Wahoo Ed
Some of the ideas that I am considering for my wikipedia page
1. Adolescent education: I see very little information on how adolescent education should or should not look different. The only references I find are to what middle and junior high schools are but nothing tailored to adolescents
2. Executive function in adolescence There is some info on the adolescent page about cognition but it is limited, not sure it could be its own page though
3. Peer Contagion: Although we have not specifically touched on this in this class we have skirted the issue, I see little mention of contagion and nothing related to adolescence in particular
- This is a good starting place. In general, it would be useful to think about more specific terms of in each these areas in order to narrow the focus down a bit, and to see if the topic is represented elsewhere. So for topic 1, consider looking for information on Eccle's "person-environment fit" model as it relates to secondary schools; if this topic isn't represented at all you could build a page, or maybe the broader topic is there but you could add in a section on schools. I think the EF topic is a bit too big; however, a more specific topic related to EF and/or judgment & decision-making could work. For example, maybe one of the models of judgment & decision-making covered by Albert & Steinberg (2011) could be a topic that you cover. Finally, the peer contagion topic could be a really good one if it isn't already represented on WP- it's definitely relevant to the course, manageable in scope, and of interest to a broader audience (at least in my opinion). Try also searching for the term "iatrogenic effects", as people like Tom Dishion and others have used this as an alternative term for discussing peer contagion; you may also see if something similar is represented (or maybe misrepresented) under a heading like "peer pressure".
I'm happy to discuss these ideas further! ----Joanna Jml4bw (talk) 19:27, 23 February 2014 (UTC)
Left comments on the risk taking section of the adolescent page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Adolescence#Risk_Taking Wahoo Ed (talk) 18:33, 27 February 2014 (UTC)
- Saw your comments- glad to see you were able to integrate course material into your feedback. --Joanna Jml4bw (talk) 18:57, 2 March 2014 (UTC)
I have decided to focus my article on peer contagion Although I am not sure if it should be a section of the Adolescent page or could possibly be a separate article, leaning towards separate article
Bibliography
Dishion, T. J. (2013). Stochastic Agent-Based Modeling of Influence and Selection in Adolescence: Current Status and Future Directions in Understanding the Dynamics of Peer Contagion. Journal of Research on Adolescence , 23 (3), 596-603.
Dishion, T. J., & Tipsord, J. M. (2011). Peer Contagion in Child and Adolescent Social and Emotional Development. Annual Review of Psychology , 62, 189-214.
Prinstein, M. J. (2007). Moderators of Peer Contagion: A Longitudinal Examination of Depression Socialization Between Adolescents and Their Best Friends. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology , 36 (2), 159-170.
Prinstein, M. J., & Wang, S. S. (2005). False Consensus and Adolescent Peer Contagion: Examining Discrepancies between Perceptions and Actual Reported Levels of Friends’ Deviant and Health Risk Behaviors. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology (3), 293-306.
Utah Criminal Justice Center. (2010). PEER CONTAGION: EFFECTS OF MIXING HIGH AND LOW RISK LEVEL JUVENILES . Retrieved March 17, 2014, from Utah Criminal Justice Center: http://ucjc.utah.edu/wp-content/uploads/Peer-Contagion.pdf Wahoo Ed (talk) 17:17, 18 March 2014 (UTC)
Ways to improve Peer Contagion
editHi, I'm Prof. Mc. Wahoo Ed, thanks for creating Peer Contagion!
I've just tagged the page, using our page curation tools, as having some issues to fix. Look for categories in which to include this article. An orphan article suggests that the topic is not significant.
The tags can be removed by you or another editor once the issues they mention are addressed. If you have questions, you can leave a comment on my talk page. Or, for more editing help, talk to the volunteers at the Teahouse. Prof. Mc (talk) 15:16, 8 May 2014 (UTC)