SEARCH FOR YOUR TOPIC H107 Education Neuroscience

What is the assignment October 12, Three seminal articles  Your submission should include:  A title and one sentence about your topic. Please add more (1 paragraph) if there have been any changes to your topic choice (e.g., if you have narrowed your topic)  Include 3 most cited sources about your topic in APA format (There will be at least 1 section about how to do this using Web of Science.)*  Include 3 most relevant sources about your topic in APA format (There will be at least 1 section about how to do this using Web of Science). *  Choose 3 relevant sources for YOU these may or may not be one the six you have cited (in b & c)  Write one brief paragraph about each source describing how they relate to your topic.

ISI Web of Knowledge: science citation index expanded  Harvard has many great resources  Harvard Library– lib.harvard.edu  Research tools: Harvard LibX plug in to add to your page, bypass all the restrictions that make you retype your password also gives you a toolbar

To get to e-resources  From the Harvard library site…  E-resources  On bottom is list of all journals you have access to (ie: Google Scholar, Citations Index Web of Science, etc…)

General start…  On Science Citation Web Expanded  ie: ADHD search gives 10,000+ topics  On left, can check/search for Neuroscience --- now you get about 2,000 articles  But you want to get ‘important’ papers

To see most cited---  To see major authors: look on left side of screen, it shows the top 5 authors cited (they may not be the best, but it gives you some frequently cited names)

Get the papers  You can click on the author to get all the articles  If Harvard has it, it will tell you  Also notice how many times it has been cited (you can sort by this on the top/right of screen)– this gives you major theories/the ‘big’ ideas that are used/cited  be aware of the date an article was written  Major papers, major players--- after about one hour of searching/reading using different sorting methods on Science Citation Index Expanded, you can become familiar with ‘big’ names/ideas in subject

Analyze- how do you know if you have a ‘good’ article?  From main page of Science Citation Index Expanded  Find the first listing (or listing of interest) that comes up  Hit the ‘times cited’ (it’s blue, under the listing)– this can be helpful  Are the articles still being cited today…can see how many articles have cited this author, how recently

When you like that paper  Can check paper (in small box on left)  At bottom: can print, , send to End Note, RefMan (to get to Ref Works, save it to your desktop and then you can get it to your Ref Works)

New search…  Ie: ADHD and inhibitory control search  Can see results  Can see number of times cited (sort by is on the top, right)  Can see main authors of papers, etc…

Comparing…  Wikipedia– see the connections and some of the names that come up… it may give you ideas for search terms you may not have considered  ie:ADHD on Wikipedia:  A main author, Barkley, who is important in neuroscience field (as you can find with Science Citation Index Expanded) is hardly shown on Wikipedia– so it is very limited

Google scholar  Shows Barkley author … Google scholar can get an article by him, can see some cited information  Does not give you other versatile ways to narrow down a topic and to become generally knowledgeable with main authors, etc.

Finding appropriate search terms  Can be tricky---  You will start to see the terms commonly used in papers–  important to read the most recent and cited articles– this helps you get familiar with current terminology

To find neuroscience terms (if your topic is not strongly neuroscience)  Consider where your topic can be grounded in neuroscience  Ie: if the topic is: ‘group work’ or ‘cooperative learning’ –  How can this get grounded in neuroscience ie: is there affect? Stress?

Specific questions: What if the neuroscience argument is difficult to make? What you can do: State: ‘here’s what we know’, maybe most of the best research is cognitive or educational State: ‘here is what we DON’T know’ and other areas answer this question better **Show diligence that you’ve considered what is out there and you know the ‘big’ arguments

Questions from the class:  What if my topic is too big?  Filter with Science Citation Index Expanded!  Identify core terms from main articles to see if that helps find other search terms  Narrow the aspects (ie: music  what aspect?) What can you narrow empirically?  How do I narrow two (or more broad topics)…  Find intersections between topics What do you know about each concept What arguments have been made Find core articles– notice what they’re referencing

MYIY article as an example  Broad terms given: ‘emotion, social functioning, decision making, morality, creativity, culture’  Narrow:  Case study: brain damaged patients  Relate to education Evidence /paints picture of the need for emotion for skills important in real world and that are supported in education Use neuroscience evidence/case study to inspire innovations for designing learning environments that use ‘emotional thought’

Neuroscience she begins to narrow:  Homeostatic balance: sleep, state of body, eatten, sick… need to manage physiology to optimize our survival/flourish  makes the argument that emotions and thoughts are intertwined  Also need to manage social interactions/relationships (ie: in school)  to survive and flourish

Important ‘case’ example  Is ‘brain based’  Damage to ventromedial prefrontal cortex  social behavior compromised  Can lead to a very specific search!

Her ultimate goal in the paper  Need to develop context that considers role of emotion in education… not just to master knowledge/logical reasoning skills

Metaphors  Emotion as a ‘child in a china chop’