Ed 603 - Assignment 9

For this ninth assignment for Ed 603, you are going to read a historical or qualitative research study and state the following components for the study you read.

1. Indicate the problem for the study
2. Describe the procedures for the study.
3. Describe the method of analysis.
4. List the major conclusions of the study.

You may have to look up a qualitative research article relevant to your area of study for this assignment. For example, I recently went to the ERIC online database and using the keywords qualitative research and reading I identified 35 articles. I also entered the keywords qualitative research and gifted and identified 7 articles. The titles (for example) of these 7 articles were

• A "Rag Quilt": Social Relationships among Students in a Special High School
• Authentic Learning and the Research Processes of Gifted Students
• Private Power and Privileged Education: De/constructing Institutionalized Racism
• Socio-Cultural Contexts for Talent Development: A Qualitative Study on High Ability, Hispanic, Bilingual Students
• Academic and Personality Characteristics of Gifted Students with Cerebral Palsy: A Multiple Case Study
• Bright Star--Black Sky: A Phenomenological Study of Depression as a Window into the Psyche of the Gifted Adolescent
• Meeting the Needs of the Gifted Student in Language Arts and Mathematics: An Evaluative Exploration

If you are unable to locate a qualitative or historical research study you can use the study, Identity Work by Alternative High School Students, on pages 257-271 of the textbook for the course (Gay & Airasian, 2000).

Specific Format for Completing the Lesson 9 Assignment and sending it to the Ed 603 Instructor

You should create a word processing document for the assignment. As you did for previous assignments, at the top of the page, on the first line record the following: Ed 603, Lesson 9 Assignment. On the second line record your name and student number at MSUM (if you have one). On the third line record the date you completed the assignment.

In the assignment you should include the following items or components about the study you read:

1. Complete APA style reference for the article
2. The problem
3. The procedures
4. The method of analysis
5. The major conclusions

After you have completed the assignment (and saved it on your computer) send e-mail to your instructor indicating that you are sending the lesson 9 assignment in and then attach the file for the assignment to your email message. The e-mail address for the instructor, John Wasson, is wassonj@teleport.com

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