Hello, class!
editAs I check in on your Wikipedia progress I can see that you are actively engaged with this new tool. We only have a short time left to generate a meaningful contribution. I have noted a few editing issues as I look through your work. Three common issues are citations, editing notes, and signing your work. You are trained to use APA style citations and Wikipedia does not support that in its citation editor. In Wikipedia, use the Cite tool, select the appropriate Template from the drop-down menu, and fill in the blanks to produce your citations and references. When you complete an editing session, be sure you enter a brief description of what you did. This helps all of us to follow the changes you make. Finally, when you complete an edit, sign your work. You sign your work using four tildes like this PsycTeacher (talk) 18:15, 28 June 2015 (UTC)
If you need help, begin by consulting the Wikipedia Resources links on our Course Main Page. Here you will find a link to a document titled Editing Guidelines and other help pages. PsycTeacher (talk) 18:15, 28 June 2015 (UTC)
Maritia, welcome to the course. PsycTeacher (talk) 00:55, 19 May 2015 (UTC)
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editMartita -- I am testing out some of the things I learned in the training. Let's see if this works like I think it will. Although we teach different subjects, I am glad to see another classroom teacher in the course! I will be interested in talking with you about your impressions on some of the concepts for the class. Beth Sev0500 (talk) 14:38, 10 June 2015 (UTC)
It looks like you learned well! PsycTeacher (talk) 15:09, 24 June 2015 (UTC)
Piaget
editI know you edit in good faith, but there are a number of problems in your edits today that I will try to clarify:
- You created a section "Piaget on education", but there is already a section on education immediately below that. If you think there should be two sections pertaining to education, I think you should explain on Talk:Jean Piaget.
- You wrote the statement "There are two differences between the preoperational and concrete operational stages. These differences are reversibility and the capacity to decenter." I think there are a couple of problems with this.
- You didn't provide a citation to a reliable source immediately after the statement. You did insert a citation much farther down among the "References". Was that intended to source your edit? If so, move the citation immediately after your edit. That will automatically place it in the "Notes" section where citations belong.
- I'm not sure how your edit applies specifically to education. It seems to simply be an explanation of two differences between two stages. But discussion of the stages occurs much earlier in the article in the "Theory" section. Reversibility is already mentioned and explained, so I believe that makes part of your edit redundant. I think you should explain what is meant by "decenter".
- If you intended your edit to apply specifically to education, you need to elaborate how it is related.
If you have questions, you can ask at Talk:Jean Piaget or you can place {{Help me}} on your talk page. Good luck! Sundayclose (talk) 21:26, 2 July 2015 (UTC)
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I am working on this. I am new to this platform, and when I finished plugging in the source information into the citation maker, my post was gone. I was asked to post two sentences to my page as a part of a class assignment and was told to use that title specifically. I will be adding more information over the next few weeks to the new section that will clear up any questions or confusion for readers. M02000297 (talk) 21:39, 2 July 2015 (UTC)
- I think you meant to talk to Sundayclose. I dream of horses If you reply here, please ping me by adding {{Ping|I dream of horses}} to your message. (talk to me) (contributions) @ 05:38, 3 July 2015 (UTC)
Sandbox
editM, I see where you were working on your assignment. You are definitely on the right track, but you are working in the wrong place. That is why someone took your work down. You are working in the Main Space, but you should be working in Your Sandbox. In the main space, someone saw your work as redundant and cut it. That is the nature of Wikipedia. You could go back to that person and discuss the change, collaborating to develop a mutually agreeable outcome. However, the best thing would be to work in your sandbox and when I approve your expansion move it to the main space. I do not see a sandbox on your page. Create one, and then produce your work there. In the sandbox, your work can develop without outside interference. PsycTeacher (talk) 15:50, 6 July 2015 (UTC)
@PsycTeacher: Wow! Now, I understand. I will be adding my content to my sandbox instead from now on. Thanks for clearing that up for me. M02000297 (talk) 19:08, 7 July 2015 (UTC)
@M02000297: Super! Our frequent errors and changing ability to respond properly as we all learn to work in this environment is a strong model of learning. Your effort, persistence, and resilience are appreciated. PsycTeacher (talk) 19:33, 7 July 2015 (UTC)
@M02000297: I finally figured out what you are doing. You are currently editing on the Piaget Talk page. You are supposed to be editing in your own Sandbox. It is too late to mess with getting this straight. The important part will be producing some good content for the Main Piaget article. You have a comprehensive outline of resources. How are you doing at writing a few paragraphs in encyclopedic style that illustrate the application of Piaget to the classroom? PsycTeacher (talk) 14:54, 13 July 2015 (UTC)
@PsycTeacher: I have written out my notes, but I have not added them to my sandbox. I will have them there tomorrow. I have also found additional articles that I will need to add to my bibliography. These articles examine interventions and are linked to/evaluate/support Piaget's theory.M02000297 (talk) 23:45, 13 July 2015 (UTC)
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Keep up the great work Martita! GabiMclaugh92 (talk) 20:12, 16 July 2015 (UTC)
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