Tipping Point Chapter 4. Presented by: Cathy, Alan, Nora
3. Reminders
Due dates: Introductions DUE Monday
Annotated Bibliographies: DUE WEDNESDAY
Guest speaker from the library on Monday. Bring 3 key
words/pharses for your research.
4. What sections do you normally see in a research article?
Class Ideas:
Abstracts
Intros: thesis
Methodology
Data Collection
Data Analysis
Results
Conclusion
5. TITLE ABSTRACTSUMMARY OF THE WHOLE ARTICLE
INTRODUCTIONOVERVIEW OF THE ARTICLE, STATISTIC INFORMATION BODY:
METHOD DATA ANALYSIS RESULT
6. Breaking the Code: Analyzing Research Writing Samples
Skim through the research article with your group-mates. Do
some active reading. (Read with a pen/highlighter in your hand). In
your groups, address to the following questions;
What are the main components/sections of this research paper?
What is this article about?
What is the goal of each section?
What are the research questions?
What areas of literature were added to this research
paper?
How were the participants recruited for this study?
What steps are followed to answer the research question(s) and
study the participants? In other words, what methodology is used in
this research paper?
What were the findings?
How did the author conclude the research paper?
What have you gained from reading this research paper?
What aspects of social diversity issues were gleaned from this
paper?
7. Introduction
Include your thesis statement and research questions.
Indicate the significance of this study. Who should care about
your research?
Tell your readers what the purpose of your research study is
.
Open your paragraph with an attention grabber. It could be some
statistical information, a question, quote or an anecdote. This
will make your reader interested in your research and will make
them want to read your paper.
Put yourself in your readers shoes. Remember the audience issue
we discussed last week. What background information do you think
your readers need to know to understand your research?
In your introduction you can also include some of your
literature.
8. Thinking about the Introduction of your research projects
Starting a paper is often the most difficult part of the
research papers. It is crucial to ask these tow questions:
What is the purpose of this research?
Who cares about this? What is the significance?
Who is my audience?
9. Workshop on Introductions
10. Proofreading
Please proofread your introductions before you hand it in on
Monday
You tube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OonDPGwAyfQ
11. Tipping Point Chapter 4: The Power of Context
Main Point:
Gladwell argues that human beings are a lot more sensitive to
their environment than they may seem. People are shaped by their
external environment. That features our immediate social and
physical world
Examples: Crime in New York, prisoner example. Prison
experiment by Zimbardo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vPR0J-Golo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6m_vbNVs6Y
12. The cause of violent behavior in societies
Tipping points may be as simple and trivial as everyday signs
of disorder like graffiti and fare-beating
Your actions are guided by the immediate context of your
behavior.
13.
Gladwell takes on the strangely rapid decline in violent crime
rates that occurred in NYC.
A number of New York City agencies began to make decisions
based on the Broken Windows theory, which held that minor,
unchecked signs of deterioration in a neighborhood or community
could, over time, result in major declines in the quality of
living. the 1990s in New York City.
14.
Gladwell cites that authorities started focusing on seemingly
small goals like painting over graffiti, and cracking down on
subway toll skippers. Gladwell contends that these changes in the
environment allowed the decline in crack cocaine use and the aging
of the population, to gradually tip into a major decline in the
crime rate in the city.
15. Gladwell mainly argues that
The essence of the Power of Context is that our inner states
are the result of our outer circumstances.
16. Assignments
Work on your introductions (2 pages)
Read Tipping Point Chapter 5
Bring at least 3 descriptors for your library research.