Research Projects - Guidelines

Your presentation to your class will be in the form of a brief professional conference presentation. Each group will have 15 minutes - 8-10 for presentation and 5 for questions and answers and discussion. Each member of your team should be prepared to speak for about 2 minutes.

You will need to coordinate the content of your remarks so that you cover all the information, and that each of you presents different information. Please don't be the one who can only say "as .... just said." To prevent this you must turn in an outline of the points to be covered by each individual one week prior to the presentation. If you feel most comfortable writing your part of the presentation and reading it to your audience, you may do so. Even if you don't want to read it as part of the presentation, you will want to write a draft to organize your thoughts.

Please prepare a bibliography to be used as a handout for your audience. (If you turn this in with your outline, your instructor will make the copies for you. Otherwise you are responsible for copies for handouts.) You will need to list at least 8 sources on your topic. These may be journal articles, books, web pages or even substantive newspaper articles. Be sure to prepare a page with the title of your presentation, the bibliography in proper form and your names at the bottom, in case someone from your audience wants to contact you.

Visual aids are not necessary for your presentation, but you may want to consider them as an enrichment.

Power point is available in your presentation room, but the system is finicky. Plan ahead. Be sure that the equipment you need is available, set up and working prior to your presentation. Also, be sure you can make the system work. Practice that. Don't count on your instructor to bail you out, since she and the current electronic system in this room are not always on friendly terms.

Or, you may want to use handouts.

Dress professionally for your presentation.

Topics and Groups -Spring, 2008

The use of popular music
in the Classroom as a
Motivator


Octavia Moton
Sarah Davis
April 16, 2008
Physical Effects on
Physically
Disabled Children

Julie Gaines
Kellie Harlow
Katie Hancock
April 23, 2008
The Music Program is
part of the School
System

Dale Fulcher
Charlotte Trant
Cindy Robertson
April 16, 2008
     
Can Proper Singing
Techniques be taught on
the High School level?

Jenny Irby
Lauren Kushner
Kelsey Butterfield
April 16, 2008
How do those who play
instruments read music
differently from those who sing?
Amanda Herrera
Buster Brown
Holly Phelps
April 23, 2008

Personalities vs.
Instruments



Ben Carignan
Matt Tewksberry
April 23, 2008

Order of presentations to be announced

 

Your grade (6 points) will be figured as follows:
content - 3
organization and presentation- 2
bibliography - 1

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