TOKsgiving?
Extended Essay
- Extended Essay Overview
- An Introduction to the Research Process
- Brewer's Research Process: A Case Study
- The "So What?": Creating statements of purpose (adapted from Booth et. al., The Craft of Research, Chapter 3)
- Step one: Name your topic
- I am studying _______
- I am looking into _____
- I am focusing on _______
- Step 2: Add an indirect question
- because I want to find out who/what/when/where/whether/how/why ______
- Step 3: Answer "So What?" by motivating your question
- in order to help my readers understand how/why/whether ______.
Homework:
EE: by 12/18
Upcoming:
EE: by 12/18
- Begin reading for your EE. Use the Resources on the EE Guide website to take your research BEYOND Google.
- Take good notes (including bibliographic information)
- Have at least 5 sources that you feel are valuable (You may have already read them, or be in the process of working through them).
- Work toward a Statement of Purpose (See above) that you are proud of. Be ready to share these also in class.
Upcoming:
- 12/4: Intro to Maths as an AOK
- 12/6: Math - Invented or Discovered?
- 12/10: Fractals
- 12/12: CAS (presentations for select students)
- 12/16: Bayesian Reasoning (From The Signal and the Noise)
- 12/18: Return to EE
- 12/20: Midterm - Intercultural Feast
