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Research Methods in Social and Natural Sciences |
contact |
Bernie Combs (Scottsdale Community College) bernard.combs@sccmail.maricopa.edu |
credits |
Donna Rebadow (Paradise Valley Community College) Mike Farabee (Estrella Mountain Community College) Alan Levine (MCLI) Pat Bradley (Socttsdale Community College) Rick Effland (Mesa Community College) Derek Cline (MCLI) |
college(s) |
Estrella Mountain Community College Paradise Valley Community College Phoenix College Scottsdale Community College District Office |
discipline(s) |
Pyschology, Biology, Geology, Sociology |
summary |
This web site provides an environment for students to learn the important characteristics, strengths, and limitations of the five basic methods of research used in natural and social sciences. |
details |
Many students today find it difficult to learn effectively from the traditional lecture method found in most colleges. Their world has been one dominated not by the written or spoken word but by video and graphic images, even image environments in which they are active participants. Research has also shown that learners are not of one type. There are those that can learn simply by listening and thinking, as in the typical classroom lecture. But there are others that need to learn by seeing how things are structured and how they relate, and those that learn by doing, a sort of hands on trying of things. "Research Methods" provides descriptive examples of actual studies that use the methods across four science areas: Biology, Psychology, Geology, and Sociology. The content may be used to see how different methods are used within one discipline, or to compare/contrast how a method is used across the four disciplines. Students can then practice their understanding through an interactive multiple choice quiz (feedback provided) and test their understanding in a final assessment (no feedback provided) where the results are displayed and can be printed or emailed to an instructor. This project was initially supported by Maricopa District Instructional Technology Grant IT94A-3 and produced as a HyperCard stack. In 1997 it was converted to the web. Note! As a professional courtesy to the owner of this package, if you use some aspect of this package or have some thoughts about it, please share your feedback via the comments form below. |
web links |
http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/proj/res_meth/ http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/proj/rm/ http://www.umuc.edu/virtualteaching/module1/concepts.html#scires |
supplements |
Sreen shot of original program (image) Note! As a professional courtesy to the owner of this package, if you use some aspect of this package or have some thoughts about it, please share your feedback below. |
shareback |
A "Shareback" cites the places on the web that mention, reference, or use this MLX package, and "shares" that information back here (more about shareback...) Most recent shareback for this package:Virtual Resource Site for Teaching with Technology Sharebacks can be generated automatically by weblog tools. |
extra |
Last modified: Nov-06-2001 Date created: Nov-06-2001 Visitor count: 8002 Dublin Core Metadata record  |
Maricopa Learning eXchange
http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/mlx/slip.php?item=121
