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| Project Leader: | Keith Graham kmgraham@tamu.edu Teaching, Learning & Culture |
| Faculty Mentor: | Dr. Zohreh Eslami, Ph.D. |
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Meeting Times:
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TBD based on group member availability |
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Team Size:
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6 (Team Full) |
| Open Spots: | 0 |
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Special Opportunities:
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Team members will have the opportunity to gain experience with the research process and data analysis as well as receive support with academic writing. Team members may also have an opportunity to earn co-authorship on a paper to be submitted to a conference and/or journal.
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Team Needs:
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No research experience is required. Participants should have a positive attitude, a strong work ethic, strong skills in English writing and grammar, and a willingness to learn. Skills needed for the project will be taught and discussed during weekly meetings.
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Description:
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The goal of this project is to understand how writing develops in an intensive English program at a Taiwanese elementary school. The data set includes writing samples from students in grades 1-6. Undergraduate students on the team will be involved in different phases of the project, including a) digitizing writing samples; b) scoring writing samples on various measures; c) data management; and d) preliminary analysis.These experiences will not only familiarize undergraduate students with a critical area of research and essential steps of conducting an empirical research project, but also help her or him to develop the capacity to conduct independent research in the future.
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