Internship @ Berea College: Day 19 (Entry 19)

RSP assessment (Breadcrumb: When looking for gaps and splits, It must be more than 10% difference before I look at and mention it. When a group agrees, then I look for a 20% difference.)

Question 15: Enjoyment of Research

Berea Freshman and National students picked Some
Berea Seniors were split among: Quite a bite, Some, and Very Little

Question 16: Beliefs about Research

Skillful researchers know the best way

• All students Agree

Course in Research Skill would be Helpful

• All students Agree
• Freshman responded with Agree more than Seniors

When two researchers disagree, one must be right

• All students Disagree
• BF responded with Disagree more than the others

Successful researchers understand things quickly

• All students Disagree

Careful researcher can get to the truth

• Berea students Agree (Seniors less than Freshman)
• National Freshman Agree.
• National Seniors are split between Agree and Disagree.

If researcher cannot understand quickly, they should keep trying

• All students Agree
• BF higher than BS and National students

Good research yields clear results

• BF and National Freshman Agree
• BS are split between Strongly Agree and Agree
• NS are split between Agree and Disagree

Some people are naturally better at research

• All student agree

The next set of questions (17-27) deal with the students familiarity with research terms and strategies (application).

Question 17: Boolean Operators (Best Answer: Movies OR Film)

• BF split between Movies OR Film and Movies AND Film
• BS picked Movies AND Film (big gap)
• NF picked Movies AND Film
• NS are split between Movies OR Film and Movies AND Film

Question 18: Truncation (Best Answer: * and !)

• BF are split between *&! and Don't Know
• BS picked Don't Know
• NF picked Don't Know
• NS are split between *&!

Question 19: Complied List Of Books (Best Answer: Search Using SH)

• BF Examine bib. of the book
• BS and National students picked Search using SH (Seniors were higher)

Question 20: Least accurate in ID an academic Journal Article (Best Answer: provides objective facts)

• All students picked Provides Objective Facts
• National Seniors were the highest

Question 21: ID the issue number (Best Answer: V44, #1)

• All students picked V44, #1

Question 22: Recognize Source Citation

Journal Article

• All Freshman picked Portion of Book
• All Seniors Picked Journal Article

Entire Book

• All students picked Entire Book
• Seniors picked it more than Freshman

Portion of Book

• BF were split between Entire Book and Portion of Book
• BS were split between Journal Article and Potion of Book
• NF picked Journal Article
• NS picked Portion of Book

Question 23: Primary v Secondary (Best Answer: primary examine subjects first-hand)

• All student picked primary examine subjects first-hand

Question 24: What yields more results (Best Answer: searching database)

• All students picked searching a database
• Seniors are higher

Question 25: Define Peer Reviewed (Best Answer: approved by other scholars)

• All students picked Approved by other scholars
• Seniors are higher

Question 26: Define a Citation (Best Answer: source information from someone else's ideas)

• All students picked the Someone else's ideas

Question 27: Citation Not Needed (Best Answer: Own findings)

• All students picked Own findings