This paper should provide a thorough review of the literature on the topic you will choose the first day of class. The paper WILL provide sufficient detail to understand the topic, the direction of research in the area (including scientific conclusions to date) and the implications of the research in the area. Remember, a COMPLETED research paper is expected ON TIME, TYPED and ACCORDING TO APA STYLE. IF IN DOUBT ABOUT THE MEANING OF THIS LATTER STATEMENT BUY THE MANUAL! The paper should have at least TEN references(but more are encouraged) and you are REQUIRED to include complete Xeroxed copies of the articles. NOTE: Many articles are not available on this campus. USE DOCUMENT DELIVERY NOW!
Presentations: Begin on June 1@ 9:40 a.m. (be prepared)
The presentation will be approximately 15 minutes in length (12 minutes for you and 3 minutes for questions). The presentation will be your final paper in abbreviated form. You should provide the audience with a clear discussion of the research in your paper. Visual aides are strongly recommended and should be professional looking. Do not show up with something that was hand drawn 10 minutes before your arrival. The order of the presentations will be determined at random and disclosed the day of the presentations.
Each week you will be given a short article, usually from one of two international journals "Nature" or "Science". Your task is to read the article and provide a summary of the article as you understand it in a succinct nature. The write-ups should be grammatical correct and free of spelling errors, but this is on line so minor infractions will be overlooked.
Each write-up will require you to make logical sense of the of the article in your own words. Do not quote the source! This is a thinking exercise so think. Do not spend enormous amounts of time on the reading. Read the article once without much thought. This will be hard, because most of the articles are a condensed in-depth topic specific discussion. Then after a day or so re-read the article and attempt to make some sense of the reported findings. The following question may be useful as you read the article. What did the research show and what are the implications?
Links to the abstracts of the articles can be found each week on the Homepage for this Class.
http://www.csubak.edu/~jdeegan/p301/p301hpl.htm#ART301
It is your job to track down the article and read the entire text. You will also be required to post your article responses on the Homepage. THIS IS A REQUIRED PORTION OF THE CLASS so do not take this lightly.
PLEASE NOTE: (a) Others in the class, and the world, will be able to read your responses. If this is a problem then you should let the instructor know that you will be using an alias to post your messages. (b) If you respond with a typed paper response, it will be accepted but will not receive full credit. Hand written responses will not be read or graded.
In addition to the above HOMEPAGE work, Extra Credit will occasionally be made available on the Homepage. This will often involve the reading of an entire text of an article taken from a biweekly paper "The Scientist" and commenting on the article. Another possible Extra Credit Assignment will involve the commenting on previous posts from members of the class. These opportunities will be noted on the Homepage when they become available. You should also note that Extra Credit is magical points that remain in the ether until the grades have been assigned. Then they are added to the point total you have accumulated, possible moving your grade to the next level.
The menu list given below contains links to articles or abstracts in the journal or newspaper identified . If you find the article of interest or would simply like to read the article for extra credit, the journal can be found in the library. Articles that are found in the journal Sciencecan also be Xeroxed by checking the appropriate issue out from the instructor. You are encouraged to Xerox the article and then read it in your spare time. To receive extra credit you must follow the instructions for extra credit given in your syllabus.
The following articles should not only be of particular interest to anyone in Principles of Learning, but also to researchers in general. The student is encouraged to comment on the articles when that capability is enabled. The comments will not be graded, but effort expended here could help the grade in the event a person falls on a cutoff point for the next grade level.
The following articles will be activated by Friday each week. In the case of Science articles, you will need to use your User Account and Password from the academic VAX to access the articles on-line. In the case of Molecular Vision or The Scientist articles you will gain access to the complete article without a password. Responses are to be posted by the time specified for each article.
Walter W. Stiern Library Psychology Homepage is a direct link to a list of Psychology relevant materials created by the Library (David Kosakowski) for use by students at CSUB. It is listed here as a convenient direct link for you. If you like add it to your own bookmark list.