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COM225 - Public Speaking

Related library resources and recommended Web resources to support and enhance the series of course comtepencies and relevant research assignments.

EXERCISE EXAMPLE

COM225 - PRACTICE LESSON EXAMPLE

 

Please cut and paste this example to an MS Word or Google doc and enter your own topic, keywords, synonyms, and you own search strings and proceed to do both practice lessons below.
 

Practice Lesson #1 -
Create a search string of keywords for your topic in an MSWord or Google document. Also, please locate and find synonyms that go with each of your keywords.  (10 minutes)

 

Topic: Are children who play video games more likely to  be violent?

 

Keywords: children   video games   violent

 

Synonyms:   

children   adolescents   teens   kids   minors 

 

video games   computer games

 

Violent violence   bullying   delinquency  aggression

 

Using OneSearch, use the search strings you created for you topic and list their results.

 

1st - children AND  “video games”   AND  violent  - RESULTS? - 2,441 results

 

2nd - adolescents AND “video games” AND violence -  RESULTS? - 546 results

 

3rd - children AND  “video games”   AND  bullying  - RESULTS? - 223 results

 

4th - children AND  “video games”   AND  aggression  - RESULTS? - 519 results

 


Practice Lesson #2 -
Pick out one database that supports your research on your topic and pick out one scholarly journal article. Use the citation tool to copy and paste the APA citation to an MSWord or Google document. (10 minutes)

 

Database: Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost) 

 

APA Citation - 

 

Varghese, S. B. (2022). Violent Video Gaming and Aggression in Children. Pediatric Nursing

                  48(4), 193–196.