Monday, March 2, 2009

article analysis

Orme, John G., and Cheryl Buehler. "Foster Family Characteristics and Behavioral and Emotional Problems of Foster Children: A Narrative Review." Family Relations 50.1: 3-15. 2 Mar. 2009 .

b) this article talks about the differences in foster care compared to those that need it not. it talks about the different effects that the foster parents can have on the children as well as the possible behavioral effects that the children can show. it talks about how certain parents are more apt than others to be foster parents, and how it usually ends up being the people that were themselves in foster care that tended to be the better parents.

c) this article seems to be organized in a chronological order. it starts by talking about foster family's then moving onto topics such as parenting, family functioning, marital functioning, temperment, parent mental health and finally social support. in the very beginning it has an introduction and at the end it has a conclusion that sums up what the authors just finished talking about.

d) the purpose of this review is to correct any misconceptions about foster families. it shows pros and cons to the idea and is mainly to inform its readers about studies they have either done or have found on foster families.

e) the only violation of critical thinking in this article that i can tell is that it does not consider interpretations nor does it tolerate uncertainty.

Sunday, March 1, 2009

project update

for my project with fraternities, this week has been somewhat successful. i have found a few good articles that i could possibly use, however i have yet to fully read them to find out if they are fully creditable. i have also begun looking over fraternity materials in order to learn more about their foundations and what they are about. i plan to continue looking for more articles and possibly more books on my topics.

google tricks

Write about ONE of the "Google Tricks" that you learned about and how you used it to find information. The information can be related to your research project, something that you needed to find out for another class, OR something else that you wanted to find out.

The one google "trick" that i learned about was actually that google had a scholarly web branch. i never did any digging around google to look for such a thing, however i must say it is a rather nice thing to know now. using this trick, i was able to find a few articles right away dealing with my topic. when i search again for more materials, this will be the first place i go for additional articles.