Big Idea: Differentiation using technology * Research Question: What are some instructional approaches teachers can employ in distance learning in a high school Science class?

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Big Idea: Differentiation using technology

Research Question: What are some instructional approaches teachers can employ in distance learning in a high school Science class?

Read Purdue OWL’s “

What is Primary Research and How do I get Started

?” (n.d.-c) for additional information on how to find peer-reviewed primary research articles. Also, view

Literature Reviews: An Overview for Graduate Students

(Smith, Duckett, Bankston, Classen, Orphanides, & Baker, n.d.) for helpful instruction in writing a literature review and synthesis paper. Additional support can be found in chapters 8 and 9 of Who Says? The Writer’s Research (Holdstein & Aquiline, 2016) which provides support with writing and citing research.

Based on the literature you have reviewed, come up with one “big idea” to help answer your research question. Sample research questions and big ideas are given below. Then, locate 2-3 peer-reviewed primary research articles related to your big idea. Remember, a peer-reviewed primary research article is an article written by the researchers who describe their own study. (An unpublished dissertation does not count as peer-reviewed primary research for your M.Ed. courses at CU.) Read your 2-3 peer-reviewed primary research articles and gather information about your big idea. Do not simply list the information, but rather begin to synthesize the information to use for your final literature review assignment. Synthesis and focusing on the key details here is critical.

Write a synthesis paper, using your big idea as a theme to answer your research question, with the literature as supporting evidence for that theme. Consider these questions as you write:

· What ideas/ findings of the study help answer your research question and support your big idea?

· How is the study important to helping you answer your research question?

· How do the study participants compare from study to study?

· How do the findings of each study compare and contrast with each other?

· What are some of the strengths and weaknesses of these studies?

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* Research Question: What are some instructional approaches teachers can employ in distance learning in a high school Science class?
* Big Idea: Differentiation using technology

Review of the Literature

Here you will identify and explore the two-three studies that you have selected for the synthesis paper. This is sort of a smaller first draft of your literature review. Share some of the highlights of each study using the guided questions on the weekly instructions.

Subheading (Big Idea)

Organize the literature review with subheadings if appropriate.

Analysis

Analyze the different perspectives from the literature (compare and contrast). Opine these issues and discuss their implications by identifying the strengths and weaknesses of your three articles. Be sure to consider what they offer you in understanding your focus area/question as well as any critiques you have of what they DO NOT do for your understanding. In other words, why does it matter?

Conclusions

State your conclusions from your reading.

References

Insert your references in APA format here (Please use hanging indent). Don’t forget to include DOIs for your articles. If you can’t find them on the article, don’t forget to check crossref.org. Be sure to visit the

APA articles page

on the M.Ed. library guide if you are struggling to figure this out as there are many links and informational tools available to you there.