#Research HACCSOCI201

[molliekzilla-blog]

Pew Research Center organized two separate research surveys in 2017. The research conducted used basic research methods. The first survey was based off the qualitative method which is open ended (Conley, 2017, p 47). The question asked the participants to describe what made their lives meaningful. The second survey was quantitative which seeks to obtain information about the social world that is already in or can be converted to numeric form (Conley, 2017, p 47). This second survey asked forced questions that had participants rate 15 possible answers to what made their lives meaningful.

These surveys began with an inductive approach which starts with empirical observations and the works to form a theory (Conley, 2017, p 48). The correlation, also known as an association, was that family had a very high impact on an individual’s fulfillment and how meaningful their lives felt.

Along with family being the top answer, income was the runner up. Two hypothesis’s that could be created out of the data documented could be: the higher the income in a household, the higher the sense of fulfillment will be, or, the closer one is with their family members, the higher sense of meaning the individual will have. In this case, the dependent variables, which is the outcome you are trying to explain, are fulfillment and meaningfulness (Conley, 2017, p 52). The independent variables, which is the measured factor that you believe has a causal impact on the dependent variables, are income and the closeness to family.

Money does not fix all problem, but it may make you feel more fulfilled. Family however is all that a person has in the very end, so, it is not surprising that the majority of the surveyors chose family as the number one option.

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Conley, D. (2017). You may ask yourself: An introduction to thinking like a sociologist. New York: W.W. Norton.

[hersheywiss-blog]

In this article on guns in the United States, the author, John Gramlich, had several examples of quantitative methods used to provide us with the data to show us how people feel about guns in this country and why they have them.  The population of gun owners in this country is vast and everyone has their personal reasons as to why they own a gun. Quantitative methods are “methods that seek to obtain information about the social world that is already in or can be converted to numeric form” (Conley, 2017, p. 47).  Gramlich also used correlation to show how American's feel about more or less gun ownership and how it would affect the occurrence of mass shootings. In our book, Conley (2017) defines correlation as a simultaneous variation in two variables (p. 48).  I guess more research needs to be done in order to establish the causality of this topic.  Would stricter gun control lead to less mass shootings or will they continue at the same rate, or even increase, because people who are intent on causing harm have no regard for the laws and consequences in that moment?  Causality is not as easy to determine as correlation.  Causality is “the notion that a change in one factor results in a corresponding change in another” (Conley, 2017, p. 50).  There are three factors that are needed to establish causality and they are correlation, time order, and ruling out alternative explanations (Conley, 2017, p. 50).  

This article also provided many examples of comparative research, comparing the percentages of the opinions of men versus women, Democrats versus Republicans, and so on.  This article is saturated with numerical data.  Comparative research is defined as “a methodology by which two or more entities, which are similar in many dimensions but differ on one in question, are compared to learn about the dimension that differs between them” (Conley, 2017, p. 66).  For example, Gramlich (2018) wrote “nearly half of adults (47%) say there would be fewer mass shootings if it was harder for people to obtain guns legally, while a similar share (46%) says there would be no difference” (para. 13).

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References:

Conley, D. (2017). You may ask yourself: An introduction to thinking like a sociologist. New York: W.W. Norton.

Gramlich, J. (2018). Facts on U.S. gun ownership and gun policy views. Retrieved from http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/12/27/facts-about-guns-in-united-states/

[savvii99]

Digital society and Information

Introduction

We are living in a digital society in which every aspect of our lives is profoundly being affected by the digitization of data. Technology has impacted how we communicate, socialize, how we work, the learning process, as well as participation in politics and the economy. Students can use technology to meet, collaborate and create content virtually. They can use it to research subjects, share idea and learn specific skills. Personally, technology has made it easy for me to use computers and mobile devices to continue learning outside the traditional classroom setting, even having used the web-based conferencing tools such as google hangouts to interact with professionals who offer advice on how to cope with real-life challenges.

Digital information technology is becoming more deeply and rapidly entrenched in our society. It will not take a long period before everyone is permanently connected to each other through the internet (Mossberger & McNeal, 2007). In this case, it is clear that the extensive digitization aim at changing all aspects of society across the world. The improved technology creates equal opportunity for people to connect, interact and share information with other people across the world.

Being a digital citizen requires active participation in online platforms to learn and remain updated on the emerging issues in the world. Research has revealed that digitization promise tremendous benefits for better health, more efficient mobility, and efficient energy use as well as flourishing companies (Mossberger & McNeal, 2007). Researchers in the digital society issues are interested on how culture, society and digital technologies shape and affect each other. As a matter of fact, the future prosperity will depend largely on how well the society will master the digital revolution as well as appreciate the need of the improved technology in our lives

Nevertheless, the Digital society and Information has raised complex challenges such as the identification of the knowledge and truth among the deluge of information, sophisticated artificial intelligence as well as the access and control of data. These challenges raise multidisciplinary issues of power, culture, governance, and social aspects (Mossberger & McNeal, 2007). To address the digitization challenges, the computer and data scientists need to work together with social scientists and humanities scholars. Prominent expert and managers from industry and society need to discuss the prospective on digitization, future threats and promises and this would make it easier for people to appreciate the need of digitization in the real life situations.

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Reference

  Mossberger, K., Tolbert, C. J., & McNeal, R. S. (2007). Digital citizenship: The Internet, society, and participation. MIt Press.

[lizweidner-blog]

This article is filled with statistics on marijuana use in youth culture. This article uses a unique and compelling research method to discuss the short-term and long-term effects of marijuana use during teenage years. The article states that teen marijuana use is down from the 90s, however, the marijuana that is being purchased today may be nearly thirty times as strong as it was in previous years. According to this article, the short-term effects may be dangerous and include but are not limited to memory loss, distorted perception, trouble problem solving, increased heart rate, and decreased motor skills (Zuckerman, 2018, p. 1). The long-term effects are still unknown but may include lower attention levels in later life, and cancer risks, and one study has even found that there may be a correlation to the age of stroke patients (Zuckerman, 2018, p.1). This research seems like the effects provided would be enough to defer youth marijuana use, the rate is decreasing from previous years. While this article has a great amount of information it has a very interesting way of presenting the information. The research method, or the way that social scientists investigate the responses to questions, uses a variety of ways to present their findings on youth culture and marijuana use (Conley, 2017, p. 47). While the article shows a correlation between ages of stroke to marijuana uses this correlation has not been deemed a causality. A correlation is defined as “simultaneous variation in two variables” (Conley, 2018, p. 48). In this example the correlation is between marijuana use and the ages of stroke victims. However, because the research is lacking this statement cannot be deemed a causality, or “notion that a change in one factor results in a corresponding change in another” (Conley, 2017, p. 50). Until there is farther research, one cannot directly state that the use of marijuana causes strokes earlier in life.

 This article uses both qualitative and quantitative research methods. Qualitative research method primarily uses information that cannot easily be put in a numerical form (Conley, 2017, p. 47). The way the information is portrayed in this article gives the research method away. For example, the effects that former marijuana uses experience is not put into numerical form. However, this article primarily uses a qualitative method which is data that can be easily put into numerical form (Conley, 2017, p. 47). This qualitative method can easily be measured or put in a number form, the statistics on the number of youth marijuana uses, or the reaction time of drivers using marijuana is measured in this numerical form and therefore shows the quantitative method in action.

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Conley, D. (2017). You may ask yourself: An introduction to thinking like a sociologist (5th core ed).  New York, NY: W.W. Norton.

Zuckerman, D., PhD, Ravichandran, P., & Fraga, R. (2018, July 19). Marijuana Use Among Youth. Retrieved from http://www.center4research.org/marijuana-use-among-youth-2/

[jangstadt-blog]

In this article, Charles Bell, an employee at The Conversation, interviewed thirty students as well as their parents. His choice of students to interview was based on whether or not he or she had ever been suspended from school. Bell, along with most other people view school suspension as being a punishment, but these students he interviewed along with their parents, may often times think differently. He found that students are not afraid of suspension and in fact some of them are proud of it. Many students made him aware that suspension will not stop their actions especially because they think it makes them “cool” and it draws attention to them. Bell also found after speaking with the parents of these students that they do not instruct their children to act any differently than they do when it comes to fights; they want them to fight. They believe that if their child just walks away it is a sign of weakness and they do not want their child to be considered weak, instead they want them to be popular and have friends. Many students believe fighting and school suspensions help them to make more friends. According to the U.S. Department of Education Office of Civil Rights, roughly two million school students were suspended in 2015/2016. Being this statistic deals with numbers, it is an example of quantitative research. Quantitative research is “methods that seek to obtain information about the social world that is already in or can be converted to numeric form” (Conley, 2017, p. 47). Many schools are finding that suspending students for their actions often causes them to act out even more, therefore there is debate as to what form of punishment should be put into place. Punishments may need to be more beneficial to both the punished student and also to the safety of the rest of the students in the school.

Our class textbook, You May Ask Yourself, discusses two types of research methods; quantitative and qualitative methods. Research methods as a whole are “approaches that social scientists use for investigating the answers to questions” (Conley, 2017, p. 47). This article focuses on an interview which was used to gather information, therefore this can be considered qualitative research. Qualitative research is “methods that attempt to collect information about the social world that cannot be readily converted to numeric form” (Conley, 2017, p. 47).

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References

Conley, D. (2017). You may ask yourself: An introduction to thinking like a sociologist. (5th ed.). New York: W.W. Norton.

[sian90]

        In this study, Professors from University of British Columbia conducted a case study to see if sleepy consumers bought specific items in their sleep deprived state.  A case study is an intensive investigation of one particular unit in analysis in order to describe it or uncover its mechanisms (Conley, D. (2017). p63). Their study consist of a bunch of sleep deprived people who were offered to choose from a variety of different colored candies. They did that to see what people were drawn that they weren’t normally drawn to any other day that they got more sleep.  

        They also found that on a particular day, after daylight savings, there were high numbers of the population of sleep deprived people buying items that they thought or would keep them awake. Population in this study are defined- an entire group of individual persons, objects, or items from which samples can be drawn (Conley, D. (2017).p62). This case study is a good example of Qualitative method. Which is methods that attempt to collect information about the social world that cannot be readily converted to numeric form (Conley, D. (2017). p62). Professors at University of British Columbia took from the population of consumers who were sleep deprived, and got a sample of how many it proved that sleepy people choose to buy things specifically than just at random like one would think. All this took place in the social setting of the grocery store. Also it gave an idea that companies knew this fact and advertised or had specials on certain things to draw customers.

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References:

Conley, D. (2017). You May Ask Yourself: An Introduction to Thinking                                      Sociologist (5th ed.). New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc

University of British Columbia, ( 2019, March 11). Retrieved                                                       from: https://m.phys.org/news/2019-03-daylight-sleepy-                                         consumers- wider-variety.html

[ayohposts-blog]

The article I chose is quite interesting to me.  Even though we are all humans, some things in our cultures are different from country to country, including touching.  What I mean is, when is it okay, and not okay, to touch someone?  I do not just mean a handshake when meeting someone new, but how about if a stranger touches your arm.  Would that be uncomfortable for everyone?  This study is based on whether the general “rules” for touching differ from Japan to the United Kingdom.  The researchers came to the conclusion that the people have the same feelings about being touched in both countries, and are quite similar.  

I feel this study is a great example of sociological research.  This study dealt more with qualitative research methods, which are “methods that attempt to collect information about the social world that cannot be readily converted to numeric form” (Conley, 2017, p. 47).  The answers and data they collected were not quantitative, but qualitative.  The participants answered questions, that gave non-numerical answers and data for the researchers.  

The researchers used a sample of people from the populations of Japan and the United Kingdom, which is “the subset of the population from which you are actually collecting data” (Conley, 2017, p. 62).  Since the sample was relatively small compared to the entire population of each country and the world, the study has a low generalizability.  Generalizability is “the extent to which we can claim our findings inform us about a group larger than the one we studied” (Conley, 2017, p. 55).  Compared to the entire population, the sample size was extremely small.  A larger study would have to be done to conclude that there are similar touching rules across the countries, and even the world.

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References

Conley, D. (2017). You may ask yourself: An introduction to thinking like a sociologist. New York: W.W. Norton.

[kaylabsteiner-blog]

Research

According to Weyam Fahmy of Memorial University, fairness seems to be a big problem when it comes to women wearing head and face coverings in court. It has been proven by studies that Women who wear Muslim garments when they testify in court are viewed as more credible and reliable sources as opposed to women who do not wear any head coverings. A study was done where multiple different women testified in court and the woman who wore the most coverings was considered more credible than the woman with no coverings. This correlation proves that head coverings on muslim women can be associated with innocence or dependability. Correlation or association can be defined as, “a simultaneous variation in two variables” (Conley, 2017, p. 48).When it comes to rape cases, judges often think of woman as "asking for it". If a woman gets raped, most likely it is not her fault. But, depending on what she is wearing it could lead a judge to believe otherwise. However, when women wear coverings this myth is completely disregarded because they are not viewed in that way. This is completely unfair because whether a head or face covering is worn or not has nothing to do with the chances of a woman getting sexually assaulted. Although women with coverings are not any more reliable than any other individual, they still do get favored over women without either covering. This is because they are seen as more pure or innocent, when in reality they are exactly the same, the coverings are just a choice and they make no difference in how reliable someone may or may not be.

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Conley, D. (2017). You may ask yourself:. New York: Norton.

Staff, S. X. (2019, February 01). Women who wear Muslim garments in court are viewed as more credible witnesses. Retrieved February 03, 2019, from https://phys.org/news/2019-02-women-muslim-garments-court-viewed.html

[michelinaplantz-blog]

Link between migrant women and technology facilitated domestic abuse

     This article talks about how migrant women are particularly vulnerable to technology-facilitated domestic abuse. They state that due to their temporary visa's in general they are victims of domestic violence. Whether it be verbal or physical. Due to this when you add technology in the mix, it becomes a lot worse. They defined technology- facilitated domestic violence as controlling, monitoring and harassing behaviors using tools such as text messages, emails, tracking apps and others such as social media. They stated this was due to the fact that migrant women see technology as a form to reduce isolation. Technology-facilitated abuse takes that away and provides them with the thing they feared the most which is isolation. The article then began to talk about victims’ stories. The one story that stuck with me was Dara's story. She talked about how her abuser severed all her connections with the outside world. He changed all of her passwords, stole her phone, and even destroyed her laptop. https://phys.org/news/2019-02-migrant-women-vulnerable-technology-facilitated-domestic.html

      The two terms I feel could best describes this article would be the qualitative research method as well as the deductive approach. The reason I would say qualitative research is because of the depth of explanation they went into. Not only did they go into detail about what this new form of abuse was. They went into talking about the reasons why they felt only these kinds of people were victims of this. They also wen tour how they are victims of this. What different types of ways can these things happen? They also went into even collecting interviews from victims of this form of abuse. Lastly, they went into talking about ways people can help. They really didn't focus on numbers, they focused on descriptions to try to get you to almost paint a picture. Secondly, I feel they use a deductive approach is because they used all of the methods. The first formed a theory ( if migrant women come over here on student visas and don't talk to their loved ones back at home and when questioned they have no phone, there must be a relationship between the people they are staying with and their communication to the outside world). Then they formed a hypothesis, ( Migrant women are vulnerable to technology facilitated domestic abuse). Then then conducted empirical observations by getting statements from these women proving this type of abuse). Then lastly proving their hypothesis based on their observations. This also shows how different cultures do things differently. These are the two terms I feel best describe this article. This article also shows how inequality works. 

Conley, D. (2017). You may ask yourself:. New York: Norton.

Douglas, H. (2019, February 01). Migrant women are particularly vulnerable to technology-facilitated domestic abuse. Retrieved from https://phys.org/news/2019-02-migrant-women-vulnerable-technology-facilitated-domestic.html

[brandy-kay13-blog]

Recent research done in the UK, explained that woman who were the sole earner for their household were significantly poorer than those where the man is the breadwinner for the household. “Dr. Helen Kowalewska, of the University of Southampton, and Dr. Agnese Vitali, University of Trento, Italy, analysed survey data on 171,697 people in the United States, Australia, Canada and 17 European countries. Dr. Kowalewska told the British Sociological Association's annual conference in Glasgow on April 25th that the average median disposable income of UK households where the woman was the only earner was $13,983 US dollars and the man was the sole earner, it was around $17,095” (British Sociological Association). 

This research approach can be described as the inductive approach which is defined as “a research approach that starts with empirical observations and then works to form a theory” (Conley, p. 50). The research jumps right into stating observations of how woman in the UK not only make less but are also less likely to be in a type of managerial or a professional occupation by 29% in comparison to men at 26%. The inductive approach this article ends with the conclusion with correlation between the woman and man. Correlation can be defined as “simultaneous variation in two variables” (Conley, p. 48). The article ends with it isn’t that the woman just don’t seem for surpass the men when it comes to income but that the woman just aren’t making enough because they don’t always have the education, work fewer hours, and may have to help out if the men lose their jobs making the combination income between the households to be lower. The woman sometimes exceed the men when it comes to income depending on the variable given. If the man loses his job, the woman of course will make more as opposed to not being the breadwinner. The article ends with the theory that of course if both work, the income in obviously to be likely to grow in the household.

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Conley, D. (2017). You may ask yourself: An introduction to thinking like a sociologist. New York: W.W. Norton.

[megadeepdreamer-blog]

Institutional racism affects the fabric of our society. If discrimination happens to individuals across the country and it becomes a common occurrence, eventually an entire institution is infected with a hidden poison for the people on the receiving end of said discrimination. This study was conducted with hiring managers in companies. Similar resumes were sent out or dropped off to the companies by varying races. When the resumes were sent out some were labeled with names associated with white men and some were sent out with names associated with black and brown men. In all cases, the white persons resume received more calls back and interviews. Even when the white person listed that they had felonies, the companies preferred to take the risk of hiring a white man with a felony than a brown or black man with none. If this was known to only happen at one company or to one person then it would be labeled as individual-level racism. But, this is a common practice among many companies, regardless of intent, so it is institutional level racism and a form of oppression. Acceptance of oppression is when the oppressed race simulates reception or attempts to assimilate into the dominant culture but when among like minds they reveal their true thoughts and feelings. The practice of whitening up a resume is an example of this practice. Some black or brown candidates will remove culturally significant names of institutions or accolades they have received in the past because they know that it will lessen their chances of being selected for a position.

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Conley, D. (2017). You may ask yourself: An introduction to thinking like a sociologist. New York: W.W. Norton.

[michellesiejak-world-blog]

Research

I chose this article because of its relevancy to my job as a recruiter, and because I can connect personally to the current need to improve and expand relevant skills and training. I have returned to college partially in response to the events this article describes. 

This article highlights the increasing need for more education, training, and experience in the American workplace.  A quantitative research method, or research method used to “obtain information about the social world that is already in or can be converted to numeric form (Conley, 2017) was used to analyze this employment data. Interpersonal, communication, and critical thinking skills are increasingly in demand and in some ways this change is beneficial to women in the workplace. Job seekers realize a causality, or “notion that a change in one factor results in a corresponding change in another” (Conley, 2017) by achieving a brighter employment future as a result of obtaining these skills. This article goes on to explain that this awareness of a change in desired skills is recognized more frequently in STEM-related careers. The article also discusses how the current economy affects US workers by increasing their concerns about outsourcing jobs, the role of contract workers, and the decline in union membership. In addition, the role of college regarding preparing students for skills to promote success in the workplace and how modest pay increases and decreased benefits affect US employees are discussed. Many of these important topics about soft skills like communication and critical thinking are highlighted and discussed in mentor relationships that I have experienced with the Lancaster Chamber Mentor Program.

Conley, D. (2017). You may ask yourself. New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.

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[itsdprowell-blog]

Research

https://www.pewresearch.org/science/2017/02/02/public-trust-in-medical-scientists-and-their-research-on-childhood-vaccines/

                           One of the biggest controversial debates across social media and in person is whether or not to vaccinate your children. Throughout the article, it gives a great amount of information that is backed up with statistically found data as to why you should vaccinate your child or children. There is belief that almost every medical scientist is in agreement that vaccines are safe and should be a requirement throughout the United States. The scientists are very well aware of the effects of the vaccines and are clearly able to educate us on why vaccinating is not going to immediately put your loved child in danger. The only way that your child will be in danger is when they get the measles from not becoming vaccinated or any other disease out there that can simply be prevented by a dose of vaccines.

           This can be thoroughly linked to public opinion as this is a very debatable topic. As a parent you are given a role to take care of your child or children. According to Conley, a role is “the duties and behaviors expected of someone who holds a particular status” (Conley, 2017, p. 132). One of the roles you have is to take your child to the doctor and provide them with all the necessary medical attention that they need to keep them healthy human beings. Conley also stated that “the socialization that occurs within the family can be affected by various demographics” (Conley, 2017, p. 125). Therefore, this can be linked into whether or not you believe in vaccinating your children because of a different religious or culture belief. Every parent is entitled to their own opinion regarding vaccinations. 

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Reference: 

Conley, D. (2017). You may ask yourself: An introduction to thinking like a sociologist. New York: W.W. Norton.

[abiafia-blog]

Research

https://theconversation.com/young-people-worldwide-fear-a-lack-of-economic-opportunities-its-easy-to-see-why-65248 

       This article is about the issue of unemployment in the youth population. They are in fear of being independent without financial stability. To make the reader understand the seriousness of the message numbers were used in explaining. This type of research is known as, quantitative method. It is a method used by sociologist to obtain information about the social world that is already in or can be converted to numeric form. (Conley, pg. 111). They can control groups to determine how changes in one factor affect another social outcome. With this method of research surveys and interviews are incorporated to get the statistics. This segment is an example. "since the global financial crisis of 2008, the number of youth that is neither in employment, education or training has actually risen by 1.4% to 11.8%. This equates to 580,000 young people.". These two numbers help us know how much youths without education has risen by percentage and the actual number. 

   "There is also a clear disparity by gender. Young women are 50% more likely to be stuck in a NEET situation than men. This is well above the OECD average of 36% for gender disparity.". The numerical data does not only tell what amount is not educated but also which gender is more favored according to the quote above. Proper documentation can help the government or nation to come up with a solution to this issue. This article they realized they have not even touched the surface of unemployment, so something needed to be done immediately.

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Conley, D. (2017). You may ask yourself: An introduction to thinking like a sociologist. New York: W.W. Norton.

[staceykc1989-blog]

This article in particular is about school shootings. “School homicides have become more common and more deadly, CDC data show” on phys.org, is about how much school shootings have risen from 1994 to 2018, and how it effects students around the United States. One staggering fact is that in the 24 years they studied, 121 deaths of students occurred and 29 were just in the last year of the study. A sociologist would look at this at the maco level and show research from all schools that had this happen in the United states. It shows the numbers of the rise in shootings and deaths that occur and show that people are becoming numb to these acts of violence because they happen so much its becoming a weekly topic. The also stated that these incidents happened in urban and suburban schools. Also one quarter of these students that died were between the ages of 5 and 9 years old. As I would have thought, of the known motives, the gunman was reacting of retaliation and bullying. The article shows the relationships between urban gangs and racially motivated killings as well as they percentages of firearms used and stabbings. One fact show is that between ‘04 and ’16, 423 lives were lost to all types of school killings. Sociologist use different forms of research methods. They are used to investigate  answers to the questions they have. (Conley 2017, p.47) I would suggest that the article is geared towards quantitative studies. Quantitative is when a numeric form of the information is gathered. (Conley 2017, p.47)

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Conley, D. (2017). You May Ask Yourself: An Introduction to Thinking Like a Sociologist (Core 5th ed.). New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.

Healy, Melissa. 2019, January 28th. School homicides have become more common and more deadly, CDC data show.www.phys.org

[justcrekel]

          The article I've chosen for this discussion was written by a woman named Sharita Forrest, who is associated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She suggests that there is a better comprehension of words in a foreign language if a teacher uses gestures while teaching students the new language. The study consisted of 30 American English native speakers, and they were taught words of the Mandarin language. The students in the study were split up in three different groups of six; one group learning Mandarin with arbitrary gestures, another group learning with iconic gestures, and the third group learning with no gestures given.

          After the students were taught their words, they were given a test with multiple-choice answers. Students who were given either kind of gesture while learning the Mandarin language scored 10 percent better than the students who did not have gestures. Kiel Christianson, a co-author of the study, included the statement in the interview that even though a ten percent improvement ins't huge, it could boost a student's score on the test by one grade level (Christianson, 2019). He went on to say that visualizing a gesture creates a better remembrance of a word.

          This research study shows the correlation between learning a new language and using the appropriate hand gestures. Correlation can be defined as a "simultaneous variation in two variables (Conley, 2017, p. 48). Being able to learn while the teacher is gesturing along with the curriculum is beneficial to the student, allowing them to retain the information better and for a longer period of time.

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References

Conley, D. (2017). You may ask yourself: An introduction to thinking like a sociologist (Core 5th ed.). New York: W.W. Norton.

Forrest, S. (2019, January 30). Gestures help students learn new words in different languages, study finds. Retrieved February 2, 2019, from https://phys.org/news/2019-01-gestures-students-words-languages.html