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Writing and Research for Publication

Writing and Research for Publication. Barbara E. Moely Professor Emerita of Psychology Tulane University Robert J. Hironimus-Wendt Associate Professor of Sociology Xavier University of Louisiana. Group Interaction 1: Why do Research?. (Ten Minutes)

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Writing and Research for Publication

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  1. Writing and Researchfor Publication Barbara E. Moely Professor Emerita of Psychology Tulane University Robert J. Hironimus-Wendt Associate Professor of Sociology Xavier University of Louisiana

  2. Group Interaction 1:Why do Research? • (Ten Minutes) • Why would you personally like to do research regarding service learning? • What questions do you have regarding service learning research?

  3. Reasons for Doing Research • Evaluation report to funding agency or university administrators (evaluative research) • Evaluation of program functioning, with the aim of making improvements (formative research).

  4. Reasons for Doing Research • Research to answer basic questions about: • reactions of students, faculty, community to a service-learning experience or program; • important program or course characteristics; • individual differences in service learners; • changes over time in students, faculty, or community attitudes or behaviors.

  5. Group Interaction 2:Potential Research Topics Ten minutes • In groups of 4 or 5, share with each other possible research interests that you have.

  6. The Research Process • Formulating your question: What do you want to know? • Reviewing the existing research literature: What do we already know? • Identifying your sample: Who will you ask?

  7. The Research Process • Developing measures: How can you measure what you want to learn from the individuals in your sample? • Use of established test instruments or methods • Development of new measures

  8. The Publication Process • 1. Conceive Study • 2. Conduct Study • 3. Write Paper • 4. Present Paper at Meeting • 5. Revise Paper • 6. Submit Manuscript to Journal

  9. The Publication Process • National Venues for Presenting Research: • National Service-Learning Conferencehttp://www.nylc.org/ • International Conference on Advances in Service-Learning Researchhttp://outreach.msu.edu/slConference/ • American Education Research Associationhttp://www.aera.net/ • National Society of Experiential Educationhttp://www.nsee.org/ • American Association of Higher Educationhttp://www.aahe.org/

  10. The Publication Process • National Venues for Publishing Research: • Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning (MJCSL)http://www.umich.edu/~mjcsl/ • Campus Compact Readerhttp://www.compact.org/publication/readerbackissues.html • The Generator: Journal of Service-Learning and Service Leadershiphttp://www.nylc.org/generator.htm • Journal of Experiential Education (JEE)http://www.aee.org/pubs/jee/njourn.html • National Society for Experiential Education Quarterlyhttp://www.nsee.org/pubsandresources.htm

  11. Service-Learning Websites • http://www.servicelearning.org/ • http://www.learnandserve.org/ • http://www.compact.org/links/

  12. CART (Compendium of Assessment and Research Tools) • Bob Bringle’s book, The Measure of Service Learning • rhironim@xula.edu • moely@tulane.edu

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