Semester Project 3

Title: Chapter Reading Log

Purpose:

This activity is designed to help students become aware of educational psychology research on topics covered in the textbook.

Objectives:

• Become aware of educational psychology research
• Develop skills for using the ERIC database

Student Activity:

Maintain chapter reading logs for each topic in the textbook: The logs include: (1) a paragraph of three insights you gain from the chapter; (2) ERIC search results you obtain in the library related to each topic; and (3) comments on one of the articles you read related to the chapter topic you found from your ERIC search.

Assessment:

Do you have logs for all chapters? Did you conduct ERIC searches for all chapter topics? Did you read articles related to each chapter in the textbook?

Variations:

1. For ten to fifteen minutes during class, pass your journal logs to a neighbor for comments and a question.
2. You can volunteer to create a web database of journal logs of other students.
3. Bring one or two of the best articles you read during the semester. Form teams of four or five people based on common interest. Work on creating a short ten to fifteen minute presentation of what you learned from the articles. Each team needs to create a handout to distribute to the class.