FOUN 098 58 Love and Learning: Getting Started

Activity 1: Developing Keywords

1. What questions do you have about your experience of love and learning? These questions can bring focus to your topic for the definition paper.
2. From these questions, what key concepts emerge? These will be your keywords to use for searching for articles.
3. Discuss your topic, questions, and keywords with someone at your table. They will discuss their topic, questions, and keywords with you. See if you can come up with suggestions for keywords or alternate terms to improve your searches.

Activity 2: Scholarly vs. Non-scholarly

Search for each article in the Research Library Complete database. Open each as a PDF. At your table, compare and contrast the articles. 

Article 1:
Silvia, B. N., Zervas, P., Ramon, F. G., & Sampson, D. G. (2016). Developing teachers' competences for designing inclusive learning experiences. Journal of Educational Technology & Society, 19(1), 17-27.

Article 2:
Bacon, J., & Leonard, K. (2023, 10). What is inclusive postsecondary education for students with intellectual disabilities? The Exceptional Parent (Online), 53, 28-30. 

We'll discuss these questions as a group:

• What are some similar features between the articles?
• What are some distinguishing features?
• How do you know the first article is scholarly?

Trying to come up with keywords for your search?

• Brainstorm for keywords related to the main concepts of your topic.
• Use different combinations of keywords when searching databases.