CEP 901b

The course work below was completed as part of the course titled CEP 901b: Proseminar in Educational Psychology at MSU.


The following three items are formal, academic critiques of empirical research in my area of interest:

Critique 1

Altınay Gazi, Z., Altınay Aksal, F., & Öztuğ, Ö. (2012). Online social networking: A synergy for learning. International Journal of Educational Studies, 4 (3), 602-611.

Critique 2

Gruzd, A., Staves, K., & Wilk, A. (2012). Connected scholars: Examining the role of social media in research practices of faculty using the UTAUT model. Computers in Human Behavior, 28, 2340-2350.

Critique 3

Schrodt, P., Stringer Cawyer, C., & Sanders, R. (2003). An examination of academic mentoring behaviors and new faculty members’ satisfaction with socialization and tenure and promotion processes. Communication Education, 52 (1), 17-29.


The following three items are quick written summaries with visual aids that accompanied oral summaries of empirical research that I delivered to my peers:

Research Report 1

Gruzd, A., Staves, K., & Wilk, A. (2012). Connected scholars: Examining the role of social media in research practices of faculty using the UTAUT model. Computers in Human Behavior, 28, 2340-2350.

Research Report 2

Altınay Gazi, Z., Altınay Aksal, F., & Öztuğ, Ö. (2012). Online social networking: A synergy for learning. International Journal of Educational Studies, 4 (3), 602-611.

Research Report 3

Schrodt, P., Stringer Cawyer, C., & Sanders, R. (2003). An examination of academic mentoring behaviors and new faculty members’ satisfaction with socialization and tenure and promotion processes. Communication Education, 52 (1), 17-29.


Proposal Draft

Finally, this is a proposal draft that I’m working on as a final effort toward CEP 901b that will also become my practicum proposal.