EDU738: Educ. Research Across the Curriculum

'... that Truth is not a colored bird to be chased among the rocks and captured by its tail, but a skeptical attitude toward life.' from "Arrowsmith" by Sinclair Lewis

Week #4: 2/6/23

Important Task Due This Week by 2/8 - Finalize Research Group members and topic. Notify Greg & Rocky by email.


Major Assignment Due Next Week - None!

Week #4 • Selecting, Refining, and Proposing a Topic for Research• Human Subjects, Samples & Research Ethics (Informed Consent)

Core Readings/Viewings

Comments, Activities, & Due Dates


Participate in Online Discussion of the Stanford Prison Study (
Weeks #4 & #5) The link to the discussion forum is on the 'Discussion Forum' tab at the top of this webpage.

2/9 Finalize Research Group Members and Topic (submit topic and list of group members to Greg & Rocky via gmail.)

In case you haven't done so, please see last week's webpage for the "
Steps for Forming Groups"

Groups begin working on Assignment #2: Research Plan, Problem Statement *& Research Questions/Hypotheses

If you found Zimbardo's study interesting or troubling, you might want to do a bit of quick reading on the history on the National Research Act and take a quick look at the information that Zimbardo provided to his potential research subjects. These are VERY Optional:

A short history of Research Ethics

Informed Consent letter used in Zimbardo's Prison Study

Description of the study given to the participants in Zimbardo's Prison Study

And most recently - criticism of the study:
https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/6/28/17509470/stanford-prison-experiment-zimbardo-interview
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You may want to take yet one more look at the article by
Avery about Teamwork that was assigned for week #1.

Optional Online Zoom chat:
Sunday evening 2/12 from 7:00 to 8:00 pm.

We will send the Zoom ID via your gmail account.