AP Research Syllabus - Hybrid Model & Virtual Academy

Task List

Roxanne Breitenfeld, M. Ed.
(Cover 2 Cover Book Club advisor)

Instructor Contact Information:

E-mail: roxanne.breitenfeld@ucps.k12.nc.us

School phone: 704-296-3130

Classroom Location: E122

Hybrid Model = Plan B / Students are attending face-to-face and online 
Virtual Academy = Plan D / Students are only attending virtually 

Helpful Links:

• • UCPS Traditional 20-21 Calendar
  • Kami Directions
  • Canvas PARENT Resources
  • Working Offline in GoogleDocs
  • Chromebook Trouble Shooting

Links Related to Capstone Specifically:

• • Student Prep Folders
  • AP Research Pacing Guide (LINK MISSING)
  • AP DIGITAL PORTFOLIO and SUBMISSION DETAILS
  • IXL Usernames/Passwords (LINK MISSING)

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Each Day...

1. Check Your Email

2. Check Your Canvas Announcements 

• • Respond to the announcement. There will be a "bell-ringer" prompt. This is how I will take attendance EVERY day!

3. Work within your PREP folder

4. Make progress based on personal project goals (set with the teacher)/ Log your progress

5. Check Canvas Calendar for New Assignments/Deadlines (newest assignments can also be found at the bottom of the Modules page)

6. Log-in to Microsoft Teams from 2:15 PM to 3:00 PM Monday or Tuesday; you can get to the meeting link through Canvas Calendar. 

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Bell Schedule

8:10 - 9:50 10 minutes Redhawk Time (buffer + 85 minute 1st block)

9:55 - 11:25 90 minute 2nd Block

11:30 - 1:30 120 minutes with bathroom stop and 25 minutes in the cafe

Lunch Schedule 

1:35 - 3:05 90 minutes

11:45 - 12:10

Breitenfeld

25-6

Front Hall Bathroom

Web Platform: Canvas-  Daily assignments will be linked to Canvas. Additionally, the syllabus and other important class information can be found on Canvas. Canvas is where students will check for class announcements, keep track of their assignments, and submit most of their work. Students can and should access this platform from NCEdCloud. 

Curriculum: AP Capstone Implementation Guide

Expectations:

• • Show up
  • Give your best
  • Ask questions
  • Be respectful 
  • Be flexible

Grades - Ten-Point Scale

A: 100-90           B: 80-89            C: 70-79           D: 60-69           F: 59-0

Percentages- All assignments are based on a 100% grade scale in my classroom. Important assignments may carry more weight based on length, significance, and difficulty. 

First semester counts as Honors credit. Second semester counts as AP credit. Each semester you will receive three 6-weeks grades and one teacher-determined exam grade. Thus, like in your other classes, each semester's grade will be an average of the three terms and the exam. 

GRADE BREAKDOWN LATE WORK POLICY

Ample time will be provided to complete assignments. Thus, late work will NOT earn higher than 60%.

If an assignment is turned in late due to an absence, the student SHOULD clarify this information in the notes section of a Canvas assignment submission. Likewise, it should be noted at the top of a hand-written assignment. Students have two days for each day absent to turn in late work without penalty. 

Extra-credit is only offered to students who have NO incomplete assignments

Grades can be checked by students and parents via Powerschool at any time in the school year. Parents will need an access password which they can obtain from the front office. 

Additional Items: 

Plagiarism- Taking credit for someone else's work or ideas is considered cheating, and this offense is handled seriously at MHS. An offender can expect disciplinary action as well as a failing grade as consequences to plagiarism. 

Supplies: Chromebook and charger; Composition notebook; Books checked out to the student in class.

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Other Resources:

Evaluating Sources:

CRAAP Test

CRAAP Test Worksheet

Reliable Sources:

EBSCO: bit.ly/APCapstoneEBSCO

Google Scholar Classic Papers: https://goo.gl/CZbj7I

Additional Undergraduate Papers: ncurproceedings.org  

Situating Your Research:

Crosswalk

Ethical Standards for Working with Human Subjects:

"The most salient ethical values implicated by the use of human participants in research are beneficence (doing good), non‐maleficence (preventing or mitigating harm), fidelity and trust within the fiduciary investigator/participant relationship, personal dignity, and autonomy pertaining to both informed, voluntary, competent decision making and the privacy of personal information"

Kapp M. B. (2006). Ethical and legal issues in research involving human subjects: do you want a piece of me?. Journal of clinical pathology, 59(4), 335–339. https://doi.org/10.1136/jcp.2005.030957

Parts of the Paper:

AP Research Course Description

• Look at the second page for outline format (What goes in each section of your paper can be found on page 49 of the course description--which is pg 57 of the PDF.)

AP Research Student Workbook

What goes in an introduction?

Organizing Your Social Science Research Paper USC

Participant Sampling:

Some Sampling Notes

Analyzing Data: 

Coding Qualitative Data

Coding Quantitative Data

Sample Papers:

AP Research Sample Papers

Paper Training Assessment Sample Notes

Style Guides: 

Referencing and Citation Styles- The University of Sydney

APA Citation- University of Maryland

AMA Sample Paper