“Bridgework: Research the Idea”

“Bridgework: Research the Idea”

Chapter 3 in “What Works” by Cheri-Strater & Sunstein

Continuing our research we first need to look at everything we already know. What experiences we’ve had and resources we already know about.

One great way to get information on the subject is to “just ask”. Our colleagues in education may have first hand experiences that can give your study insight. Or they may give you ideas that will help you with your search.

“Create a Googleography”

Wow! Look what happened to research since the age of technology!

I may be giving away my age, but I used to think I knew how to write a research paper using the LIBRARY! Even when I returned to school as an “OASIS” Older Adult Student In School, my research projects didn’t utilize the internet, or at least not very much. My first daughter went through school without needing a computer or the internet and she’s only 31.

I’m not getting old, I’m not getting old, (I repeat)

Flash back to the present: Searching for information on the internet is awesome!!! One problem I’ve had in the past though is not keeping all the links to sites and sometimes I’m not able to return to one because I forgot the link. 

I’ve already started a bookmarking site, I’m not searching for where I wrote it down anymore! Yaah!

Well, keeping a running list or a copy of your trail will keep track of what you’ve seen and what you haven’t. There might be some patterns or connections that can be seen just by looking at the trail. Here is a start of one for my project.

My question: How does 3-D design instruction benefit student development?

http://www.pearsonhighered.com/educator/product/Developing-Child-The/9780205685936.page  Developing Child, The, 12/E
Information on child development including 3-Dimensional development – Book

A Family's Role in Developing Three-Dimensional Art at home ... onmouseup="coShastaMouseUp(this, Shasta.getFrameId(), event.button)" onmouseover="coShasta(this, Shasta.getFrameId())" class="l sb-l" v:shapes="sbresult_7">

... creation of three-dimensional art with young children. ... A Family's Role in Developing Three-Dimensional Art at home ... crinkle it to make three-dimensional shapes and designs

www.education.com/reference/article/family-three.

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We may view children as empty vessels, natural, capricious, developing, or competent. ... Structural Principles: Unity, rhythm, proportion, design ...

www.education.com/.../article/art-important-young-children

The Developing Child:Plus MyDevelopment Lab Access Card ...

The Developing Child, Twelfth Edition provides students the ... the use of new technologies, including a 3-dimensional ... Finding the Answers: Research Designs and Methods

www.pearson.ch/1471/9780205710584/DEVELOPING-CHILD.

Article: Developing the Child's Mind Thru Educational Toys ...

... in developing a child's ability to pattern, shape recognize, understand magnetic principals, and help in 3 dimensional ... and designs; the only limitation is the child's ...

www.whatshebuys.com/helpful-links-child-development.

·  by Vavra, by Afflerbach, by Andrews, by Bee, by Brestoff, by ...

Developing Child can be purchased as new or used book. It is published by Pearson ... Launching the Imagination: A Guide to 3 Dimensional Design, by Stewart, 2nd Edition ...

www.bookbyte.com/1/1/indexe3073.html - Cached

Home Knitting for Children: Fashioned with Love - UAL ... onmouseup="coShastaMouseUp(this, Shasta.getFrameId(), event.button)" onmouseover="coShasta(this, Shasta.getFrameId())" class="l sb-l" v:shapes="_x0000_i1030">

Black, Sandy Home Knitting for Children ... with particular emphasis on 3 dimensional aspects of design and ... Fashion - its practice and design processes. I am developing ...

ualresearchonline.arts.ac.uk/2077

I may need to refine my search further by naming more key words and trying different search engines.

Well, this is just a first list of things I found. Now to get serious, I need to evaluate each source and decide if I want to use it. Is the source credible and related to my subject. Besides keeping a trail of my search, I can organize and save all this wonderful information I’m finding.

”Creating an Annotated Bibliography”

Flash back: My second daughter, who was born in 1988, has her first research paper for school. Since I’m thinking I’m an expert we take off to the LIBRARY. She tells me her teacher requires some resources to be from the internet. Well, the Library has computers we can use. So, my question is when we copied pages of reference books and wrote the citation information on it I think that was a form of Annotated Biblography, but I appreciate the idea of summarizing the information in the resource and compiling these as future references we can turn to. And!!! Using technology to save our treasure trove of information seems much better than pages of copies.

Taking all the steps shown in the book “What Works” is going to make my research easier and more comprehensive.

Janine Roper