Mary E. Brown, Ph.D., Professor
Information Science

Southern Connecticut State University
501 Crescent Street, New Haven, CT 06515

Department of Information and Library Science
Fax: 1.203.392-5780 / Phone: 1.203.392-5781
Toll Free: 1-888-500-SCSU, then press 4

NOTE: Please print a copy of this page and keep it nearby for ready reference.

UNIT 15 READING ASSIGNMENT

Read material.on this page
After reading the material, complete Quiz 15.

UNIT 15 WRITING ASSIGNMENTS

You should have completed, over the past three weeks, a 5-7 page research paper on a topic of your choice. It is due by midnight on Friday of this week.

UNIT 15 ACTIVITY

SELF-EVALAUTION OF PAPER
Use the following questions to evaluate the content and organization of your final paper prior to submitting to the professor for grading. [NOTE: the following are the criteria that will be used in grading your final paper.]

• Is the introduction clear and complete?
• Does the statement of purpose adequately and logically orient the reader?
• Is the literature adequately reviewed?
• Are the citations appropriate and complete?
• Is the research question clearly identified?
• Are the conceptualizations and rationale perfectly clear?
• Is the discussion thorough? Does it stick to the point and confine itself to what can be concluded from the findings of the reseach?
• Is the paper concise?
• Is the paper prepared according to APA or MLA style?

UNIT 15 QUIZ

This is not a quiz in that your responses will not be graded as correct or incorrect. Rather, it is a survey or your activities and feelings about the research paper that was just assigned. Please answer each question.

This is a survey of your activities and feeling at this point in your research project.

1. On the scale below indicate your confidence level at this point in the project.
   • (low level of confidence) 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . 7 . 8 . 9 . 10 (high level of confidence)
2. From the adjectives below, check those that describe how you feel at this point in the project.
   1. Confident
   2. Disappointed
   3. Frustrated
   4. Relieved
   5. Sure
   6. Confused
   7. Doubtful
   8. Optimistic
   9. Satisfied
   10. Uncertain

UNIT 15 JOURNAL ENTRY

In your journal, write a narrative describing, your current feelings toward this mode of instruction, and highlight problems or successes you have had over the course of the semester. Be sure to mark the entry with the title "REFLECTIONS FROM THE END - date".