EP Research: 31/08/12 (Research done 21/08/12-25/08/12)

I had a query which I solved by emailing my extended project teacher as follows;

EP Thoughts: 31/08/12

Despite not posting in this blog for a while, I have actually been getting on with my extended project and have now basically finished the 'first draft'. I am therefore onto the editing, cutting and refining (especially of the bibliography) stage to ensure that my dissertation reaches high standards in terms of presentation. I think the hardest part of this will be when I find I need to cut and paste pieces of text into different locations within the dissertation because it will involve re-ordering all of the bibliography numbering!

After I have done this all that really remains is sorting out the paperwork (such as the PPR, VTT and the timetable) and ordering this around the dissertation.

In order to help me sort refine my dissertation I will be using the help given here on the EP > Dissertation page on the Hills Road internal website.

EP Thoughts: 21/08/12

I visited the library again yesterday to take out some books and found that unbelievabley someone has taken out the Anne Coates book about bringing up an only child, which is on loan until the 8th September and by then I aim to have finished the majority of my dissertation. To make up for this, I looked in the index of every single book in the library about child development and only found three which have information about only children, however one has a fair few pages so hopefully this will make up for the loss of the Anne Coates book.

EP Thoughts: 19/08/12

I have written around 2000 words of my dissertation now and I am feeling a lot more confident about it.
I am slightly concerned however that I will not have enough to write about and so I am taking another trip to the library tomorrow to get some more inspiration, as sometimes the internet can be confusing and all over the place in terms of sources.

EP Research: 17/08/12

I have began to get into the swing of writing my EP now. I have also found a variety of new sources which will be highly beneficial.
'Time' magazine had an issue which focussed on only children, and so I am trying to get hold of this or read the main article online: http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,20100719,00.html
I have also found various videos, including this one on youtube and some others, many on the abc news website.

EP Thoughts: 13/08/12

Evidently, I have been finding it very difficult to keep on top of my EP this summer, especially as I have been on holiday quite a lot. However today I have managed to create my survey and start getting responses which is definitely something.
Here is the link to my survey;

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LM9P72J