Here are some useful research guides, grading rubrics, and other helpful material.

• Some are web-based guides that build on the work of others, with links to the originals.
• Others are PDF files.  Some browsers require you to save these to your desktop for viewing.
• Those marked “CC” were created by Jim Spickard.  They may be used, modified, and redistributed under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.  (See below for what this means in plain English.)

With that legal stuff out of the way:

Assignment and Teaching Guides:

General:

• • • Pedagogy vs Andragogy
    • PechaKucha Presentations (full & mini)
    • The Unessay: A Guide
    • Tips for a Successful Group Discussion (CC)
    • “Web Literacy for Students” by Mike Caulfield — an open-access book about fact-checking online.

Specific to this course:

• • • Guidelines for Book Presentations
    • Rules for Writing (a guide for Jim Spickard’s classes). 423kb PDF file
    • Learning Contract Guide
    • Reflection Paper Guide (see additional resources on the Learning Contract/Reflection Paper Assignment Page)
    • Instructions for other assignments can be found on this site’s Assignments page.

Activity Guides (suitable for use in many courses):

• • A one-page handout on Literature Search Strategies (CC).  95kb PDF file
  • “How Many Subjects” (a guide for non-random interview projects) (CC). 71kb PDF file
  • “How to Write an Interview Protocol” (CC). 82kb PDF file
  • “On Fieldnotes” (a template with instructions) (CC). 47kb PDF file
  • “What is a Concept Paper?” (CC) 17kb PDF file

Evaluation forms:

• • Evaluation form for class discussions. 272kb PDF file
  • Group project contribution report — long form. 369kb PDF file
  • Group project contribution report — short form. 324kb PDF file

Grading Rubrics: 

• How I Grade Course Participation
• (more to follow)

Writing Guides:

• • Rules for Writing (a guide for Jim Spickard’s classes). 423kb PDF file
  • Gingko: An Online Writing Tool  This web app uses outlines to make your writing easier.  It lets you separate major, minor, and sub-minor points, fill each with text, and reorganize that text at will.  Read the description from the ProfHacker blog or go directly to the site at http://gingkoapp.com/.

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It means that:

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