Assignments

Assignment by Molly Kirby, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Overview This introduction to survey design teaches students to critically engage with surveys: to consider how choices like phrasing and measures might shape their data and bolster their argument (or not). This assignment leads into Exploration 4: Survey Development in CODE123: Research and Systems Thinking, and…

Assignment by Molly Kirby, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Overview In this assignment, students begin the process of cultivating a research question that they’ll work with over the course of the semester in CODE123: Research and Systems Thinking. This assignment has two key objectives: to introduce students to the FINER criteria for research questions, and…

Assignment by Molly Kirby, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Overview This exploration is the first assignment in CODE123: Research and Systems Thinking, and it’s an essential foundation for everything that follows. Students complete their CITI Training (required for all human subjects research) alongside readings and class discussions about research justice and ethics. They carry both…