Monday August 13th (Weds)

1. Turn in APA media center assignment (1, 2, 3)

2. Socratic Seminar (30 minutes)

3. Assignment APA Peer review: (15 minutes) peer review and revision.

4. Continuing STEP 1 of Selecting a Topic: Developing research query and refining research topic
statement:

Complete the questions provided below (Exercise 1.5 and 1.6). By the end of this assignment today, you
should have a more refined research topic statement with key terms i.e. this will serve as your
preliminary topic of study for the time being.

5. Ticket out of the door: Complete Research Survey before you leave class, no later than 3:24 pm

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Tomorrow: We will start to read and dissect the references you choose to use in your APA topic search.

The Literature Review: Six Steps to Success

Excerpted from ​Machi, L. A., & McEvoy, B. T. (2016). ​The literature review: Six steps to success​ (3rd ed.).
Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Corwin Press. ​
STEP 1: Select a topic (Continuation) ​
Exercise 1.5: ​Developing your Research Query Statement
1. What is your specific personal interest?
a. The interest, issue, or concern of my research is
__________________________
(Answer in seven sentences)
The interest of my research is women in politics; what may they face that men do
not have to. I would also like to know why America; supposedly the leading country
is not even ranked 50th of countries with the highest percentage of women in
parliament. Do countries benefit with more women in positions of power and why
aren’t more American women gunning for these positions. I would like to know
what societal factors in America are the main causational reasons for the low
number of women in the positions of parliament. More specifically is the media
today affecting women’s aspirations and future goals. Is society today empowering
women to hold positions of power or disparaging them. Additionally in what ways
are not only women but girls as well being discouraged from seeking positions of
power.

b. Copy and paste (a) in the space below. Now, cross out the two least important
sentences without changing the key idea.
The interest of my research is women in politics; what do may they face men that
do not have to. I would also like to know why America; supposedly the leading
 country is not even ranked 50th of countries with the highest percentage of women
in parliament. Do countries benefit with more women in positions of power and
why aren’t more American women gunning for these positions.​ I would like to know
what societal factors in America are the main causational reasons for the low
number of women in the positions of parliament.​ ​More specifically is the media
today affecting women’s aspirations and future goals​. Is society today empowering
women to hold positions of power or disparaging them. Additionally in what ways
are not only women but girls as well being discouraged from seeking positions of
power.

c. Copy and paste (b) in the space below. Next, please cross out any words or
phrases that can be removed without changing the meaning.
The interest of my research is women in politics; what do may they face men that
do not have to.​ I would also like to know​ why America; supposedly the leading
country is not even ranked 50th of countries with the highest percentage of women
in parliament. ​Do countries benefit with more women in positions of power and
why aren’t more American women gunning for these positions.​ Is society today
empowering women to hold positions of power or disparaging them. Additionally in
what ways are not only women but girls as well being discouraged from seeking
positions of power.

d. Copy and paste (c) into the box below. Reduce your remaining draft to three
sentences. Be sure your final three sentences identify the subject (what you are
studying), the perspective (how you are looking at it), and the vantage point (which
academic field you are using)

The interest of my research is women in politics; what may they face men that do not have
to. Why in America; supposedly the leading nation is not even ranked 50th of countries with
the highest percentage of women in parliament. Is society today empowering women to
hold positions of power or disparaging them. Additionally in what ways are not only women
but girls as well being discouraged from seeking positions of power.

2. Analyze your 3 sentences from 1d. What contributions to the field make this research
important?

This topic could give insight to why women are unproportionally represented in positions of
power.

3. What are your beliefs, values, biases and opinions about this interest?
a. How will these beliefs, values, biases, and opinions help you in conducting your
research?
I belief more women should be represented more in positions of power in male dominated
society.
b. How will you prevent the beliefs and biases contained in your personal
viewpoint from affecting the necessary neutral stance of a researcher?
 I will contain my viewpoints by following
Exercise 1.6​​: Refining your research topic statement
1. Define the key terms of the interest statement
a. Using the key terms found in your interest statement, find the technical definitions
of your key terms. Start compiling a list of key terms and definitions.
parliament-
positions of power-

b. Rewrite the interest statement using the technical terms of that academic field
c. Review the reframed statement. Does it still express your intended interest? If it
does not, rework and revise the study’s focus and vantage point or search the reference
works further for other terminology to use until the reframed statement expresses your
research interest.
d. Rewrite the interest statement as the preliminary topic of your study.