1. CEP901B Technology and Education Prosem April 8, 2003 Matthew J. Koehler Punya Mishra

2. Agenda Announcements Guest Visitor –Dr. David Wong Break Peer review More on Research Projects / grant writing Meeting with Parolees

3. TTD… Your 6th Bibliography entry was due today Meaning your 7th bibliography entry is due next week Readings for next week are posted Details on the annual review process coming soon

4. REMINDER: ‘tis the time… To meet with your advisors to discuss –Courses for next semester (and further) –Setting up your guidance committee –Your experience with the practice prelims –What you are planning on doing for your practicum

5. Next Time Topic is Cognitive Flexibility Theory –Guest lecturer, Dr. Rand J. Spiro –Group in charge: Continue working on your research project draft –Convert current draft into a proposal for Spencer (as per last week …) –Continue to work on a UCRIHS form for your study –Work on applying for the Spencer Small Grants competition (Deadline April 18) –Peer reviews due…

6. Guest Lecturer Dr. Cool!

7. a.k.a. David Wong

8. What would Dewey do? John Dewey (1859 - 1952) Influential American philosopher Little known fact: Dewey loved to fish!

9. What would Dewey do? John Dewey (1859 - 1952) Influential American philosopher Little known fact: Dewey loved to fish!

10. The Wong Dewey Connection

11. Discussion of Readings

12. Breaktime

13. Peer review AERA proposals are given a 1 to 5 rating for the following 10 criteria: 1. Choice of problem/topic 2. Theoretical framework 3. Methods 4. Data Sources 5. Conclusions/interpretations 6. Quality of Writing/Organization 7. Contribution to the field 8. Membership appeal 9. Would you (reviewer) attend? 10. Overall recommendation 1 is always the least favorable response, 5 is the most favorable response. You must also write a paragraph for each

14. Peer review Each person is to review three other proposals. Go to the people page and review the research proposals for the next three people after you Turn in these reviews to Punya & Matt (by email) by the next class. Remember you have to provide written feedback on each point (in addition to the numeric score). Try to make the feedback as constructive as possible (in this regard this review is different from regular AERA review.

15. Grant Writing Budgets etc. The rhetoric of writing grants The tension: How to show off your knowledge in the domain without assuming prior knowledge from the reader

16. Parole Time Meet w/ your officer