Agenda

Students, be sure that you complete these parts of the paper and presentation:

• By spring break, which officially begins April 3, you should have your academic paper finished. This will allow you the break to have it peer reviewed and polished. 

• During break, April 3-14, you should rehearse your presentation and prepare your responses to the oral defense questions. 

When you return, you should be ready to do mock presentations. 

Watch these two  videos from the list below:

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

2. Effectively Summarizing Your Argument, 2: The Abstract

3. Iterative Coding of Qualitative Data: Video 1

4. Iterative Coding of Qualitative Data: Video 2

Continue where you left off with your findings section as well as your watching of the videos. Remember, your findings section should be followed by an "analysis of findings" section (sometimes called the discussion of findings, depending on the discipline) in which you explain any trends, correlations, or conclusions that arose from your Research. From there, you can then indicate whether or not your hypothesis was proven or disproven in your conclusions and implications section. 

I cannot reiterate enough how imperative it is that you read high-scoring papers and emulate them! Refer to the AP Sample Papers List (New) that I linked on Google Classroom. To date, it is the most comprehensive list of papers and scoring commentary, and the best part-- it comes from the College Board directly!

When writing the findings and discussion sections of your academic paper, you may wish to review the following videos for guidance, most of which we have watched in class already:

5. What Is Significant and What Is Not? 

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

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

8. Effectively Defending Your Argument 

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

10. Effectively Summarizing Your Argument, 2: The Abstract 

11. Iterative Coding of Qualitative Data: Video 1

12. Iterative Coding of Qualitative Data: Video 2

13. Statistical Analyses: Video 1

14. Statistical Analyses: Video 2

15. Statistical Analyses: Video 3

16. Statistical Analyses: Video 4