Agenda
PREP Reflection Journal Logs

If you have not yet done so, please respond to the following prompts in your PREP Reflection Journal by Friday, February 3rd:

1. Lesson 15: Formative Assessment and Feedback: Now that you have had the opportunity to review some sample papers produced by students who took the AP Research course (if you have not read any additional ones, you can use the hyperlink to the right to access more!), contemplate your strengths and weaknesses and ask yourself this question: What necessary skills/tasks have I engaged in throughout the year to be successful on the academic paper? For which required elements of the Academic Paper am I still struggling?

Then, begin writing the findings section of your academic paper. 

 Findings Section

Remember, the findings section is not the same as your results section. Simply put, your findings section presents your findings, visually and literarily, to your audience.  In the findings section, you are not drawing conclusions or identifying trends or correlations. If you need assistance understanding where and how this section ties into the others, please refer to Slide 8 in Lesson 15 to the right. 

When writing the findings section of your academic paper, you may wish to view the following videos for guidance:

1. What Is Significant and What Is Not? 

2. Organizational and Design Elements for Presenting Your Results: Organization 

3. Organizational and Design Elements for Presenting Your Results: Visual Cohesion

4. Effectively Defending Your Argument 

5. Effectively Summarizing Your Argument, 1: The Academic Paper 

6. Effectively Summarizing Your Argument, 2: The Abstract 

7. Iterative Coding of Qualitative Data: Video 1

8. Iterative Coding of Qualitative Data: Video 2

9. Statistical Analyses: Video 1

10. Statistical Analyses: Video 2

11. Statistical Analyses: Video 3

12. Statistical Analyses: Video 4