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Exploratory Fieldwork I Spring 2007

__10% Group Research Project on a topic in education__ This project is an opportunity for you to start to understand the world of educational research and to team with others in the class while exploring a topic that interests you. There will be a required component focused on knowing the many resources of the college library and working with Mary Brown of the library staff. The final product will be a collection of annotated readings that you (as a group) believe are a good introduction to the topic for other college students. Your portfolio will be added to the Learning Resource Center (Carson 12) collection.

PROJECTS WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE CLASS ON MONDAY MARCH 12th
TEAM MEMBERS:

TOPIC:


 * REQUIREMENTS:**

COVER PAGE TO YOUR PORTFOLIO (A FOLDER, BINDER, OR OTHER NOTEBOOK) Name who is responsible for this collection, what strategies you used to find these resources, and **why you think these are good articles / this is a good topic for college students (like yourselves) to understand.**

FOR EACH ARTICLE, BOOK CHAPTER, or other resource, create an ANNOTATION (typed and proofread)
 * 1) Brief description of source (how did you find this article, and how you know it is reputable/reliable)
 * 2) Correct APA citation of this source
 * 3) Paragraph summary of article (key points made)
 * 4) Paragraph description of why __this article__ would be useful to a college student trying to understand education in the United States
 * 5) Copy of article

EXPECTATION = 3 articles PER team member Teams should be of no fewer than three, no more than five people.


 * Each portfolio must include examples of a wide range of resources (going beyond the expectation of three articles per team member is the most likely way to earn an “A” on this project).**
 * Maximum __one web page article__ per person.**