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History, Civics & Social Studies · Grade 11

A Nonclinical Research-Literacy Project

The psychology elective's capstone. Learners design (but do not run) a study on a harmless, nonclinical question, write a hypothesis with operational definitions, choose an experimental design, complete an ethics review checklist, analyze a provided fictional dataset (means, difference and effect size), identify limits, and write a plain-language summary. The model question asks whether a short end-of-class quiz improves vocabulary recall compared with rereading. No mental-health topics and no questionnaires about learners are involved.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 155 minutes
  • Research project check: 9 questions
  • Ways to answer: choose an answer, highlight a text, match pairs, type a number, put in order and sort into groups
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What learners will discover

  • Choose a harmless, researchable question and write a falsifiable hypothesis with operational definitions.
  • Design an experiment and complete an ethics review covering consent, risk, confidentiality and debriefing.
  • Analyze a fictional dataset by calculating means, differences and an effect size, and judge which conclusions are justified.
  • Identify a study's limits and communicate results accurately in plain language.

Lessons

  1. A safe, testable question 4 steps3 practiceabout 36 min
  2. Design and ethics review 5 steps4 practiceabout 38 min
  3. Analyzing the fictional data 5 steps4 practiceabout 38 min
  4. Limits and the plain-language summary 5 steps3 practiceabout 43 min
  5. Research project check 9 questions at the end

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