Year 8 Inquiry

Conclusion

2009-06-21T21:18:00.000-07:00

§I feel that it is no easy feat in the research on how books can change a person’s perspective of the world, as a large part of that is purely opinion, and very little about this is fact based. The best possible research on this topic is probably opinions form credible sources, like famous book critics or websites or even daily newspapers. While all information that I gather might not be real and reliable, I feel that people’s opinions are mostly accurate as this entire topic is mostly opinion based, on what other people think about books and their emotional changing effects.

§I also feel that this could be one of the questions with no right or wrong answer, and that it is far less fact based on something like, how do tsunamis form, or how devastating they are.

Plan for Day 4

2009-06-21T17:26:00.000-07:00

My Plan for today is to:

Tie up some loose ends of research.
Finish up Powerpoint Podcast.
Write brief speech to go along with my podcast.

How do books have an effect on a person's emotional state?

2009-06-18T19:38:00.000-07:00

I also asked fellow students on how do books change their emotional state, and I received some interesting feedback. Several student claimed that they didn't experience any change in their emotional state. Quite a significant amount of students (around 30%) claimed that 'When I read an interesting story, I feel as if I'm spectating the story', or, in other words, addiction to the story, as if they 'captured' that person's brain, and then their real life emotional state becomes captured and changes, according the the theme of the world. Also quite a significant portion of the fellow students I asked also commented on how reading a book has relaxing properties, helping a person to relax, and, as one student claims, 'like adults with alcohol'

Survey/Poll Results

2009-06-18T19:03:00.000-07:00

After asking fellow students on how books change their perspective of the world, I found out that 69% of students tend to think that books change our perspective of the world, 7.7% think that it doesn't, and the remainder of the students do not have a good idea on the psychological effects of books.
People who voted on books changing their perspective of the world also made several interesting comments. A few people tend to think that non-fiction books were the ones that change your perspective, as one person says 'Well, it depends ... when you learn more about the world i guess it does change your perspective.'
The majority of the people claimed that not only do non-fiction books change your perspective of the world, even reading fiction books change people's perspective of the world, simply by seeing other people's point of view. 'I think from books you can learn about all sorts of things even in fiction books. It can change your perspective because of the way it is written- for example from someone's point of view. From non-fiction books you can get new ideas which changes your perspective of the world.
Other people stated that 'I think books are just a subject with nothing special in it. It can be used for entertainment saying it changes my perspective of the world won't happen.'

Plan

2009-06-18T19:00:00.000-07:00

My objective for day 3 is to:

Summarize what other people have to say Done
Find a more credible source, like physiological expert Done
Research what makes a good podcast

Day 2

2009-06-18T17:01:00.001-07:00

Well, its the end of day 2, and it had been mostly spent reflecting on things I did in day 1, and working out a good time frame for my project. Although I feel that I am making steady progress,I feel that I will have to speed up in order to meet the deadline of day 4.

5 Planing Questions

2009-06-16T00:06:00.000-07:00

What do I need to do?
Research; personal opinion, other peoples opinion, more creditable sources, observations from other people, online questionnaire.
When do I need to do it?
I will need a laptop, people to ask, if possible access to people and books.
What do you want to do?
If I had time, I also want to read and see known records for how books change your emotional states.
How do you know its done?
For polls, or questionnaires, I think that, say a number like 15 sets of results would be enough to prove that my sets of results aren't biased, and that they are reliable and creditable.
How do you know its done successfully?
My idea of successful will be when, I actually think that I have found good information, with credible sources, or when i feel that I have satisfied my own curiosity, and that when I myself have a much deeper understanding.

Do Books Change your Prespective of the world?

2009-06-15T19:15:00.000-07:00

Plan

2009-06-15T19:02:00.000-07:00

2nd day: Start Researching my various questions, most likely questionnaires and opinions from other people. In the afternoon, after doing intensive research, I think that my question is limiting myself in showing my various areas of research, so I think I will try to find alternate ways of presenting my big questions.
3rd day: Not thought of yet

Questionarie

2009-06-15T18:57:00.000-07:00

Do reading books have an emotional effect on you?

'Reading a book, after a detention or something gives me comfort. And, it helps, me take away my misery, like adults with alcohol' by fellow student'

Please Comment, thank you. (If you didn't answer my questionarie)

Teacher Comment

2009-06-15T18:14:00.000-07:00

(Mr Smetherham) Adapted title slightly. Needs to make a plan for the process and consider evidence for claims.

(LFO) I need to think about what sources I'm using and how reliable and truthful they are. Need more content. Plan is a bit vague, needs to specify.

(LFO) Excellent opinions included. Very detailed bibliography and notes. Conclusion quite through. Think about another student understanding what you've said, in your conlcusion

Day 1 out of 4

2009-06-15T04:53:00.001-07:00

Well, my first day is over, and although much of the work I had done that day was mental, and although I hadn't really written long essays, taken a lot of facts, I felt that I am making good progress, that I managed to write my blog, and also now I have a good idea of what I need to do next, and at the next day I will start following the plan to make the most out of the Inquiry Project.

Inquiry Project Day 1 out of 4

2009-06-10T21:31:00.000-07:00

After considering several ideas I have in my arsenal which I am very interested in, including how video games change my perspective but which I had to give up due to lack of good and reliable sources,I settled on how do books have a psychological effect on a human.

Then, I settled on thinking a time plan for my 4 day Inquiry, and after some thought, divided my topic into 3 more manageable, smaller questions. I also had a concept idea about how to present it, involving a TV broadcast or camera work.....not that certain though..

Inquiry Project: Day 1 out of 4

2009-06-10T19:41:00.000-07:00

Now, I think that, after quite a long thought, that I will base my choice on which topic to choose on the assessment criteria, but also on how do I present my knowledge and understanding, and of course which topic I find is the most fun for myself!

Inquiry Project : Day 1 out of 4

2009-06-10T19:25:00.001-07:00

Today was the start of the Inquiry Project. At the beginning of it, within 15 minutes, I was stuck with a big problem..what on Earth (or out of it) do I research about? It was very difficult to choose a good topic, not because I have far too much things I want to research about, but, rather, at that particular moment I can't think of anything that is interesting to me!

Of course, I got over that moment, and after a few minutes of brief thinking I found several topics that i found interesting such as how time travel works, to does Atlantis actually exist, and even if playing random computer games change your view of the world!

Does playing violent computer games have an effect on a person's personality?
Do people who write books about violence have a violent personality themselves?
Are dreams the cause of deja vu, or a way of predicting the future?
Does Atlantis actually exist?
Will the human population ever decline?