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Action Research
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This set shows educators how to examine their practices, implement action research techniques, inquire about areas of interest, and write about their findings.
2 DVDs / 2002 / 40 min each
Advanced Research
JMU Media Resources DVD 3268
Silver Spring, Md. : Discovery Education, c2007
1 DVD (64 min.) + 1 teacher's guide (12 p.)
Series Discovery school. Language arts
Accompanying teacher's guide: "The use of multimedia in the classroom"
Grades 9-12
"Devise a game plan for outlining, organizing, evaluating, synthesizing, and gathering information for research papers. Critique electronic resources - both primary and secondary - for accuracy and reliability." -- containterEnglish language -- Rhetoric
Research -- Methodology
Avoiding Plagiarism
JMU Media Resources DVD 3337
Wynnewood, Pa : Schlessinger Media, c2004
1 DVD (23 min.) + 1 teacher's guide
Series Research skills for students
Language Optional Spanish language track ; closed- captioned for the hearing impaired
Credits Executive producer, Andrew Schlessinger ; developed with Joyce Kasman Valenza
Audience Grades 7-12
Shows students how to steer clear of plagiarism theough the use of quotes, paraphrasing and summarizing.Plagiarism
Cheating (Education)
Copyright infringement -- United States
Intellectual property -- United States
Internet in education
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Building Academic Background Knowledge (DVD)
(ASCD DVD, 2005) Three 30-minute programs on one DVD and a comprehensive Facilitator's Guide.
Here's a DVD that helps teachers and other audiences understand what to do about students who are ill-prepared for classroom learning. Based on the best-selling ASCD book, Building Background Knowledge for Academic Achievement: Research on What Works in Schools, this series of three programs on DVD, introduces your school to research-based strategies for overcoming the deficiencies that hamper the achievement of so many students.
Research expert Robert J. Marzano explains the importance of building background knowledge for all learners, especially for low-achieving students who tend not to have been exposed to the kinds of experiences necessary for academic success.
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Guiding School Improvement With Action Research
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This program shows how action research helps educators restructure their teaching methods and reinvent their school communities. It features Richard Sagor. ASCD.
VHS / 2000 / 20 min / #34AP2819 - $149.00
How to Read and Understand a Research Study
Introducing the basic components of a research study, this program examines the ways in which research studies are reported and teaches how to read and understand them. It outlines the structure of a scientific paper, defines important terms, considers the information that statistics provide about the value of a study, and shows how to evaluate the quality of information presented in a research study.
DVD / 2008 / 20 min
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Information Literacy : The Perils of Online Research
Media Resources DVD 3194
Connect to Online Video ~ JMU Users Only
Lawrenceville, NJ : Cambridge Educational, c2006
1 videodisc (21 min.): DVD
Explains how to conduct solid online research by collecting information in an organized, efficient, and ethical way. Provides guidance on a range of research activities, including evaluating the credibility of Web content, documenting online sources, and paraphrasing. Emphasizes the consequences of plagiarism and shaky facts.Information literacy
Information literacy -- Study and teaching
Plagiarism
Report writing
Presenting & Communicating Research
JMU Media Resources DVD 3327
Wynnewood, Pa : Schlessinger Media, c2004
1 DVD (23 min.) + 1 teacher's guide
Audience Grades 7-12
In every research project comes the moment of truth: the presentation. Effective presentations need thoughtful content, solid structure and appropriate format.Information organization
Information resources
Research -- Evaluation
Communication
Qualitative Methods
JMU Media Resources DVD 3024
[New York] : Distributed by Insight Media, [2006]
1 DVD (approx. 20 min.)
Summary: This DVD on qualitative research methods in the social sciences is presented in 4 chapters. After stating that social science research is based on studying others so that we can better understand ourselves, the video shows how researchers can construct a symbolic world to explore individual and collective meanings to determine what motivates human behavior and how individuals relate to each other in their environment. Experts Charlton McIlwain, JoEllen Fisherkeller, Erich Dietrich, and Rodney Benson explain this, as well as how this research is used by the media,Qualitative research
Social sciences -- Research -- Methodology
Social sciences -- Statistical methods
Content analysis (Communication)
Quantitative Methods
JMU Media Resources DVD 2693
[New York] : Distributed by Insight Media, [2006]
1 DVD (ca. 20 min.)
This video discusses how social scientists study how and why people do what they do by looking at cause, effect and mitigating factors that relate to cause and effect. Experts explain this and how governments, advertising agencies and social scientists both conduct and use these studies
Contents Questions of quantitative research -- Principles of measurement -- Experiments -- Surveys -- Application -- ConclusionsQuantitative research
Social sciences -- Research -- Methodology
Social sciences -- Statistical methods
Educational videos
Research Methods for the Social Sciences
JMU Media Resources Videotape no.5484
Austin, Tex. : Horizon Film and Video, c1996
1 videocassette (33 min.)
Summary: Describes the research methods used in the social sciences and the steps used to apply the scientific method. Ethical research methods are also discussed.Social sciences -- Research -- Methodology
Research Design
JMU Media Resources DVD 2509-2511
Bloomington, IN : Indiana University, c2001-2004
3 DVDs
Summary: Examines the issues involved in research ideation and methodology. Researchers from several universities and master's and doctoral students present examples of work they have done and comment on their experiencesResearch -- Methodology
Research Skills: How to Find Information
JMU Media Resources DVD 3326
Huntsville, Tex. : Education Video Network, Inc., c2002
1 DVD (22 min.)
This program discusses the mechanics of locating and organizing information needed to write a research paper
Contents: Section 1. What is research? -- Section 2. Selecting a research topic -- Section 3. Research tools -- Section 4. Organizing research information -- Section 5. Plagiarism -- Section 6. Writing a research paperReport writing -- Study and teaching
Report writing
Research -- Methodology -- Study and teaching
Research -- Methodology
Information resources
Searching the Internet
JMU Media Resources DVD 3325
Wynnewood, Pa : Schlessinger Media, c2004
1DVD (23 min.) + 1 teacher's guide
Note Grades 7-12
Shows students how to choose the best search methods and tools in order to get the most accurate information from the internet.Internet searching
Internet research
Internet in education
Internet
Educational videos
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Survey Savvy
JMU Media Resources DVD 2939
Publisher [S.l.] : Video Educational Australasia ; New York : Distributed by Insight Media, c2002
1 DVD (24 min.)
Summary: Demonstrates how to plan and conduct a survey, using the example of two women starting a new business, who want to find out what their high school student potential customers want
Note XCDFMarket surveys
Students as consumers -- Research
A Tutorial in Behavioral Research Methods
JMU Media Resources Videotape no.6911
Publisher [Kalamazoo, MI] : The Association for Behavior Analysis, 2001
1 videocassette (45 min.)Behaviorism (Psychology)
Psychology -- Research
Writing a Great Research Paper
JMU Media Resources DVD 3207-3216
Roslyn Heights, NY : Video Aided Instruction, c2007
10 DVDs (778 min.)
Series Writing a great research paper series
A step-by-step guide to constructing a paper that is technically correct, original and compelling. The viewer will recognize the value of true scholarship; master essential research techniques; dramatically improve writing; keep motivated, productive, and relaxed through the entire process. The strategies learned will apply to any research paper assignment on any topic - in high school, college, graduate school, and beyond
Contents: v. 1. Picking an A+ topic (85 min.) -- v. 2. Starting your research (93 min.) -- v. 3. Finding the best sources (76 min.) -- v. 4. Plagiarism & other pitfalls (67 min.) -- v. 5. Taking notes (84 min.) -- v. 6. How to be persuasive (81 min.) -- v. 7. Writing your first draft (62 min.) -- v. 8. Quoting, citing, & paraphrasing (68 min.) -- v. 9. Formatting your paper (79 min.) -- v. 10. Perfecting your final draft (86 min.)Report writing
Research
