This assignment is meant to sharpen your skills of critical evaluation and keeping up-to-date with research. You will also gain further familiarity with ERIC database, which can be used for other educational research projects.
Instructions:
1. Choose a textbook topic from the suggested list provided by your professor (e.g., multiple intelligences)
2. Search ERIC on the subject of your topic by limiting to peer-reviewed full-text journal articles and set up an alert (RSS feeds)
3. Create your blog and subscribe to RSS feeds of your search topic
4. Monitor RSS feeds for 2 weeks and choose 2 articles for your reflection
5. Provide a reflective analysis of the two articles and compare them to the textbook article. Do these articles expand the textbook explanation of your topic? Do they contradict? Do they add anything new? Did the articles change your mind about your topic?