So this weekend I've been mulling over y'all's stage IIIs. I notice that some of you have some really awesome sources. Also, I've been poking around my favorite websites and sometimes come across something that I think one of y'all can use. So, let's use this space to post interesting sources to share with one another.
The rules --
Post a link to the source
A brief description of what it's about
A brief explanation as to why you think it's awesome.
The can be research related to your topics, of course, or maybe you've just some across something cool while surfing this weekend.
I'll share a few that I've found:
Can Multitasking Change the Way Kids Learn
This source comes from an educational blog I like to follow, and it basically discusses different environments today's students study in. I think it's interesting because, well, I'm the kind of person who needs peace and quiet, but according to this article, it looks like I'm in the minority. Maybe I'm just getting old. Anyway, MICHAEL, this source might be useful to you.
Butzlaff, Ron. Can Music Be Used to Teach Reading? Journal of Aesthetic Education Vol.
34, No. 3/4, Special Issue: The Arts and Academic Achievement: What the
Evidence Shows (Autumn - Winter, 2000), pp. 167-178
So for this one, I had to basically give you all the works cited entry, but you should be able to find it in the library database (it's available through JSTOR). I know a lot of you all are researching questions related to music, and this one ties in music to learning to read. It mainly focuses on little kiddos, but still, it might be useful to some of you (AHEM mello AHEM)
I love TED talks. This one is pretty short, too, and it talks about the benefits of sleep for your brain. I know several of you are studying sleep and writing soo... there it is. A nonacademic source for you!
Barlar, Nancy Elizabeth. The
effect of sight-reading instruction on the language reading fluency and
music sight-reading ability of middle school band students
. Boston University, ProQuest, UMI Dissertations Publishing, 2010. 3405960.
This one I found in the UTPA library databases. You can type in the title and it should pop up. Basically, it talks about how learning an instrument can support a student's ability to read more fluently. I know, useful stuff, right? Woot woot...
Frida Marina Fischer, et al. "Sleep Patterns And Sleepiness Of Working College Students." Work 41.(2012): 5550-5552. Business Source Complete. Web. 13 Oct. 2013.
I found this one in the library database, too. It talks about how lack of sleep affects college students' academic abilities, particularly those who work (or have other responsibilities outside of school). It IS tough, right? I've always worked, before college, while in college, and now after college, because I have this cray-cray idea that I should be independent, and geeeez yeah, I remember being tired ALL. THE. TIME while in college. I know some of you all are researching sleep and others working college students, so maybe this is useful to you.
Have an interesting source to share? There's some extra credit in it for you, of course.
This is my first and probably best source right now, my research question has to do with students disliking peer review and why. In this article I read that some teachers had the students do surveys on peer reviews if they were helpful to them and if they liked the activity. some responded as it "Somewhat" Helped or Really didnt help at all. they do say in the article that some groups dont even stay on topic with peer reviewing and its very hard to get any kind of feedback from these kinds of groups.
ReplyDeleteBrammer, Charlotte, and Mary Rees. "Peer Review From The Students' Perspective: Invaluable Or Invalid?." Composition Studies 35.2 (2007): 71-85. Academic Search Complete. Web. 11 Oct. 2013.
Krista Vasquez ENG 1301 MWF 11:45-12:35
DeleteAwesome, Krista! Thanks for sharing. Several of you all are studying peer review, so this looks like an interesting source.
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ReplyDeleteWhat's your writing playlist?. Jennifer Willis.
ReplyDeleteThe Writer. 122.6 (June 2009) p9. Word Count: 249. From Literature Resource Center.
This article introduces many types of professional writers that share the relationship their writing and musical taste have. Explaining that the use of music influences and helps create a better picture of characters, articles, researches or any other writing they develop. This article can be used to prove how professional writers agree that music does benefit writing.
How interesting! Yeah, this source could be used in a multitude of ways, depending on the research topic you're doing. It looks pretty cool. Personally, I like to listen to classical music while writing -- it helps drown out any other noise that might distract me. Thanks, Rachell!
DeleteThis article is very specific if anyone is doing anything relating to food! My topic is Writers Block being affected by what you eat.
ReplyDeleteWidrich Leo, (2012) “ The science behind how your productivity is chosen by what you eat”
This article talks about what types of food you eat and how they affect your brain and your work productivity and which foods to eat if you want to get the most work done. The author even explains on how what you eat today can affect the brain activity of your grandchildren.
MWF 9:45
Good articles for peer review.
ReplyDeleteChing-Fen Chang, Peer Review via Three Modes in an EFL Writing Course, Computers and Composition, Volume 29, Issue 1, March 2012, Pages 63-78, ISSN 8755-4615, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compcom.2012.01.001.
(http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S8755461512000023)
Keywords: Peer review; Second-language writing; Process writing; Computer-mediated communication; Synchronous; Asynchronous
This article talks about three different methods of doing peer review and I feel it would be very interesting to compare this three and its benefits. It would make a good connection with my research.
Christian D. Schunn, et al. "The Effects Of Skill Diversity On Commenting And Revisions." Instructional Science: An International Journal Of The Learning Sciences 41.2 (2013): 381-405. ERIC. Web. 10 Oct. 2013.
This article talks about how peer review helps both the writer and the one making the opinions but sometimes it doesn’t help in any kind of way due to the fact that some don’t do such a great job t giving feedback. I liked this article due to the fact which I could see what stops the students from giving the correct feedback.
Mari Chavez English 1301 MWF 7:45
Linnette Avalos MWF 9:45
ReplyDeleteSource for Peer Review:
O'Donnell, Angela M., Celia O. Larson, Donald F. Dansereau, and Thomas R. Rocklin."Effects of Cooperation and Editing on Instruction Writing Performance." The Journal of Experimental Education 54.4 (1986): 207-210.
-This article is based off of a study performed on students to examine their effects on editing and on writing instruction. The result of the study showed that dyads (a group of two people) worked better and outperformed individuals and non-editors outperformed editors.