0.6 Examples of ncpea connexions modules

Types of Modules: Examples

I. Annotated literature reviews should include: domain identification; author (of the review); key words;bibliographic citation in APA format (with the author’s first name); and description of the cited publication.

Example:

Domain Identification: School Law

Author: Louis Wildman

Key Words: equality, Brown v. Board of Education, integration, segregation

Bibliographic Citation: Kozol, Jonathan (2005). The shame of the nation. New York: Crown Publishers.

Description:

Kozol informs those who have forgotten Brown v. Board of Education (1954) that two million Black students attendschools in which 99 to 100 percent of students are nonwhite, which he calls“apartheid schools,”but which perversely are frequently actually named after Martin Luther King. Kozol calls upon thisnation to reverse“the present pattern of intensifying segregation.”Having visited 60 schools in 30 districts in 11 different states, Kozol found that in the most calamitous apartheidsettings that school principals have often been stampeded into enforcing a scripted didactic curriculum to bring short-term gainswhich middle-class white parents would never accept for their own children. Kozol warns America not to retreat into separatetribes.

II. Articles on key ideas and theories should include: domain identification; author (of the article); key words;key idea/theory; evidence (for the key idea/theory).

Example:

Domain Identification: Research Methods

Author: Louis Wildman

Key Words: coefficient of determination, poverty, family wealth, free and reduced price meals, correlation,API, socio-economic level, test scores

Key Idea/Theory:

The“coefficient of determination”is equal to the correlation squared. When multiplied by 100, the coefficientof determination becomes the percentage of the variance that is associated with, determined by, or accounted for by thevariance.

For example, if the correlation between two variables (X and Y) is .5, and if a causal relationship between thetwo variables can be established, then the percentage of the variance in Y that is accounted for by the variance in X is 25, orone-fourth.

Application:

The“No Child Left Behind”Act requires an annual review of each school served. If adequate yearly progress bya school is not made for two consecutive years, the school is designated for“school improvement.”A school that continues to fail to achieve adequate yearly progress for two years after beingdesignated for school improvement must be identified by the local education agency for“corrective action.”If after being designated for“corrective action”a school fails to make adequate yearly progress, the school is to be designated for“restructuring.”