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¶ … absorb them and regurgitate them at face value. To the contrary, part of conducting research is scrutinizing our research sources to determine their scholarly credibility. The importance of this ability is demonstrated in the discussion here, which considers two articles which are drawn from scholarly journals but which differ considerably in their scholarly credentials.
A study by Anderson & Keller (2002), published in the Western Journal of Nursing Research, concerns the therapeutic implications of smoking cessation. The primary objective of the study by Anderson & Keller is to draw a direct correlation between the transtheoretical model of health behavior and the variables associated with smoking cessation. The purpose is to promote an improvement of existing smoking cessation programs by finding ways to hone in on determinant independent variables. The transtheoretical model employed in the study is important to our discussion because, as the researchers acknowledge, this is a commonly employed mode to altering health behaviors where smoking...
Anderson & Keller describe the transtheoretical model of behavior change, explaining that "five stages of change represent a temporal dimension that provides a means to understand when a change in attitude toward a problem behavior occurs." (p. 282)
Here, the researchers have applied a proven theoretical framework to a sample population. The result is an empirical study which indicates that there is valid evidence that can be replicated in real-world conditions employing transtheoretical strategies of therapy to help change health behaviors relating to smoking. This applicability underscore the scholarly legitimacy of the research endeavor and findings produced by the selected journal article.
By contrast, we consider an article that offers a compelling case, that is well-reasoned but that is not necessarily scholarly in nature. An article by Mohammed Motahari Farimani, published in a 2007 issue of Journal of Religion & Science, offers an interesting qualitative examination of the subject of human cloning. This article…
Works Cited:
Anderson, S. & Keller, C. (2002). Examination of the Transtheoretical Model in Current Smokers. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 24, 282.
Farimani, M.M. (2007). Islamic Philosophy and the Challenge of Cloning. Journal of Religion & Science, 42(1), 145-152.
University of California Berkeley. Critical evaluation of resources. Retrieved March 31, 2011, from http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/instruct/guides/evaluation.html
Pedagogic Model for Teaching of Technology to Special Education Students Almost thirty years ago, the American federal government passed an act mandating the availability of a free and appropriate public education for all handicapped children. In 1990, this act was updated and reformed as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, which itself was reformed in 1997. At each step, the goal was to make education more equitable and more accessible to
To ensure that the constructivist approach functions optimally, teachers must therefore ensure that the interactional and social situation within each group is managed effectively as well. Young (2003) notes that another challenge facing teachers and students is the implementation of technology in the constructivist classroom. The specific challenge here is that, more often than not, computer technology has been subject to the traditionally constructed classroom, where knowledge about and by
Juvonen et al., (2004) explains that a teachers in depth understanding of mathematics in particular is extremely important in middle school. The authors also point out that learning more difficult math in the eighth grade such as math is imports because 8th grade students who take algebra are more likely to apply to college than those that don't (Atanda, 1999). In addition the authors insists that when middle school
(Brier, 1992) Constructivism in all forms faces many obstacles and hurdles in getting fair application in the classroom of schools today for many reasons. One reason is that when constructivism is applied properly and fully to a classroom environment, the teacher may find him or herself in the "backseat" while the students steer the direction of the learning process. It removes much of the inherent hierarchal power of the teacher