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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 6 - 2022-2023
Emily LaTourrette, & Ernesto Diaz
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 Emily LaTourrette elatourrette@tamdistrict.org or Ernesto Diaz ediaz@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) 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.
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) 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.
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) 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.
Guidelines for Survey Design
George Mason University guidelines on writing abstracts
Political Science and Prediction Analysis TED talk
Business Research Methodology
Research Philosophy Brief
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? Resource to evaluate Media Bias at Ad Fontes Media Interactive Chart
Pew Short Course on Polling: Lesson 1, Lesson 2, Lesson 3, Lesson 4, Lesson 5
Best Practices for Survey Research
Methods 101: Question Wording
Methods 101: What are non-probability surveys?
Curated Proposed College hacks for 2023-2024
Student Database for Feedback on 2024
Weekly Agendas and Resources
Week 33: April 17-21:
Slides for Weeek 33 - Your Final Academic Paper for the AP Board is due next week. Your Academic Paper needs to be run through the Originality report. It will also be scrubbed by ChatGPT/AI-chatbot recognition software to identify plagiarism.
Please review the instructions on the slides and the video with guidance for submission:. You know what you need to do
Week 30: March 27-31:
Slides Week 30: 2 weeks left - 2nd Peer review for Final Academic Paper
Week 29: March 27-31:
Slides Week 29: 4 weeks left - 1st Peer review for Final Academic Paper
Week 28: March 20-24:
Prep for POD and Academic Paper v 6.0
Week 27: March 13-17:
Slides for Week 27: Oral Defenses Begin
Simon Sinek Start with WHY
Week 26: March 6-10:
Slides for Week 26: POD Final draft Preparation
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=sharingQuestions during PODs are in page 68 of the attached file.
Preparing your POD, useful tips:
Harvard Business Review: Do your slides pass the glance test?
TED In-House Expert: 10 Tips on how to make slides that communicate your idea
UNC at Chapel Hill: Preparing Effective Presentations
UT Health San Antonio: 11 tips for the 3 minute Thesis Competition
Week 25:
Slides for week 25: POD Slot Selection
CALENDAR FOR 2023 PODs (draft)
Resources for this week:
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
USC Guide on Results and Data Collection
Week 24: February 13 - February 17
Slides for week 24: Academic Paper version 5.0
Week 23: February 6 - February 10
Slides for week 23: Pod Preparation Part II
Week 22: January 30-February 3
Slides for week 22: Pod Preparation
Resources:
POD Scoring Rubric
Questions during PODs are in page 68 of the attached file.
Week 21: January 23-27
Slides for Week 21: Academic Paper v4 and AP Research Journal are due by Friday
Resources:
Writing: From Descriptive to Critical (Manchester Metropolitan University - UK)
Writing: Using Evidence Effectively (Manchester Metropolitan University - UK)
Writing: Writing Concisely (Manchester Metropolitan University - UK)
AP Research Textbook Pages 298-304
on How to Analyze Interview Data
on Grounded Theory Research: Procedures, Canons, and Evaluative Criteria
Academic Paper USC Guidelines - Quantitative Methods
If your project requires statistical analysis, please see the slides in this week's presentation and listen (using headphones) to the pre-recorded video lecture in these links:
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Slides on Data Analytics for week 21
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Video Lecture on Data Analytics Part 1
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Video Lecture on Data Analytics Part II
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Week 20: January 16-20
Slides for Week 20: Data Collection Peer Review
USC Guide on Results and Data Collection
Week 19: January 9-13
Slides Week 19: Reconnecting with your project Part II
Week 18: January 4-6
Slides for Week 18: Reconnecting with your project
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Weeks 16 and 17: December 5 to 16
Slides for week 16 & 17: Working on the Academic Paper v3.0 and Final Exam S1
Week 15 November 28 - December 2
Slides for Week 15: Peer Review for Academic Paper v3.0
Week 14 November 14 - November 18
Slides for week 14: Submitting IPF and start of Academic Paper v3.0
Academic Paper Scoring Rubric
Academic Paper Examples in AP Central
Examples for Grading
Not using Human Subjects
Student 1 Academic Paper Final Version
Student 3 Academic Paper Final Version
Using Human Subjects
Student 2 Academic Paper Final Version
Student 4 Academic Paper Final Version
Week 13 November 7 - November 10
Slides and agendas for week 13: Polishing the IPF
Academic Paper guidance - Abstract
Academic Paper guidance - Introduction
Academic Paper guidance - Literature Review
Academic Paper guidance - Methodology
Week 12 October 31 - November 4
Presentation for Week 12: The nature of explanations and IPF v3.0
Week 11 October 24 - October 28
Presentation for Wek 11: Peer Review + IPF v2.0 work
Week 10 October 17 - October 21
Presentation for week 10: Validity and Reliability
Academic Paper - Methodology
Example: Student B Academic Paper
Week 9 October 10 - October 14
Slides on Presentation for Week 9: Abstracts, Sampling, and Backwards Planning
George Mason University guidelines on writing abstracts
Academic Paper - Abstract
Writing an Abstract. The Writing Center. Clarion University, 2009
Tool for How to write a conference abstract: a five-part plan for pitching your research at almost anything
Example of a Peer reviewed paper in Philosophy: Four Kinds of Perspectival Truth (notice the difference between
Abstract and Introduction)
Population Proportion Sample Size Calculator
Statistical Calculator for designing Clinical Research
Some Statistics Calculators from Wolfram Alpha
Academic Paper - Methodology
Student #8 Academic Paper
Week 8 October 3 - October 7
Slides on Presentation for week 8: IPFs, IRBs, and Consent Forms
Week 7 September 27 - October 1
Slides on Presentation for Week 7: Surveys and Consent
Survey Design Guidelines from Arevik Avedian at Harvard Law School
Additional Resource for help Designing Surveys
Informed Consent Form: ACTIVE CONSENT
Informed Consent Form: PASSIVE CONSENT
TUHSD Request to conduct research: TUHSD IRB FORM
Week 6 September 19 - September 23
Slides on Presentation for Week 6: Ethical Considerations, IRB, 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 A
Example: Student B IPF
Student 5 Final IPF
Student 6 Final IPF
Student 7 Final IPF
Student 8 Final IPF
Student 10 Final IPF
Week 5 September 12 - September 16
Slides on Presentation for Week 5: Starting the Academic Paper and IPF
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
Week 4 September 5 - September 9
Slides on Presentation for Week 4: Research Methods, Backwards Planning & Academic Paper v1.0
Example: Student B IPFExample: Student B Academic Paper
More Examples of IPF
Student 5 Final IPF
Student 6 Final IPF
Student 7 Final IPF
Student 8 Final IPF
Week 3 August 29 - September 2
Slides on Presentation for Week 3: Introduction to Research Flow and the Academic Paper
University of Cambridge How to write a great Research Paper
Academic Paper - Literature Review Guidelines from USC for Research Papers
Weeks 1 & 2 August 17 - August 26
Slides on Presentation for week 1: Introductory thoughts to AP Research - Week 1
Slides on Presentation for week 2 : Writing a Research Proposal: What, Why, How
IPF Example Student 1
IPF Example Student 2
IPF Example Student A
Academic Paper Student A
Seminal Papers list by Discipline from Google Scholar
LibGuides: Finding the Gap for your Research
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ΦP: Philosophy Pills
Φp11 Philosophy of Physics -
Φp10 Philosophy of Language - Prof. Noam Chomsky (University of Arizona and MIT) "The Language Capacity: Architecture & Evolution"
Profs. Fitch (St. Andrews), Hauser (Harvard), and Chomsky (MIT) The Faculty of Language: What is it, Who has it, and How did it evolve?
Profs. Fitch (St. Andrews), Hauser (Harvard), and Chomsky (MIT) The evolution of the language faculty: Clarifications and implications
Prof. Richard Holton (MIT & Cambridge University) Philosophy of Language MIT course: syllabus, reading list and lecture notes
Φp9 Philosophy of History - Leo Strauss "On Collingwood's Philosophy of History"
Plato - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Stanford University) Philosophy of History
Φp8 Political Philosophy - Prof. Stephen B. Smith (Yale University) What is Political Philosophy?
Prof. Stephen B. Smith (Yale University) Introduction to Political Philosophy Course lectures and resources
Prof. Cécile Fabre (All Souls College, Oxford University) bio and works books on Political Philosophy and War
Φp7 Epistemology (Theory of Knowledge) - Prof. Sophia Dandelet (UC Berkeley) Knowledge and its Limits: Course Syllabus and Reading List
Φp6 Feminist Philosophy - Prof. Sally Haslanger (Massachussetts Institute of Technology) "Gender and Race: (What) Are They? (What) Do we Want Them To Be?"
Prof. Julia Borcherding (Cambridge University) Topics in Feminist Philosophy - PHT2/10 Syllabus and Readings list
Prof. Sophia Dandelet (UC Berkeley) Feminist Philosophy: undergraduate course reading list
Φp5 Philosophy of Mind - Prof. Alan Turing (University of Manchester) "Computer Machinery and Intelligence"
Prof. Stuart Russell (UC Berkeley) "Concerns of an Artificial Intelligence Pioneer: increasingly intelligent machines should remain aligned with human values"
Φp4 Philosophy of Gender - Prof. Robin Dembroff (Yale University): "Is Gender Socially Constructed" - "Beyond Binary: Genderqueer as Critical Gender Kind"
Kai-Ling Su (Haverford College - Department of Philosophy Thesis) "Song of Wisdom's and Self's Love: Philosophical systems of Gender and Transness and the Journey of the Genderqueer Worlds" (file) or permanent link
Φp3 Philosophy of Science - Prof. Duncan Pritchard (University of Edinburgh) What is Science?
Prof. C. West Churchman (UC Berkeley) "What is Philosophy of Science?"
Prof. Michela Massimi (University of Edinburgh) "Questioning Truth, Reality, and the Role of Science"
Φp2 Ethics Philosophy - Judith Jarvis Thomson (The Yale Journal Review) "The Trolley Problem"
Prof. Richard Holton (Cambridge University) Philosophy 1A Lecture 1
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