Heather Rankin
Library Log
ENG 12
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Tuesday, 15, 2013 at 3:50pm- 5:30pm
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-Once I sat down, I opened up my lap top and opened internet
explorer.
-I went typed in “poudrelibraries.org” into the internet browser.
-After going to “eresources”, I went to “Academic Search Premier”.
-I used my ewolf card to log into the library district.
-I clicked on “advanced search” and searched “Standardized Testing”
and I selected the field, “public schools”.
-I found an article called, “Science or Reading: What is being
measured by STANDARDIZED test?”(1)
-I read the abstract and thought that I might be interested in this
article so I saved the link.
-Next I went to google.com, and I searched “pros and cons of
standardized testing”
-I found a website titled “Standardized testing pros and cons” (2)
-On this website, It had a chart for the pros and a chart for the
cons of standardized testing.
-after evaluating this article I printed it out to use for my essay.
-I then went back to my research findings on google and searched,
“Standardized testing articles” and found “Why it is time to get rid of
standardized tests” on TIME’s website under, TIME ideas. (3)
-I then printed this article and annotated to use in my synthesis
essay
***Throughout the time I was at the library during this session, I
used this time to complete parts of my library log. ***
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1.http://0-web.ebscohost.com.catal og.poudrelibraries.org/
ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?
sid=75952552-fa26-
494f-b44ebe7eb0660e69
%40sessionmgr
112&vid=5&hid=127
Citation:
Visone, Jeremy D. "Science Or Reading: What Is
Being Measured By Standardized Tests?." American Secondary Education
39.1 (2010): 95-112. Academic Search Premier. Web. 25 Oct. 2013.
2.http://standardizedtest.pro
Con.org/
Citation:
"Standardized Tests -
ProCon.org." ProConorg Headlines. Procon.org, n.d. Web. 25 Oct.
2013.
11/why-its-time-to-get-rid-of-standardized-tests/#comments
Citation:
Rooks, Noliwe M.
"Ideas." Ideas Why Its Time to Get Rid of Standardized Tests
Comments. Time Magazine, 11 Oct. 2012. Web. 25 Oct. 2013.
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1. I found that this website was very useful for my findings on
standardized testing. I think that this website would be helpful because it
does deal with the answering of my inquiry question. Also, this resource is
an academic journal and I need at least one of these.
2. This website looked like a website I would be interested in using
for my synthesis essay because my question is, “What effects do standardized
tests have on public education in the United States” and this type of article
would give me the good effects and the bad effects of standardized testing.
Also, on top of the pro/con chart that this website provides, it provides an
article at the end on standardized testing as well.
3. The reason that I think that I will be using this article for my
synthesis essay is because it shows the effects that standardized testing is
having on the US and why we should get rid of these types of testing. This article will help me answer my inquiry
question and also help me answer other questions about standardized testing.
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Wednesday 16, 2013 10am-11am
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-I used the Academic Search Premier again from the Poudre library
district.
-I used advanced search, and selected “Full Text” and searched
Standardized testing.
-I found an article titled, “Why we should stop bashing state tests”
(4)
-I printed this article, because I thought by reading the first page
and the title, it would be useful for my synthesis essay.
-After this, I went back to my google search and found this article
title, “Schools Need a Time Out on Standardized tests” (5)
-I started to read the beginning of this article and think that even
though it is under Washington Post “opinion”, it is still informational and
could help me find mutual themes in my articles.
-I then, printed out this article and planned to use it for my
synthesis essay.
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m.catalog.poudrelibraries.org/eh
ost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=76c5effe-89d3-424b-89d07bed43defcf8%40
sessionmgr110&vid=7&hid=127
Citation:
Wiggins, Grant. "Why We Should Stop Bashing State Tests." Educational
Leadership 67.6 (2010): 48-52. Academic Search Premier. Web. 25
Oct. 2013.
Citation:
Starr, Joshua P.
"Schools Need a Timeout on Standardized Tests." Washington Post.
The Washington Post, 07 Feb. 2013. Web. 25 Oct. 2013.
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4. This article would be useful for my synthesis essay because it
will show the good effects that standardized testing has for the US. In doing
so, it will help me to answer my inquiry question effectively in finding different
themes in all my different articles. Also it might give me background
information on standardized testing.
5.This article seems interesting enough for me to use for one of my
synthesis articles because it would give opinion from someone who is actually
in the public school system, and I would be able to use his input to find
more themes to find in common with the rest of my articles.
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Thursday 17, 2013 4:00pm-4:40pm
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-I came to the Harmony library today to finish up the rest of my
hours, and because I found most of my articles already I spent about 10
minutes of this time to just annotate some of the articles that I have
already printed out to look for common themes.
-After I finished with that I had about 20 minutes left to kill, so I
used this time to try and find any other article I might want to use for my
synthesis essay and I found one on Academic Search Premier, after searching
full text, standardized tests again. I found another article on standardized
test that I then replaced with one of the other articles I previously found.
-I then spent the rest of this time in the library finishing up this
library log.
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Citation:
"Do Standardized
Tests Show an Accurate View of Students' Abilities?" Do Standardized
Test Show an Accurate View of Students' Abilities? Concordia University,
n.d. Web. 25 Oct. 2013
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5. I plan to use article 5, because it will give me more information
on standardized testing and how it is effecting the US. With the background
information, I will be able to answer some more of my other questions that I
might have while studying my inquiry question.
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Wednesday 23, 2013 10am-11:3am
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Although I didn’t spend this time researching for my article, I did
use this time to revise my essay. I looked at the comments I had for my 090
peer revision and made corrections to prepare for 121’s workshop. I used “Easy
Bib” to do my citations.
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Overall I am really happy with my essay so far! I like my topic a lot
and I think I did a good job of following directions with the assignment. I
think that the workshop for 121 will be really helpful and will improve my
essay even more.
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Hi, Heather; excellent log! Great job keeping track of your search strategies, what sources you found, and what sources were useful! 15/15 -Amy
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