CECS RC003: Evaluating Research Performance Task Assessment Submission Form Instructions This document is your tool for capturing your response to each part of the Performance Task. You will find prompts for each part below. After each prompt, you will be provided a space to enter your response. Review the rubric carefully to provide a complete response. To begin writing your response, begin typing where it reads “Enter Your Response Here.” Lengths for each part are included below the prompt. Contact Information Name: Suzanne Murphy E-mail address: [email protected] Phone: 314.374.2750 Part I: Evaluating Credible Scholarly Sources Select three peer-reviewed journal articles that relate to your chosen topic, at least one of which contains a research study. For each article you select, enter the following information in the template: · APA citation · Summary of the article including a description of the research topic and an overview of the research findings (1 paragraph) · Evaluation regarding the validity and credibility of the source, explaining how you evaluated the source to determine whether it is valid and credible (1 paragraph) APA citation for Article 1: Blackwell, C. K., Lauricella, A. R., Wartella, E., Robb, M., & Schomburg, R. (2017). Adoption and use of technology in early education: The interplay of extrinsic barriers and teacher attitudes. Computers & Education, 69, 310-319. Retrieved from Summary of Article 1: The article illustrates how the early childhood teachers in the United States are able to get access and use technology regularly at school in their teaching process. Teachers incorporate the utilization of technical devices in the classroom through use of desktops, tablets, nooks, or interactive whiteboards to improve coaching and educating environment and to assist them to construct stronger relations with early learners over the topics of discussions during lessons. The appropriate use of technical tools is helpful to young children in terms of growth and learning particularly when the teachers take part in a lively part. The children are able to use technical devices to discover new environments, create and believe and to vigorously connect in challenging and fun actions. In addition, students get an opportunity to find out about technology and technological tools by using them to have fun, resolve issues and role-play. It is therefore important for the teachers to always consider the children’s levels of development when using technical devices to teach in order to make sure that they use it appropriately. Technology should provide early learners with an opportunity of expressing themselves without having to replace the other classroom learning materials. Therefore, the educators should make sure that they consider integrating technological tools, which will integrate with other learning materials in the classroom and ensure that the technological tools used will not displace the early learner’s interact ...

1. CECS RC003: Evaluating Research
Performance Task Assessment Submission Form
Instructions
This document is your tool for capturing your response to each
part of the Performance Task. You will find prompts for each
part below. After each prompt, you will be provided a space to
enter your response. Review the rubric carefully to provide a
complete response.
To begin writing your response, begin typing where it reads
“Enter Your Response Here.” Lengths for each part are included
below the prompt.
Contact Information
Name: Suzanne Murphy
E-mail address: [email protected]
Phone: 314.374.2750
Part I: Evaluating Credible Scholarly Sources
Select three peer-reviewed journal articles that relate to your
chosen topic, at least one of which contains a research study.
For each article you select, enter the following information in
the template:
· APA citation
· Summary of the article including a description of the research
topic and an overview of the research findings (1 paragraph)
· Evaluation regarding the validity and credibility of the source,
explaining how you evaluated the source to determine whether
it is valid and credible (1 paragraph)

2. APA citation for Article 1:
Blackwell, C. K., Lauricella, A. R., Wartella, E., Robb, M., &
Schomburg, R. (2017). Adoption and use of technology in early
education: The interplay of extrinsic barriers and teacher
attitudes. Computers & Education, 69, 310-319. Retrieved from
Summary of Article 1:
The article illustrates how the early childhood teachers in
the United States are able to get access and use technology
regularly at school in their teaching process. Teachers
incorporate the utilization of technical devices in the classroom
through use of desktops, tablets, nooks, or interactive
whiteboards to improve coaching and educating environment
and to assist them to construct stronger relations with early
learners over the topics of discussions during lessons. The
appropriate use of technical tools is helpful to young children in
terms of growth and learning particularly when the teachers take
part in a lively part. The children are able to use technical
devices to discover new environments, create and believe and to
vigorously connect in challenging and fun actions. In addition,
students get an opportunity to find out about technology and
technological tools by using them to have fun, resolve issues
and role-play. It is therefore important for the teachers to
always consider the children’s levels of development when
using technical devices to teach in order to make sure that they
use it appropriately. Technology should provide early learners
with an opportunity of expressing themselves without having to
replace the other classroom learning materials. Therefore, the
educators should make sure that they consider integrating
technological tools, which will integrate with other learning
materials in the classroom and ensure that the technological
tools used will not displace the early learner’s interactions with
teachers or peers.
Evaluation of the validity and credibility of Article 1:
This article is valid for this research because it majorly

3. focuses on the integration of technology in the early childhood
programs and uses credible evidence, which is bias free. The
authors of the article are skilled in the field of information
technology and therefore offer credible information throughout
the article. In addition, the article uses recent data that is
collected from the early childhood programs.
APA citation for Article 2:
Gillen, J., Arnott, L., Marsh, J., Bus, A., Castro, T., Dardanou,
M., ... & Holloway, D. (2018). Digital Literacy and young
children: towards better understandings of the benefits and
challenges of digital technologies in homes and early year’s
settings. Retrieved from
Summary of Article 2:
This article illustrates a better understandings of the benefits
and challenges of digital technologies in homes and early year’s
settings. There are numerous situations where less learning is
seen to occur when early learners are made to use technological
gadgets only to watch videotapes by themselves. Moreover, the
time on the screen is one among other elements to be considered
as the educator evaluates the worth of a learner’s interface with
technical gadgets because some of the content displayed such as
research-based videos could result in deep thinking process in
the minds of the early learners. Therefore, the educators should
be mostly concerned in ensuring that the technology is used to
make the mind of a child active and to enable them to deeply
engage with the learning materials, which are provided to them.
In addition, the educators should be present to enhance deeper
engagement with the children. It is important to note that not
always will using technological devices in a physically
engaging way reflect that there is active learning. The
educators should understand that activities such as pressing or
swiping on the gadgets might appear cooperative but if the early
learner fails to deliberately learn from this practice then they

4. are not regarded as a lively utilization of the devices. In order
to certify that the devices are used actively, they must allow
profound, thinking process and enable deliberate, determined
learning at the early learner development level. Through
guidance and modelling by the educators to ensure the early
learners use it appropriately, technology balances and extends
learning in means that are not simply attained otherwise. For
instance, technology introduces early learners more openly to
traditions and environments outside their society thereby
enabling them to explore the world and understand many things
in it. Technology increases the quantity of orientation
information instantly accessible to the early learners on any
specified subject and enables them to have the capability to
enquire about other individuals outside their classrooms despite
them having access to print resources. Moreover, the use of
technology enables the educators to create culturally responsive
materials that are favourable to knowledge acquiring process for
all learners despite the diverse cultural or racial backgrounds.
This creates a favourable environment in the learning setting
enabling all of them to have equal chances of learning and
interacting with each other. In addition, the students can also be
actively engaged in creating this content thereby enabling them
to be creative and have an opportunity to relate theoretical
studies with real-life experiences with their fellow classmates.
Technology is a very powerful instrument used to support
learning in subjects such as reading vocabulary, sciences and
mathematics. It allows the students to have experiences that
cannot be included in the printed resources. Through combining
communal connections and assistance from educators, learning
using trans-media is a powerful tool in classroom, which
supports the learning of the technical subjects.
Evaluation of the validity and credibility of Article 2:
This article is valid for this research because it majorly
focuses on the integration of technology in the early childhood
programs and uses credible evidence, which is bias free. The

5. authors of the article are skilled in the field of information
technology and therefore offer credible information throughout
the article. In addition, the article uses recent data, which is
collected from the early childhood programs.
APA citation for Article 3:
Bird, J., & Edwards, S. (2015). Children learning to use
technologies through play: A Digital Play Framework. British
Journal of Educational Technology, 46(6), 1149-1160.
Retrieved from
Summary of Article 3:
According to the article, technology is utilized to reinforce
the relationship between the teachers and the parents of the
early learners. For instance, the digital portfolios that
document the work of the students in classroom, through videos,
photos, and audios enable the educators to share the learning of
the students with their families. The parents are able to track
the progress of their children and enables them to have
opportunity to validate the efforts and accomplishments of their
children. The use of technology creates chances for the parents
to connect with their children regarding their learning in order
to supplement or reinforce it. Moreover, the use of social
platforms makes it easier for the early educators and families to
communicate. This helps in providing information and caching
to parents of the early learners on how to strengthen at home
what was presented in the classroom. The ability of technology
to strengthen communication and connection is very beneficial
to the children as it enables them to learn better in school and to
perfect the skill at home. Using technology in the learning
environment provides teachers with confidence, as they are able
to use it to assist them in teaching. Integrating technical devices
in classroom helps them to develop their careers, as they are
able to carry out their jobs more easily than before. The ability
of teachers to engage students in learning process using

6. technology makes it much easier for them to provide the
learning experience they want the students to have. In addition,
using technical gadgets enables the teachers to interact with
students more easily and to offer assistance to them while being
able to evaluate the learning abilities of every student. Using
technology in classroom provides a platform for individualized
teaching which is beneficial to the students. Technology offers
the teachers an opportunity to create active class discussions
with the early learners and to promote creativity and
engagement in the class work.
Evaluation of the validity and credibility of Article 3:
This article is credit for this topic because it is written by
experts in the field of technology and is a peer-reviewed
journal. The evidence used in the article is free from bias and
the secondary data has been referenced. The article is valid
since the evidence used is free of errors and has been verified
by other literature sources in the same topic.
Part II: Evaluating Credible Internet Sources
Select two Internet sources that relate to your chosen topic. For
each Internet source you select, enter the following information
in the template:
· APA citation
· Summary of each internet source, a description of the topic
and an overview of the information presented (1 paragraph)
· Evaluation regarding the validity and credibility of the source,
explaining how you evaluated the source to determine whether
it is valid and credible (1 paragraph)
APA citation for Internet Source 1:
Enter Your Response Here

7. Summary of Internet Source 1:
Enter Your Response Here
Evaluation of the validity and credibility of Internet Source 1:
Enter Your Response Here
APA citation for Internet Source 2:
Enter Your Response Here
Summary of Internet Source 2:
Enter Your Response Here
Evaluation of the validity and credibility of Internet Source 2:
Enter Your Response Here
Part III: Adhering to Ethical Guidelines
In 1–2 pages, describe the ethical guidelines for conducting
research studies in early childhood. Then, choose one of the
sources (you selected in Part I) that contains a research study,
and explain how the methodology in the article adheres to the
ethical guidelines for conducting early childhood research
studies.
Enter Your Response Here
Part IV: Synthesizing Sources of Information
Provide a 2- to 3-page synthesis of the sources you evaluated
that provides an overview of the most current findings related to
your topic. Explain why credibility, validity, ethical guidelines,
and accuracy are all important in regard to your research topic
and to any research within the early childhood field.
Enter Your Response Here

8. References
Blackwell, C. K., Lauricella, A. R., Wartella, E., Robb, M., &
Schomburg, R. (2017). Adoption and use of technology in early
education: The interplay of extrinsic barriers and teacher
attitudes. Computers & Education, 69, 310-319. Retrieved from
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0360131
513001917
Bird, J., & Edwards, S. (2015). Children learning to use
technologies through play: A Digital Play Framework. British
Journal of Educational Technology, 46(6), 1149-1160.
Retrieved from
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/bjet.12191
Gillen, J., Arnott, L., Marsh, J., Bus, A., Castro, T., Dardanou,
M., ... & Holloway, D. (2018). Digital Literacy and young
children: towards better understandings of the benefits and
challenges of digital technologies in homes and early year’s
settings. Retrieved from https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/65712/