Posted on behalf of Carrie Lloyd,
ToPIX Assistant Editor
ToPIX SOAR Library (Student Online
Academic Research Library)
New to ToPIX is the SOAR Library
(Student Online Academic Research Library) -- a page where college students can
post their own empirical research studies.
I have taught undergraduate research
classes for several years and am now teaching a graduate-level research course,
and although students get experience conducting their own studies with our
student population, it obviously limits them by only having access to one
'type' of participant. Most instructors are, undoubtedly, in this same dilemma.
Even with extremely well-conducted research and written products, our students
are limited in their chance to get published. My hope is that with this tool,
students will be able to increase their ‘N’, and have access to a more
representative sample. With this more representative sample, their conclusions
will be more generalizable, and thus can increase their chances of getting
their work published. On this ToPIX page, students can solicit others to be
subjects in their own primary studies.
We also hope that instructors will
help promote this site by referring their students to this page as
participants. Instructors can give extra credit for participation in addition
to requiring students to post their study. Either way, this is a great
experience for all the students involved. (What student doesn’t need more
research experience??)
Please see the new ToPIX page for more
details and instructions on how to get your students’ research posted. SOAR
inclusion criteria can be found here.
Thank you!
~Dr. Carrie A. Lloyd
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