QDC Report 1 Instructions

Introduction

Self-Witnessing Report

Conclusion

Epilogue

Report Format

First read the QDC article by DrDriving (http://aloha.net/~dyc/qdc.html), then answer these:

1. What is a QDC?

2. What is your idea of a QDC, and do you see yourself as a lifelong QDC member?

3. Are QDCs needed?

* Self-Witnessing Report:

1)     Retrieve your 10 SWR posting from the Web discussions by the copy-paste method and list them by date of posting.  Might be a good idea to put them in a Table with a light color background to set it apart, use a different font, or some other means to set the postings apart from your current text.

2)  Now go back to each SWR posting and summarize:

1. What you were trying to do (be sure to discuss your Affective, Cognitive, and Sensorimotor habits - your emotions; cognitive habits - your thoughts; and sensorimotor habits - what you do with your eyes, hands, or legs to move the car).

2. How it worked out.  Give your evaluation of it.

3. What were the comments you got on it from the postings?

4. What your conclusions and future plans for them are.

3)  Summarize your self-improvement attempts as the first QDC member in the world.

4)  Summarize and evaluate the self-improvement attempts of the other QDC members.

1. What are your reactions?

2. How does their behavior compare to yours?

3. State your thoughts and feelings on the issues raised.

4. What was your role as a QDC member?  How did you see your usefulness or contribution to the group?

* Conclusion:

1. What is your conclusion in light of all that you wrote?

2. How has this report contributed to your understanding of QDCs?

3. Will this exercise help you to become a better driver?

4. Anything else?

* Epilogue:

1. Speak to future generations and recapitulate for them your learning steps throughout this report.

2. Specify changes in your feelings and goals (affective domain), thoughts and knowledge (cognitive domain), and actions or activities (sensorimotor domain).

3. How can future generations improve on this activity?  Recommend some directions to take, especially how to take the topic deeper.

4. Review what you and others have done, put it together, and suggest how to go further.

Report Format:

1)  This report must have the following main heading:

My QDC Report:

xxx

Note:  The xxx means you need to add your own sub-heading to reflect your theme or approach.  You can do this after most of your report is done so you know what the focus is.

The * (asterisks) should be separate sections, and are to be listed in the Table of Contents as bookmark links.

2)  Put this in your HTML [title] field (or use Page Properties command):  QDC: xxx by First Name Last Name, PSY xxx, Gxx/Semester and Year, University of Hawaii

3)  Place a Table of Contents at the top of your document with links to all the sub-sections.

Note:  Students often forget this item, but it is required:  The first item in the Table of Contents MUST be called Instructions for this Report and it must be a live link to this document.  Points will be deducted if you forget this requirement!  Do it now.

4)  Be sure you add a Navigation Table and e-mail button at the bottom of your document.  This is a requirement for all of your documents.  Check to see if you have it on all your documents right away.

5)  Using your web browser, check your document screen by screen:  no screen should be made of just one paragraph (no screen should exceed one screen full)--it is too hard to read that way!  Just look at every screen:  it should not be made up of all text--separate using paragraph breaks.

6)  Spell check your document before uploading!

7)  Check the visibility of your text.  Patterned backgrounds are not allowed.  Darker colors are not allowed.  White background is always excellent, especially if you vary the font face, color, and size to enhance visibility and emphasis.  NO BLINKING TEXT ALLOWED.  Remember:  your text looks different in different browsers and computers, so you need to experiment and ask others.  You may also use graphic enhancers such as color bars, color dots, icons.  However, animated icons are a problem if they distract attention from the text.  Using the Table tag in html allows easy control over the color of each column and the placement of text on the screen.  See this example for how to change the fonts' color.

8)  Check the way your document loads after it contains everything.  How long does it take?  Does text appear on the screen while one waits, or is it blank?  Slow loads and blank screens are not allowed, so you must choose graphics that are low in memory size!