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Engaging Techniques for Research Methods Courses

Enhance student engagement in research with activities like dissecting articles, qualitative data analysis, and using federal registries. Promote applied learning and understanding research.

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Engaging Techniques for Research Methods Courses

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  1. Techniques to Engage Students in Research Methods Courses Kristin Bolton, PhD, MSW Associate Professor of Social Work University of North Carolina Wilmington

  2. Presentation Overview • Applied learning in research methods • Activities to engage students in a face-to-face class • Sharing course trepidations • Using peer-reviewed journals to understand different types of articles • Understanding of research within the student’s institution • Dissecting research articles • Measurement • Qualitative data analysis • Federal and state registries as a source of information • Using research to inform practice • Media

  3. Applied Learning • Understanding of Applied Learning • Experiential Education • National Society for Experiential Education (NSEE) • High-Impact Practices • Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) • Social work’s token pedagogy!

  4. Sharing course trepidations • Objective: Provide students with an opportunity to express pre conceived notions about research class. • Student instructions: • Get into groups of 3-4 • Introduce yourselves • Select someone to write down information • Create a list of fears or anxiety related to this course • Create a list of 2-3 questions you may have about this course

  5. Peer Reviewed Journal Articles Objectives: • Provide students with the skills to distinguish between an empirical study and a literature review/theoretical article. • Assist students in developing an understanding of the function and value of peer-reviewed journals. Student instructions: • In pairs, select a journal and begin looking over the articles. • Determine the classification of the each article and provide a justification

  6. What is it that faculty do? Objectives: • Provide students with understanding of the nature of a faculty position. • Provide students with an opportunity to learn about the present faculty’s research interests. Student instructions: • Locate an article that was written by a faculty member in social work at this institution • Identify the type or article (study versus a literature review/ theoretical article

  7. Dissecting Research Articles Objective: Assist students in understanding how to critically appraise research studies. • Student instructions: • Read through article • Identify the following information • Purpose statement • Sample • Methods • Results • Practice implications

  8. Measurement Objectives: • Develop understanding of the importance of valid and reliable assessments. • Develop understanding of the importance of conceptual definitions and operationalization Student assignment: • Locate a valid and reliable assessment and indicate how you would use it in practice. • Indicate why it is important to use both valid and reliable assessment instruments.

  9. Qualitative Data Analysis Objective: Assist students in developing skills to code basic qualitative data related. Student Instructions: • Complete anonymous questionnaire by the next class • What would you like the instructor or class to keep doing? • What would you like the instructor or class to stop doing? • What would you like the instructor or class to start doing? • Code the responses to the questionnaire • Identify themes

  10. Federal and State Registries Objective: Develop the skills to access and utilize federal registries Student Instructions: • Based on the scenario, search this database and find an intervention that could be used to address the client’s situation. • Reflect on the process of searching the database and locating this information. How could you apply this in the future? Example registries include: ODDDP Model Programs Guide and the California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare

  11. Using Research to Inform Practice Objective: Develop skills in searching for evidence to make and support practice related decisions. Student assignment: • In groups, identify a social problem and the interventions that have been used to assess the social problem • Present the social problem to classmates and include an overview of the interventions that have been used,and a justification for the intervention you would recommend. • Use a pre/post questionnaire to assess the knowledge gained by classmates.

  12. Media and Other Sources • Psychological research-Crash Course Psychology #2 • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFV71QPvX2I • Trust in Research- The Ethics of Knowledge Production • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSV4VZ8gdUQ • Six Reasons Why Research is Cool • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1b3iteSyg1I • There are a ton, these are a few that I have used.

  13. Contact me! • boltonk@uncw.edu

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