CGT 411/450 - 411 Weekly Layout

Week 1

August 25, 2008

8/25/2008 Introduction to course, What is CGT 411? How do you know it is important? F08 Projects Survey Says! 1, 2 Assignment 1(no go) Agreement and routing	8/27/2008 Resume and Cover letter Prof. Glotzbach and the 411 RSS feed What is CGT? (another perspective) and if so, Why CGT? What is social loafing? Covey: Preface pp. 13-25 Experimental Psych. chapter 1	8/29/2008 Potential projects review, evaluating opportunity, developing a team, outline application process, check your compass re: mission statements, Law of the Farm How do you know what you have done is good? Nix PP

Week 2

September 1, 2008

9/1/2008 Labor Day - no class	9/3/2008 Project presentations Covey: pp.29-47 Proposed projects, cont. , straw poll	9/5/2008 Proposed projects: Experimental Psych. chapter 6, Appendix B Data from 1st Straw poll f08

Week 3

September 8, 2008

9/8/2008 411 in a nutshell Applications, Resumes and Cover Letters due B.O.C.	9/10/2008 Dr. Hartman -overview and application of methods part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4 Alertbox Preliminary group assignments and resubs Undergraduate Poster Conference	9/12/2008 Dr. Hartman -overview and application of methods Bibliography (APA Format (1), (2) Trust Survey due ASAP OWL Alumni comment Group example- first statement SL Presentation Op

Week 4

September 15, 2008

9/15/2008 Covey: pp.57-78 Group must meet with sponsor before 4.2 List of deliverables Annotated Bibliography	9/17/2008 Group Assignments What is the question? What is the role of investigation? Experimental Psych. chapter 2 Dr. Hartman	9/19/2008 Group dynamics, "The Oath of Group Membership" info, example Info to read

Week 5

September 22, 2008

9/22/2008 Feature Creep 6 phases of a project 1st group eval Processes Group must meet with instructor before 5.2 Prelim Prob. Statement and Research Question	9/24/2008 Covey: pp. 79-100 Elevator statements (evidence of the review of literature) Nick Taylor- How I got where I got and how I did it... Example Elevator Statements Document outline, flow charting, set progress deadlines, Data Gathering and Investigation. Quiz review	9/26/2008 Group exchange - consulting Frank G. on AIR and 411 Helen K. on CITI & IRB

Week 6

September 29, 2008

9/29/2008 Read executive memorandum B10 before class Monday Legal issues and intellectual property Project Reviews quiz 1 Bertoline speech	10/1/2008 Creativity and group dynamics. Arrange mid-term meetings Tufte, Tufte support reading Covey: pp.153-189 Go-No Go grading criteria Go/No-Go review Sign-up for Go/NoGo ASAP FIRED Dr. Hartman IRB Lit Review	10/3/2008 Bring evidence of Lit. Review "The Power Player" vs. Covey ? Incorporating Cont. prep for Go/No go Review Ch. 5 Presentation reviews, proposal reviews, profession support literature, existing and emerging technology, define the variables, outside the box! Reading review, team building.

Week 7

October 6, 2008

10/6/2008 So, what is it about Power Point? Nielsen Covey: pp. 190-216 Project reviews Consulting prep for Go/No go Covey: pp.217-249 Dr. Bertoline -Guest Lecture Go/ No Go preview	10/8/2008 Go/No-Go schedule f08 "They must find it difficult...those who have taken authority as the truth, rather than truth as the authority." Gerald Massey Power point	10/10/2008 Go/No-Go schedule f08

Week 8

October 13, 2008

10/13/2008 Fall Break	10/15/2008 Group Photo Covey: pp.250-294 Dr. Hartman Vomments on Research Question Sample presentation?	10/17/2008 Covey: pp.250-294 f 08 Go/NoGo evals Dr. Hartman Vomments on Research Question Sample presentation? Experimental Psych. chapter 7 Ch 2,5,7 study questions

Week 9

October 20, 2008

10/20/2008 evals. groups and individuals Comments on the Go/NoGo Survey help SCS information Dr. Harris on Poster Design	10/22/2008 Covey: pp.295-322 Stat Preview Human subject form Example (1 2, 3)	10/24/2008 Preliminary methodology due Stat Consult. IRB and B10 due - Prof. Glotzbach Letters of Rec. 1 Stat consulting services

Week 10

October 27, 2008

10/27/2008 2nd group eval	10/29/2008 tba	10/31/2008 tba

Week 11

November 3, 2008

11/3/2008 KJ Lee presentation How are you doing? Hartman Research Review Alum comment Registration deadline for Research Day 3-19-08	11/5/2008 Nielson Experimental Psych. chapter 3 Levi Goltz from Simulex, Inc lgoltz@simulexinc.com	11/7/2008 Student Rss From Problem to Hypothesis Discuss PowerPoint Power Point as sport Paper update (scribes) .1 Examples Stat consulting due

Week 12

November 10, 2008

11/10/2008 Experimental Psych. chapter 8, 9, 10 Chapter 3 due	11/12/2008 Perception /depth cue theory	11/14/2008 quiz 2 (not) Entrepreneurs - So you think you have a good idea. Paper update due (rev.4) Project product reviews group and individual evals

Week 13

November 17, 2008

11/17/2008 Undergraduate Research and Poster Symposium Reality and the ROI, presentation prep. Fowler Hall class activity @ 2:45	11/19/2008 Experimental Psych. chapter 11 Presentation outline due rev. 0.5 (oracles) Are we having fun yet? Purdue Undergraduate Research Day ?class Judging Posters 3rd group eval	11/21/2008 quiz 3 (oral) not Project reviews Indiv. eval doc Dr. Hartman on data Sign-up for exit interviews Pecha Kucha Competition

Week 14

November 24, 2008

11/24/2008 Final presentation overviews Presentation outline due rev. 0.9 (oracles) Paper update due (scribes) rev. 0.8 Pecha Kucha Competition	11/26/2008 Thanksgiving Break	11/28/2008 Thanksgiving Break

Week 15

December 1, 2008

12/1/2008 Final Project Presentation Schedule On your marks!!!!..meet in class Final presentations	12/3/2008 Final Project Presentation Schedule course evaluation	12/5/2008 Final Project Presentation Schedule Final presentation summary meeting

Week 16

December 8, 2008

12/8/2008 Review Portfolios Post peer review exit interviews	12/10/2008 Review Portfolios Post presentaion evals exit interviews Final Paper due Thursday 12 noon to PB	12/12/2008 Review Portfolios Post presentaion evals exit interviews

Week 17

December 15, 2008

12/15/2008 Paper returned for corrections Packet specifications 1, 2 Spring 2008 Blue book essay	12/17/2008 Project packet due Thursday @ 12 noon to PB office. FINAL EXAM	12/19/2008 Semester project WINNERS! CONGRATULATIONS!