sc300 unit one prof. julie shertzer jshertzer@kaplan.edu aim: julieshertzer

SC300Unit one

Prof. Julie Shertzer

jshertzer@kaplan.edu

AIM: JulieShertzer

Agenda

1. The KHE seminar environment

2. Our academic weeks

3. The gradebook and the dropbox

4. Writing Guidelines

5. Announcements & Email

6. Unit one

7. Discussion board (DB)

8. Term project

9. Seminar – finding testable questions

10.Q&A

The KHE seminar environment

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Our academic weeks

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

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Week begins on Wednesday at 12am

Week ends on Tuesday at 11:59pm

All times at KU are based on Eastern Time Zone

In my class, work is due no later than 11:59pm of your time zone.

Please everyone type in your time zone

Gradebook and dropbox

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Grading Comments & Feedback

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Writing Assignment Guidelines & Expectations

1. All assignments are required to be completed in Microsoft Word

2. All assignments are required to have a cover page with your name, title of assignment and date

3. All assignments are required to have a reference page.

4. All references must be written APA style.

5. Review plagiarism guidelines.

An “A” Writing Assignment

• Content: Includes a focused topic, research question, strong thesis statement, introduction, and conclusion. Shows original thought. Develops main points clearly. The submitted paper exceeds all assignment requirements.

• Organization: Internally, each section has clear organization. Transitions found between and within sections are clear and effective.

• Writing Style: Appropriate to the assignment, fresh (interesting to read), accurate (no far-fetched, unsupported comments), precise (says what the author means), and concise (not wordy).

• Mechanics: Essay is free of serious errors; syntax, grammar, punctuation, and spelling help to clarify the meaning by following accepted conventions. APA guidelines are followed.

Announcements & Email

Two main forms of communication from professor to students: Course Announcements & Email

Course Announcements

Weekly – posted with information about upcoming unit

Other times – pertinent information about class or from the university that you need to know to help you be successful

Email

Check kaplan student account daily

Always double check junk box as well just in case

Unit one

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Course Home Doc Sharing

Unit one Webliography

- Introduce Yourself

- Final project information

- Reading

- Discussion board – 1 response and 2 responses to

classmates

- Seminar

- Project

Document Sharing

Be familiar with the doc sharing tab

Shared information with the class. Items include:• Syllabus• Course calendar• Writing tips and guidelines• Articles I find that are interesting and useful in your

studies

Feel free to add articles and resources that you find.

Websites can be added to under the webliography tab.

Discussion Board (DB)

Two discussion boards

1. Introduce Yourself (Tell your colleagues and instructor a bit about yourself in this discussion)

2. What do you want to learn?

3. Read:a. All your classmates responses and respond ing a way to

advance the discussion.

b. All your instructors responses.

Term Project – Science Meets Real Life

1. Evaluate what science means to you

2. 1,500-word (minimum) essay in APA style format

3. Part I: Apply scientific method to 2 real life situations

4. In Part II: Why I Cannot Live With/Without Science, you will examine a typical day in your life from the time you wake up, to the time you go to bed, and describe how science impacts you and your routine throughout the day.

Investigating Student Absences

• You are the community health department investigator

• You’re hired to look into a mysterious pattern of student absences at some local middle schools – is there a concern?

Principal Perez – Truman MS

-Talked to her band director-His class Wed, 5/20, had 1/3 of students absent- Is this the flu?

Fieldtrip: http://editurl.com/akn

Asking testable questions that can be answered by analyzing school attendance data

• http://science.education.nih.gov/supplements/nih6/inquiry/activities/activity1/create-graphs.htm

• Use this website to display student absences at four schools.

• View 4 graphs at once to compare between schools.

Absences at all 4 schools – All students

Band Absences at 4 Schools

Where are the unusual absences occurring?

Good, testable questions (hypotheses)

Use to create…

Questions?

• AIM office hours – Sundays and Wednesdays 7-8pm ET• Email anytime• Post questions under “Course Home”