RJA #10a- Thesis Statement
Research Question: Should young children go to preschool or stay at home with their parents?
Claim: Children at a young age should be in preschool.
Reasons:1. Children have better social skills when in preschool and and have better ways of interacting with peers and teachers.
2.They learn the basics and are well prepared for kindergarten.
3. It allows children to have time away from parents and siblings and interact with others and have experience in the school setting.
Thesis statement: If preschool is the best decision, based on professional advice and parents' deliberation, then is there evidence to prove that children who stay home with their parents rather than attending a preschool program are as likely to develop strong academic and social skills while building a strong self concept or self esteem and building good character?
RJA #10b- Argument
Research question: Why should children attend preschool at a young age rather than staying at home with their parents?
Thesis:Children who attend preschool at a young age are more likely to succeed in school than those who stay at home with their parents.
Reason 1:Children have better social skills
Warrant: Children develop better social skills because they are interacting with many different people
Reason 2:They learn the basics and are well prepared for kindergarten
Warrant: Starting school earlier will prepare children for elementary. The earlier the better. The more they know, the better.
Reason 3: More likely to succeed.
Warrant:Interacting with others and basic knowledge will prepare children for school better than children who stay at home with their parents.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Research Journal Assignment #9
RJA #9-Evaluation of Sources
I believe the book "Systematic Impact of Universal Pre-Kindergarten", which I found on the Auraria Library website is credible because it was published by Early education and development and its database is in the U.S. Department of Education. Also, the author participated in a discussion with ECE program directors before the book was published. The reference article "Enter Early or Hold Out: The Kindergarten Dilemma", www.earlychildhoodnews.com is credible because the author Sandra Crosser has a Ph.D and used research studies to convince the article is correct. The periodical "Ready, Set, Go"(EBSCO) is credible because the author of the article is the coordinator of early childhood services at a county library. The periodical article "Early Learning more Accepted"(EBSCO) is credible because the author is a Chief officer for early childhood education in Chicago Public Schools. Therefore, they have lots of experience and knowledge in early childhood education. The website www.bing.com where I found the article "Costs, Benefits, and Long-Term Effects of Early Care and Education Programs" is credible because the author is the director of the National Institute for Early education research. I searched for early childhood education on www.ask.com and it took me to the Department of Education website which is definitely credible for my research on early childhood education.
I believe the book "Systematic Impact of Universal Pre-Kindergarten", which I found on the Auraria Library website is credible because it was published by Early education and development and its database is in the U.S. Department of Education. Also, the author participated in a discussion with ECE program directors before the book was published. The reference article "Enter Early or Hold Out: The Kindergarten Dilemma", www.earlychildhoodnews.com is credible because the author Sandra Crosser has a Ph.D and used research studies to convince the article is correct. The periodical "Ready, Set, Go"(EBSCO) is credible because the author of the article is the coordinator of early childhood services at a county library. The periodical article "Early Learning more Accepted"(EBSCO) is credible because the author is a Chief officer for early childhood education in Chicago Public Schools. Therefore, they have lots of experience and knowledge in early childhood education. The website www.bing.com where I found the article "Costs, Benefits, and Long-Term Effects of Early Care and Education Programs" is credible because the author is the director of the National Institute for Early education research. I searched for early childhood education on www.ask.com and it took me to the Department of Education website which is definitely credible for my research on early childhood education.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Internet Research Project
Icerocket
Icerocket is a good search engine for essentially searching for blogs as well as twitter, my space, news, images as well as the whole web itself.
The advantages to Icerocket is that it's a good search engine with a lot of credible sources including blogs and the web itself.
A weakness I have concluded from Icerocket is that when you search for a topic, millions of hits come up and it would be more accurate with a more narrow search.
Icerocket does accept the use of operators. It is not very case sensitive and will provide hits for almost any search you conduct. You may use STOP words and get results. Icerocket does have an advanced search option which is pretty useful in which you can search using words and phrases and also search for words in the title or the tag. Also in the advanced search options, you may filter your results by date range and author. There are not any limits on searches. Your results on Icerocket are sorted by date starting with the most recent. The display of your results is pretty basic and esy to understand and read. There is not a help option on Icerocket, probably because it is pretty basic and self explanatory if you have any knowledge of the internet. A special feature of Icerocket is the Big Buzz which displays all of the results by topic for everything that Icerocket searches for including, blogs, web, My Space, Twitter, News, and Images. Also, you can create an RSS feed aggregator for anything you find relevant to your topic.
Icerocket is a good search engine for essentially searching for blogs as well as twitter, my space, news, images as well as the whole web itself.
The advantages to Icerocket is that it's a good search engine with a lot of credible sources including blogs and the web itself.
A weakness I have concluded from Icerocket is that when you search for a topic, millions of hits come up and it would be more accurate with a more narrow search.
Icerocket does accept the use of operators. It is not very case sensitive and will provide hits for almost any search you conduct. You may use STOP words and get results. Icerocket does have an advanced search option which is pretty useful in which you can search using words and phrases and also search for words in the title or the tag. Also in the advanced search options, you may filter your results by date range and author. There are not any limits on searches. Your results on Icerocket are sorted by date starting with the most recent. The display of your results is pretty basic and esy to understand and read. There is not a help option on Icerocket, probably because it is pretty basic and self explanatory if you have any knowledge of the internet. A special feature of Icerocket is the Big Buzz which displays all of the results by topic for everything that Icerocket searches for including, blogs, web, My Space, Twitter, News, and Images. Also, you can create an RSS feed aggregator for anything you find relevant to your topic.
Research Journal Assignment #8
RJA #8a-Websites
Search Engines
Resource searched: http://www.ask.com/
Keywords: early childhood education
Date of search: October 8, 2009
Number of hits:12,000,000
Relevance: 5
Resource searched: http://www.bing.com/
Keywords: preschool, education, benefits
Search strings: preschool NEAR education NEAR benefits
Date of search: October 8, 2009
Number of hits: 1,480
Relevance: 6
Meta and Multi Search Engines
Resource searched: http://www.info.com/
Keywords: preschool, education, benefits
Search strings: preschool NEAR education NEAR benefits
Date of search: October 8, 2009
Number of hits:60
Relevance: 5
Directories
Resource searched:http://.dir.yahoo.com
Keywords:preschool education
Search strings: preschool NEAR education NEAR benefits
Date of search: October 8, 2009
Number of hits: 1,704
Relevance:6
Invisible Web Search Toools
Resource searched: http://www.incywincy.com/
Keywords: preschool, benefits, education
Date of search: October 8, 2009
Number of hits:22,875
Relevance: 5
Other Search tools
Resource searched: http://dir.webring.com/rw
Keywords: benefits, preschool, education
Date of search: October 8, 2009
Number of hits:144
Relevance:5
RJA #8b- Social Media
Resource searched:http://blogsearch.google.com
Keywords used: benefits, preschool
Date of search: October 8, 2009
Number of hits:42,184
Relevance: 4
Resource searched: addictomatic.com--wordpress.com
Keywords: benefits, preschool, education
Date of search: October 8, 2009
Number of hits: 4,981
Relevance: 5
RJA # 8c- Multimedia
Resource searched: www.blinkx.com--cnn.com
keywords: benefits, preschool, education
Date of search: October 8, 2009
Number of hits: 37
Relevance:5
Search Engines
Resource searched: http://www.ask.com/
Keywords: early childhood education
Date of search: October 8, 2009
Number of hits:12,000,000
Relevance: 5
Resource searched: http://www.bing.com/
Keywords: preschool, education, benefits
Search strings: preschool NEAR education NEAR benefits
Date of search: October 8, 2009
Number of hits: 1,480
Relevance: 6
Meta and Multi Search Engines
Resource searched: http://www.info.com/
Keywords: preschool, education, benefits
Search strings: preschool NEAR education NEAR benefits
Date of search: October 8, 2009
Number of hits:60
Relevance: 5
Directories
Resource searched:http://.dir.yahoo.com
Keywords:preschool education
Search strings: preschool NEAR education NEAR benefits
Date of search: October 8, 2009
Number of hits: 1,704
Relevance:6
Invisible Web Search Toools
Resource searched: http://www.incywincy.com/
Keywords: preschool, benefits, education
Date of search: October 8, 2009
Number of hits:22,875
Relevance: 5
Other Search tools
Resource searched: http://dir.webring.com/rw
Keywords: benefits, preschool, education
Date of search: October 8, 2009
Number of hits:144
Relevance:5
RJA #8b- Social Media
Resource searched:http://blogsearch.google.com
Keywords used: benefits, preschool
Date of search: October 8, 2009
Number of hits:42,184
Relevance: 4
Resource searched: addictomatic.com--wordpress.com
Keywords: benefits, preschool, education
Date of search: October 8, 2009
Number of hits: 4,981
Relevance: 5
RJA # 8c- Multimedia
Resource searched: www.blinkx.com--cnn.com
keywords: benefits, preschool, education
Date of search: October 8, 2009
Number of hits: 37
Relevance:5
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Research Journal Assignment #7
RJA #7a- Internet Research Tools
The search engines I regularly use are Google, Yahoo!, and MSN. I like these search engines because they are very helpful, have a lot of information and you can find anything you are searching for. However, I do not like that there are so many options that come up for each topic you search for and I would rather narrow it down more specifically. I have always favored Google because everyone uses it and it is the search engine I was introduced to and have always used first for searching the internet.
Google
Yahoo!
MSN
RJA #7b- Internet Research Tool Test
Resource searched: Preschool education- Icerocket
Keywords: Preschool, education.
Date of search: October 1, 2009
Number of hits: 5,966
Relevance of hits: 3
Resource searched: Early childhood education- Icerocket
Keywords: Early child education, ECE
Date of search: October 1, 2009
Number of hits: 11,750
Relevance of hits: 4
Resource searched: preschool education- Icerocket
Keywords: Preschool, education
Search strategies: preschool education NEAR advantages
Date of search: Ocotber 1, 2009
Number of hits: 14
Relevance: 4
Resource Searched: early childhood education- Icerocket
Keywords: early childhood education
Search strategies: +early childhood education
Date of search: October 1, 2009
Number of hits: 11,750
Relevance: 4
RJA #7c- Field Research Plan
I plan to conduct an interview for my field research. I plan to interview people who have children of preschool age and who either have their children in preschool or are stay at home parents. Questions I might ask are 1. Are your children in preschool? Why or why not? 2. What age do you think children should begin school? 3. Who is the best teacher for preschool aged children? 4. Are children who go to preschool more social?, more well behaved?, more intelligent? Why? 5. Have your children always been in daycare or been at home with a family member or a parent? I am not quite sure when exactly I plan to conduct my field research.
The search engines I regularly use are Google, Yahoo!, and MSN. I like these search engines because they are very helpful, have a lot of information and you can find anything you are searching for. However, I do not like that there are so many options that come up for each topic you search for and I would rather narrow it down more specifically. I have always favored Google because everyone uses it and it is the search engine I was introduced to and have always used first for searching the internet.
Yahoo!
MSN
RJA #7b- Internet Research Tool Test
Resource searched: Preschool education- Icerocket
Keywords: Preschool, education.
Date of search: October 1, 2009
Number of hits: 5,966
Relevance of hits: 3
Resource searched: Early childhood education- Icerocket
Keywords: Early child education, ECE
Date of search: October 1, 2009
Number of hits: 11,750
Relevance of hits: 4
Resource searched: preschool education- Icerocket
Keywords: Preschool, education
Search strategies: preschool education NEAR advantages
Date of search: Ocotber 1, 2009
Number of hits: 14
Relevance: 4
Resource Searched: early childhood education- Icerocket
Keywords: early childhood education
Search strategies: +early childhood education
Date of search: October 1, 2009
Number of hits: 11,750
Relevance: 4
RJA #7c- Field Research Plan
I plan to conduct an interview for my field research. I plan to interview people who have children of preschool age and who either have their children in preschool or are stay at home parents. Questions I might ask are 1. Are your children in preschool? Why or why not? 2. What age do you think children should begin school? 3. Who is the best teacher for preschool aged children? 4. Are children who go to preschool more social?, more well behaved?, more intelligent? Why? 5. Have your children always been in daycare or been at home with a family member or a parent? I am not quite sure when exactly I plan to conduct my field research.
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