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Welcome to our main page.
Here you will find announcements, resources,
calendar of events and useful links for our courseAP Research year 4 - 2020-2021
Emily LaTourrette, Ernesto Diaz, & Christy Stocker
AP Research Syllabus: File containing the current version of our syllabus
AP Research Intro VIDEO
AP Research is open to students who have successfully completed AP Seminar in their Junior year. What makes this course interesting? During the year, you will be exposed to a myriad of research methods used in different fields and adapt those that will benefit your own research project. In the course you will design, plan, and conduct a year-long, research-based investigation to address a research question of interest to you. It provides the opportunity to learn and apply research methods and practices in a field that addresses a real-world topic of your choosing. While working with an expert advisor, you can explore an academic topic, problem, or issue that interests you and design, plan, and conduct a year-long research-based investigation to address it. The class is designed to be broken in three major parts. The first section is centered in choosing the topic and specific research project. In the second section you engage in the different activities associated with answering the question chosen as your research project and work towards the presentation of your investigation, results and conclusions from your research. In the last section the course culminates not in an Exam, but rather in the delivery of an academic paper of 4,000-5,000 words and a presentation, with an oral defense, during which you will answer 3-4 questions from a panel of evaluators
Questions about AP Research? Please contact Ernesto Diaz ediaz@tamdistrict.org or Christy Stocker cstocker@tamdistrict.org or Emily LaTourrette (currently on leave of absence) elatourrette@tamdistrict.org
The College Board’s AP Research web site also has a wide range of information about the course for students and parents athttps://apstudent.collegeboard.org/apcourse/ap-research
Lecture Introduction to Research
AP Capstone Program at Redwood High School
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Useful resources, documents, and websites:
Link to AP Central for the course and assessment descriptions
Link to Google Scholar
Link to EBSCO http://tiny.cc/RedwoodLibraryEBSCOall
Guidelines: Did I plagiarize?
Link to Plato - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Link: http://tiny.cc/RedwoodLibraryEBSCOall (your one-stop link to credible (authoritative) science / literary / history… sources)
User Name: Redwoodhs
Password: Library please do not publish log-in info in a public web place (also, log-in should not be needed while on campus, it should do it automatically)
And this FILE is your cheat sheet to access and operations with EBSCO
Citation Style Guide from The American University in Washington D.C.
George Mason University guidelines on writing abstracts
Research guides from USC:
Academic Paper - Abstract
Academic Paper - Introduction
Academic Paper - Literature Review
Academic Paper - Methodology
Academic Paper - Discussion
Research guides from DUC:
Real News, Fake News and Bad Arguments a Resource to identify them
Info-Graphics: Did I Plagiarize?
Weekly Agendas and Resources
APR Grads Data for Feedback in 2022
Greetings AP Research Grads. It is now time to give back and nurture our next class, currently in AP Seminar. I have created a calendar of openings and we need as many volunteers as possible in every slot. Please consider signing up to come to the AP Seminar classes to talk to the students about you project and offer your counsel and advice. We will all appreciate it very much. Add your name in the link here:
Link to sign up for help with AP SeminarThank you so muchDiaz, Stocker, LaTourrette, Blaber, and SivertsenWeeks of May 3-14:
Notes for Finishing your Academic Paper
Week 31 April 19 - April 23 Weekly Learning Plan
Slides for Week 29: work sessions and POD zoom link: PODs begin
Draft APR Presentation/Oral Defense Calendar 2021
POD Scoring Rubric
The questions are in the course description, page 58 and 59 of the pdf (pages 49-50 of the booklet). It is in thewebsite but you can use this link:Mrs. LaTourrette found this great checklist for your POD. This could be a helpful tool for you; it was made by a teacher and not College Board, so you do not need to adhere strictly to this. You just need 12-15 minutes of prepared presentation content organized by the general flow of your paper.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LZvBI3FC6_15nulRPnTHpFK3AaP1ldm2/view?usp=sharingWeek 30 April 12 - April 16 Weekly Learning Plan
Slides for Week 29: POD Prep and Peer Review
Draft APR Presentation/Oral Defense Calendar 2021
POD Scoring Rubric
Week 29 March 22 - March 26 Weekly Learning Plan
Slides for Week 29: POD prep work & POD selection process
Draft APR Presentation/Oral Defense Calendar 2021
POD Scoring Rubric
Week 28 March 22 - March 26 Weekly Learning Plan
Slides for Week 28: Aca. Paper w/4000+ words & POD Slot selection
POD Scoring Rubric
Academic Paper Scoring Rubric
AP Research Course & Exam Description
Week 27 March 15 - March 19 Weekly Learning Plan
Slides for Week 27: POD Rubric and Beginning of Presentation work
POD Scoring Rubric
Academic Paper Scoring Rubric
AP Research Course & Exam Description
Week 26 March 8 - March 12 Weekly Learning Plan
Slides for Week 26: Academic Paper - 3000 words & PODs
POD Scoring Rubric
Academic Paper Scoring Rubric
Week 25 March 1 - March 5 Weekly Learning Plan
Slides for Week 25: Academic Paper and Plagiarism
POD Scoring Rubric
Academic Paper Scoring Rubric
Week 24 February 22 - February 26 Weekly Learning Plan
Slides for Week 24: Planning and Work Sessions
POD Scoring Rubric
Academic Paper Scoring Rubric
Week 23 February 15 - February 19 Spring Break
Week 22 February 8 - February 12 Weekly Learning Plan
Slides for Week 21: Data Analysis Part 4
POD Scoring Rubric
Academic Paper Scoring Rubric
Week 21 February 1 - February 5 Weekly Learning Plan
Slides for Week 21: Data Analysis Part 3
POD Scoring Rubric
Academic Paper Scoring Rubric
Data Visualization: The Gapminder
Week 20 January 25 - January 29 Weekly Learning Plan
Slides for Week 20: Data Analysis Part 2
Resource at Dominican University of California:
Real News, Fake News and Bad arguments: Resources to identify them
Week 19 January 19 - January 22 Weekly Learning Plan
Slides for Week 19: Cosntructing Arguments
Resource at Dominican University of California:
Real News, Fake News and Bad arguments: Resources to identify them
Resource to evaluate Media Bias at Ad Fontes Media Interactive Chart
Week 18 January 11 - January 15 Weekly Learning Plan
Happy New Year and welcome back
Slides for Week 18: Work Flow, Aca Paper v4.0, and (peer Review)
APR Key Calendar Events & Dates
Work on Data collection and increasing word count of Aca. Paper
Week 17 January 6 - January 8 Weekly Learning Plan
Happy New Year and welcome back
Slides for Week 17: New Zoom info and re-entering your Project
Work on Data collection and increasing word count of Aca. Paper
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End of Semester 1
Week 16 December 14 - December 18 Weekly Learning Plan
Slides for Week 16: Aca. Paper v3.0 & Final Exam S1
Work on Academic Paper v3.0
Final Exam - Semester end reflection
Week 15 December 7 - December 11 Weekly Learning Plan
Work on Academic Paper v3.0
Roster of AP Research Projects 2020-21
Examples of Final Academic Papers from Redwood
AP Research Academic Paper Student 1
AP Research Academic Paper Student 2
AP Research Academic Paper Student 3
Week 14 November 30 - December 4 Weekly Learning Plan
Slides for Presentation Week 14 : Abstracts & Academic Paper v3.0
Roster of AP Research Projects 2020-21
Week 13 November 16 - 20 Weekly Learning Plan
Slides for Presentation for week 13: Abstracts & Final IPF + IRB form + Consent Form for Approval
Roster of AP Research Projects 2020-21
Week 12 November 9 - 13 Weekly Learning Plan
Slides for Presentation for week 12: Survey Design, Introduction to Sampling, IPF Final
Resource for help Designing Surveys
More Examples of IPF
Student 5 Final IPF
Student 6 Final IPF
Student 7 Final IPF
Student 8 Final IPF
Final IPF Example Student 4
Population Proportion Sample Size Calculator
Statistical Calculator for designing Clinical Research
Some Statistics Calculators from Wolfram Alpha
Student #8 Academic Paper
Week 11 November 2 - 6 Weekly Learning Plan
Slides for Presentation for Week 11: Backwards planning for the semester and objectives for semester 1
Resource for help Designing Surveys
Final IPF Example Student 4
Week 10 October 26 - 30 Weekly Learning Plan
Slides for Presentation for week 10: IPF v2.0 and work sessions
Resource for help Designing Surveys
Week 9 October 19 - 23 Weekly Learning Plan
Slides for Presentation for week 9: Validity, Reliability and Methodology
Week 8 October 12 - 16 Weekly Learning Plan
Slides for Presentation for week 8: IPF, Ethics, and Consent
AP Research IPF form in page 54
Informed Consent Form: ACTIVE CONSENT
Informed Consent Form: PASSIVE CONSENT
TUHSD Request to consduct research: TUHSD IRB FORM
IPF Example Student 1
IPF Example Student 2
IPF Example Student 3
AP Research Classwork Rubric
Week 7 October 5 - 9 Weekly Learning Plan
Slides for Presentation for week 7: Research Design and Methodologies
Week 6 September 28-October 2 Weekly Learning Plan
Link to the Agenda for the week
Slides for Presentation for Week 6: First Elevator Speech
Week 5 September 21-25 Weekly Learning Plan
Link to the Agenda for the week
Slides for Presentation for Week 5: Literature Review and Next Steps
Week 4 September 14-18 Weekly Learning Plan.
Link to the Agenda for the week
Slides for Presentation for Week 4 : Backwards Planning and the Role of Theory in Research
Research Methods at Cambridge: How to write a great research paper - 2012 Lecture 6 - Research Skills
List of Research Methodologies
AP Research IPF form in page 54
Week 3 September 7-11 Weekly Learning Plan.
Link to the Agenda for the week
Slides for Presentation for week 3: Annotated Bibliography and Ethical Considerations
Seminal Papers list by Discipline from Google Scholar
TUHSD Request to consduct research: TUHSD IRB FORM
IPF Example Student 1
IPF Example Student 2
IPF Example Student 3
Week 2 August 24 - September 4 Weekly learning plans 1 and Link to the Agenda for the week
Days 1 and 2 Introductory Thoughts
Slides on Presentation for week 1: What is Research?
Slides on Presentation for Week 2 Writing a Research Proposal: What, Why, How