Friday, April 24, 2009
Annotated Bibliography
Burns, David J. “Will I do as well on the final exam as I expect? An examination of students’ expectations” Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning 8.3 (2008) : 1 – 19. The study was published in a well-known journal of teaching, giving many details on the relationship among concepts and the procedure of the research, and having a very powerful and attractive title for teachers. David Burns work tried to prove the relationship between students’ expectation and their final marks. Considering students’ time and effort on what they do previous to an examination, this study focuses on the previous experiences and expectations that students have about their performance on tests. This study took based its results in variables such as 353 students, a single teacher, the same course and different performances. The study showed that there is not relationship between students’ expectations and their final scores as a final conclusion. However, Burns gives some explanations of which may have happened to obtains these results. People may infer from this study that the author believes in this relationship, although he could not prove it statistically. Methodology is a variable element that can affect the results of a research which it may have happened in this case. Furthermore, the process of research of this study introduces some concepts that can be taken in a further bibliographical research.
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1. This annotation gives a summary that is true for the article and explains the central point of the article
2. This is well organized: It has a brief introduction of the journal that will call the readers attention
then we have the main points of the article and the statement itself
and finally the conclusion and personal opinion of the article taht leads the reader to reflect on the topic.
3. This is specific: it shows the base of the journal and the main points.
4. Yes. Apart from the complete information it has a good critique about the topic that will call readers' attention
5. The MLA style is correct.
The study was published in a well-known journal of teaching( λ), giving many details on the relationship among concepts and the procedure of the research, and having a very powerful and attractive title for teachers. David Burns work tried to prove the relationship between students’ expectation and their final marks. Considering students’ time and effort on what they do previous to an examination, this study focuses on the previous experiences and expectations that students have about their ( λ) performance on tests. This study took based its results in variables such as 353 students, a single teacher, the same course and different performances. The study showed that there is not relationship between students’ expectations and their final scores as a final conclusion. However, Burns gives some explanations of which may have happened to obtains these results. People may infer from this study that the author believes in this relationship, although he could not prove it statistically. Methodology is a variable element that can affect the results of a research( λ), which it may have happened in this case. Furthermore, the process of research (WF) of this study introduces some concepts that can be taken in a further bibliographical research.
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