AP Research Poster Presentation Problem Statement, Research Question, Definitions, Assumptions/Hypotheses, Significance/Importance, Proposed Method of Inquiry, Sources Used (add your name, date, Blk and teacher) One slide per student. Slide completion date: 16 Oct. 2015, 3 pm. Presentation dates: Oct 26/27, 28/29, Oct 30/Nov 2.
Alex Cuozzo, Blk B3, Adkison Research Question: Sources: Tan, Jason. "Private Tutoring in Singapore: Bursting Out of the Shadows." Journal of Youth Studies What are the psychological effects of test (2009): 93-104. EBSCO . 1 Jan. 2009. Web. Problem Statement: preparation for the PSLE on Singaporean primary Paris, Scott, Theresa Lawton, Julianne Turner, and Jodie Roth. "A Developmental Perspective on school students? (Anxiety, confidence, mood, In Singapore, primary school students Standardized Achievement Testing." Educational Researcher 20.5 (1991): n. pag. JSTOR . must take a Primary School Leaving Exam mental health, preparedness) Web. (PSLE) at the end of their sixth year of Naveh-Benjamin, Moshe, Wilbert J. Mckeachie, and Yi-Guang Lin. "Two Types of Test-anxious primary school. This exam is a Students: Support for an Information Processing Model." Journal of Educational Psychology standardized test and is extremely 79.2 (1987): 131-36. Web. important to score highly on because it determines the future of the student’s Madaus, George F. "The Effects of Important Tests on Students: Implications for a National Examination education path. In order to compensate, System." The Phi Delta Kappan 73.3 (1991): 226-31. JSTOR . Web. 29 Sept. 2015. 80% of all local primary school students are receiving supplementary education outside of school in order to prepare for Definitions: Significance: Method: the PSLE. Tuition may have significant High stakes assessment: tests used to make psychological impacts (anxiety, mental I hope, more than anything, to get a reliable and accurate answer to my significant educational decisions about students, health, preparedness, mood) on primary I am investigating the research question in order to both add to the existing debate about teachers, schools, or school districts psychological impacts of test school students. standardized testing, more specifically the PSLE, and allow others to be PSLE: The Primary School Leaving Exam, a high preparation for the PSLE on more aware of the system of education that they are currently in. stakes assessment mandatory for grade six students primary school students. I will Hypotheses: Singapore is a one of a kind place in the way that it is almost overrun by in Singapore collect data on two different tuition; there are not many other places in the world where almost all Tuition: the noun form of tutoring I believe that there will be different groups and contrast them in of the students are enrolled in extracurricular classes. Because of this, I Intrinsic motivation: Students are motivated by their responses for each aspect of mental order to make conclusions: one feel that it is extremely important to consider the possible effects that own goals and are happy with pursuing challenging status. Mental health might be preserved group of students who are such a way of life might have on students, parents, teachers, and tasks while anxiety was increased, for example. engaged in tuition and one tutors. This study aims to fill in a gap in the current research pool: there Extrinsic motivation: Students are motivated by group of students who are not have been many studies on different psychological effects that occur outside influences, like test scores, peer pressure, or engaged in tuition. I will use a from test preparation in general, but the PSLE is unique in the way that other incentives survey to collect qualitative Assumptions: it tests students at such a young age. The effects of high-stakes testing Test-anxiety: The fear and dread of having to take a data and quantitative data, are generally known, but nothing so far has been conducted on the high-stakes test. Usually arises from the belief that maybe on the Likert scale, psychological effects of tuition for the PSLE on primary school one is not adequately prepared or intelligent I am assuming that any changes in mental mabe open-ended. I hope to Singaporean students. There is currently a lack of information available Academic Performance: Can be described as the way status between the two groups of people survey a group of around 400 on the Singaporean education system and data with regards to tuition, that someone collectively performs on tests, in are direct results of the presence of primary six students from so this study is especially useful for Singaporeans. courses, and in other measurements of academic tuition. It is the tuition that affects government-funded local achievement students’ mental health, not their mental schools. health that dictates whether or not they will take part in tuition.
THE SIGNS OF SAN FRANSOKYO: A SEMIOTIC ANALYSIS OF BIG HERO 6 Jamie Uy, Mr. Adkison, B3 Problem Statement: There is a problem in or with our lack of understanding of the current cultural significance of the contemporary animated film Big Hero 6. Despite the movie’s popularity, notable departures from traditional canons mentioned in the research question, and critical acclaim, not enough investigation of the film is occurring. While aca-fans have been quick to analyze aspects of the film in a political or racial sense (given its status as Disney’s first title starring an Asian-American protagonist) no-one has yet weighed these claims through a critical reading and comprehensively analyzed the whole breadth of themes and interpretations in Big Hero 6 that explain possible reasons for its appeal. This problem has negatively impacted the scope of media studies because the text merits closer academic attention. A possible cause of this problem is the relative currency of the film (researchers may be deterred from studying so new of a media phenomena without the assurance that its story will remain relevant over time) and the lack of marketing that would otherwise push this film at the forefront of mainstream media. Perhaps a study which investigates Big Hero 6 through a semiotic method, keeping in mind the production history of the title and putting the film in context of the industry, could remedy this situation. Research Question: Through a comprehensive semiotic analysis of Big Hero 6 that situates the film’s tropes, signs and symbols in the context of relevant canons such as Disney/Pixar/Marvel films and the superhero/science-fiction/children’s entertainment/anime genres, how do various critical readings of Big Hero 6 explain its current cultural significance? Definitions: Proposed Method of Inquiry: Semiotic Assumptions/Hypotheses: Significance/Importance of the Study: analysis; nonexperimental; qualitative; primary sources. In short, I will use pop semiotic method - the Big Hero 6 is a cultural object explore how media mirrors society ❖ ❖ ❖ culture history to analyze the film and study of signs worthy of academic attention. deconstruct one way of interpreting ❖ determine possible ‘messages’ that canons - characteristic Big Hero 6 is very popular. A media-constructed narratives, which ❖ ❖ explain its appeal. Information collected systems of signs as study of BH6 will expose is increasingly imperative to our will be mostly my own interpretations of dictated by tradition, something meaningful about media-saturated everyday lives characters, settings, tropes, etc. of Big literary history, etc. society. use BH6, since it is a recent film in ❖ Hero 6, but will also include other semiotic Semiotic analysis is a valid the rich canons mentioned above, ❖ analyses of similar films, method for determining as a case study to better Sources Used: Signs of Life reports/interviews with cast members, possible meanings of complex understand the intersections of in the USA by Sonia Maasik production team, and Disney executives, representations. media, culture, and society and Jack Solomon, Semiotic and data detailing critical reception (e.g. Analysis by Arthur Asa box office numbers). Berger
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