Nhi+Nguyen's+Research+Project

**My surveys:** Note: Choose the one applicable to you. (only teenagers) **People who HAVE braces:** Note: Choose the one that is applicable to you.
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*To be updated regularly *May experience alternations. Welcome to my journal, this is a place where I will write about my achievements, goals, successes, limitations, problems, negatives, positives, interesting facts, thoughts and reflection, as it will help me remember, analyse, and evaluate my process.
 * Journal Section: **
 * Notes:**
 * Introduction:**

**Semester 2:**
 * Term 2: **

//Coming soon...//


 * Winter Holidays: **


 * Term 3: **

** Term 4: **
 * Miscellaneous Section: **

Dear Mr Tengdahl,
 * Letter to the teacher:**

I believe that the approaching two weeks will be a great chance to initiate my research and to develop new ideas as there will be a longer time-frame to achieve my plans. So for today, I will briefly outline my research project and what my holiday goals are.

After two weeks of uncertainty on what my project topic will be, I have finally decided to select, ‘How do braces affect a teenager’s self-esteem?’ To do this project, I will be researching on two different topics-braces and self-esteem and then connect the two ideas together to answer my focus question.

My first goal involves going to our school resource centre before the school break commences because I want to look for books related to teeth, braces, psychology or self-esteem. In the holidays I plan on searching online to find relevant texts, and then go to the local library and/or possibly the state library as well. This is because I want to start reading; taking notes on the relevant information and analysing them. My second goal is to read a few basic encyclopaedias at home to find key information. My third goal is to begin my internet source research, where I will look for websites, take notes and save pages to print at school in the new term. So overall regarding the research, I will be looking at three different types of sources to help answer or begin answering a few of my guiding questions.

Besides researching, I will create a concept map on <[|http://www.mywebspiration.com]> for all the resources I plan on using to answer my guiding questions. I will also complete a more comprehensive week-by-week schedule since I now know what my sub-guiding questions are. Next, I will send my proposal draft to you in the beginning of the school break to receive constructive criticism and later on fix it. During this time, I will also be completing tasks assigned by you and recording my process in my journal which includes what I do, my achievements, my goals, the positives, the negatives etc.

Well, that’s all for now and hopefully I am not being too ambitious with this plan. I hope through this letter you have a better understanding on where I am with my research project. Feel free to send some feedback as it would be greatly appreciated.

From, Nhi.

//Coming soon...//
 * Preliminary source summary:**

** Research Section: ** //Coming soon...//
 * To do list by date of submission (crossed off when completed):**


 * Schedule (Winter holiday): (****09/07/11 until 25/07/11) **
 * Journal to be updated regularly.

Saturday: Sunday:
 * Beginning weekend:**
 * Place letter to the teacher on Wikispaces for Mr Tengdahl to read.
 * look for films or music videos using braces to help enhance a stereotypical image/nerd/uncool reputation
 * Attempt to find images of the films that I had previously compiled.
 * Finish writing schedule

Monday: Tuesday:
 * Week 1:**
 * Make a concept map for resources used to answer guiding questions, possibly one for job allocation as well. (Using [|http://www.mywebspiration.com])
 * Finish preliminary source summary
 * Finish proposal draft and send to Mr Tengdahl
 * Finish concept map

Thursday:
 * Read the 2 scans that I scanned on Friday and if there are relevant information, record and analyse.

Unspecific date (to be confirmed at a later date) - Go to the State library Tuesday: Wednesday: Thursday: Friday: Saturday: Sunday: Monday:
 * Week 2:**
 * Begin researching online by looking through online sources (same procedure, find key information and analyse)
 * Continue
 * Continue researching online by looking through online sources (same procedure, find key information and analyse)
 * Continue researching online by looking through online sources (same procedure, find key information and analyse)
 * Read books borrowed from school library, note down relevant information and analyse.
 * Continue researching online by looking through online sources (same procedure, find key information and analyse)
 * Read home encyclopaedias, note down key information and analyse
 * Go to the local public library at Woodville (Charles Stuart) and look for books.
 * Read books borrowed from Charles Stuart library, note down relevant information and analyse.
 * Continue researching online by looking through online sources (same procedure, find key information and analyse)
 * Go to State Library and take notes.

- Did not go to the State library because Stephanie and Hien did not go and I did not feel prepared enough to go look thoroughly at - Did not go to the Charles Stuart library because I felt unprepared. - Did not exactly go through plans with researching with online resources and went overbroad with a website summary instead.
 * End of holiday reflection and notes regarding schedule:**

//Coming soon...//
 * Schedule (whole semester):**

I'M HAVING ISSUES WITH THE LINK! COULD YOU EMAIL THE LINKS TO ME? Hre are two of my surveys, can you please look at the questions and answers, suggest ways to improve, how you interpret the questions and help simplify the questions because not everybody understands them! e.g. the portrayal and public perception one. []

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