Assignments

You have three types of assignments in this course

Reading Reflections

Over the course of this semester, you will complete three reading reflection papers designed to help you get the most out of the courses readings. You will be given a template designed to help you summarize and read academic articles in an efficient and informative manner. You will succinctly state the paper’s main research question, discuss the theoretical issues it addresses, comment on the papers research design, and summarize the main findings and potential critiques of the studies’ findings.

Term Papers

You will write two ``term’’ papers for this course. Both should be approximately 5 pages double-spaced, not including references and any figures or tables which should be provided in the appendix.

Group Projects

You will be assigned to groups of five. We will hold four sections run by Isaac and I on Wednesday during times that work for each group over the course of the semester, designed to help you make progress on your group’s survey. The monday after these sections, you will complete the following:

• September 30 – Define a research question
• October 21 – Design a survey instrument to address that question
• November 4 Upload your planned analysis
• Decenber 3 Upload your presentations