Comments on writing assignment # 2

Introduction

Homeschooling laws vary widely from state to state. Homeschooling has always been a part of the United States and many other countries in the world. But what causes some students to be homeschooled? How does being homeschooled affect the social development of those being homeschooled?

Although it is commonly believed that homeschooling can have negative effects on a child’s social development, many studies have found that homeschooling does not affect social development to a great degree. For example, researcher Brian Ray found that the homeschooled children in a 1997 study he conducted were involved in an average of 5.2 activities each week. But, social isolation does exist as Ray found that 13% of homeschooled children in his sample do not play with people outside their family.
            The question of whether or not, homeschooling can negatively affect social skills is still loosely up for debate, as there is very few or little to no correlation between home schooled education and a lack of social skills.

Methods

Participants:

The participants of this survey were college students from colleges such as the University of Iowa. Most of these students were aged 18-21 years of age and specialized in a variety of majors that range from business to engineering.

Methods:

   This was a five-question online survey on google forms. The questions given were based on the student’s opinion of homeschooling in the United States. The questions were yes or no, mark all that apply, open-ended and based on a given scale. The survey was given anonymously even though the survey was seeking truthful answers.

Data Analysis:

 The participants’ answers were grouped based on the response to the questions. Knowledge of homeschooling also played an important factor within grouping of the responses. Graphs and tables can be made to determine any relationships between homeschooling and social skills.

Survey

Please complete this survey
https://goo.gl/forms/tuXOBRzMyrjpd8Ly1

Synthesis Chart + Research Questions

1) How Old Are You?
2) How important is education to you on a scale of 1-10
3) Do you know anybody who is or was homeschooled?
4) Have you been in any type of experience with home-schooling?
5) Would you say that somebody who is homeschooled is at a disadvantage in terms of future success when compared to people who are not homeschooled?

How do I insert an excel sheet?

HOW IS IMRAD DIFFERENT PLUS TOPIC PROPOSAL.

The IMRAD report is different from an argument based research paper I have done in the past for many reasons. One reason in which it is different is that the IMRaD report is split up in a very unique way. Up until now, my research papers followed a very general and not really specific approach. Whereas, the development and design of the IMRaD are very specific.
The IMRaD paper is also different because it dives further into physically researching a topic, within the IMRaD report, I am not simply finding data online for my argument but I am doing the research myself.

I'm writing on the topic of special education, this should seem interesting since i researched it before.
Research q 1) How your experience with special education influenced your success in the future
Research q 2) Did you take any special ed courses in high school?

I'm going to interview people and ask them whether or not they were in special education, then I am going to ask my question regarding how special education influenced their success in college or in the future?