems and solutions. This series of tasks will teach you how to access the most trusted sources of psychological information and how to use and communicate that information to answer questions. These instructions are long and detailed, but understand that this one document is covering multiple tasks. Take them one at a time and you will do well! Proposal Review the information found here: Developing Good Research Questions Your task is to come up with an appropriate research question that you will use for the rest of the tasks in this assignment. Your best source for ideas is your textbook. Skim the chapters and see if there is any area in psychology that you are already interested in. Pick something that you LIKE to read and think about because you will be doing a lot of reading and thinking about it! Once you have come up with an idea you need to communicate it to your instructor. In the same folder as this document you will find a quiz titled "Research Task #1 - Asking Appropriate Questions." There is only one question in this quiz...type your Research Question in the box, save the answer, and submit the quiz. Your instructor will review your submission and provide feedback and a grade. You must get a 100 score on this quiz before moving on to the next step in the process so you can take this quiz over and over again until you get a 100. Below is a small rubric outlining what the instructor will be looking for they are evaluating the quality of your question.
Peer Reviewed Articles Review the information found in the following web pages:
Your goal in this task is to find THREE peer reviewed article using the KVCC online databases and then citing that article using APA standards of citations. Once you have reviewed the instructions linked above, you need to log into the online databases at the KVCC Library and search for an article related to your question. The most challenging aspect of this task is to come up with the terms used by the field of psychology to describe what you are looking for. Your instructor and the library staff can help with that. Conclusion Paper Using your three articles you are now going to write a paper. This paper has four components outlined in the rubric below.
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