This week you will be completing an Annotated Bibliography on a psychological topic in which you have interest and would like to know more about. You submitted your proposed topic for approval in week 2 of the course in the week 2 discussion. Please read grading feedback for that discussion to see if your topic was approved.
In completing the annotated bibliography, select six (6) scholarly, peer-reviewed, empirical, original research articles related to your selected topic for review.
Provide full, APA formatted reference entries for each of the selected articles.
Beneath each article, include a two (2) to three (3) paragraph summary of each research article that includes concise overviews the researchers’ goals, methods, procedures, findings, and conclusions.
Develop a comprehensive theme or overarching topic of the collection being reviewed, including a clear statement of how each article reviewed is relevant to the theme and relates to the other selections at the close of each summary.
Include APA formatted title and abstract pages; in-text citations are NOT required in the annotated bibliography.
The APUS Library provides APA formatting resources at Writing@APUS. You may also see Purdue’s OWL for general APA formatting information and for formatting help on many topics.
All submissions are due by the end of Week 4, Sunday at 11:59 pm ET.
See the example of an Annotated Bibliography entry and the Grading Rubric below.
EXAMPLE:
Whitlow, V.M. & Jones, G.W. (2013). The best is yet to come: According to Houston, Texas citizens of Latina origin. Journal of Reality, 22, 18-25.
This study recruited 125 Kindergarten, Latina immigrants from Mexico to an “English as a Second Language” program in Houston, Texas schools during the time period 2014 through the fall of 2016. Students were immersed in English throughout the school day, but only in non-critical subjects such as physical education, art and music so that their grades would not suffer while learning a second language. Students were provided instruction in both English and in Spanish in critical subjects such as math, social studies and science. Pre and post tests were conducted to see if students enrolled in the course learned English faster than Mexican immigrants who were not enrolled in the program. Results showed that those in the program learned English the fastest though there were some limitations of the study. Limitation were that researchers did not consider possible confounds such as some of the students in the program living with relatives that spoke both English and Spanish in the home and that many of the children received practice in English via spending time with American friends. Future studies should include male and female students of varying grade levels, not just those in kindergarten. Also, students with English speaking friends should be excluded from participation. These changes will improve the generalizability of the findings. Home visits should also be conducted to make sure that the students were receiving English instruction only at school.
On a separate page please include 300 words of sharing what you have learned in the process with your peers in this week’s discussion.
In your post, be sure to identify which of the psychology related careers you have found most interesting and explain why as a result of your research for the project.
