REFLECTIONS: CHAPTER 3 AND 4

Reflections:
Chapter 3
I first selected ERIC as the database that I would explore.  I typed in: Private, Christian elementary school student discipline compared to public elementary school student discipline.  It yielded 37,441 results.
The descriptors for the first record were: Mixed Methods Research, Private Schools, Elementary School Students, Low Income Groups
The descriptors for the second record were: Disproportionate Representation, Elementary School Students, Teacher Student Relationship, Intervention
The descriptors for the third record were:  Hispanic American Students, Elementary School Students, Discipline Problems, Discipline

Areas of commonality were each descriptor had the word "school", each had the word "elementary" and each had the word "student".  Differences were that they were all completely different topics and only one provided information that could be used to provide more information on the topic I wanted to explore.

Descriptors that I would like to add are :  Private, Christian, Elementary, Schools, student, Discipline, problems, compared, Public, urban, African-American

These descriptors are more specific because I added a geographic term (urban) and a biological context (African-American) and, should assist in narrowing the search.

The search yielded fewer results, 7,438 results.  I changed the publication date to "since 2016" and received 136 results.  I then changed the dates back to since 1998 and selected the descriptor African-American, which yielded 758 results.

When I used the connector "AND", it resulted in 0 findings.  I am not sure why this happened, but I believe that there is no title of any document that has these specific  descriptor  words all together.

When I used the connector "or", it resulted in 75,713 findings.  This is because I was given results with the specific words in quotations if they were included in the title, but did not have to be included with the other descriptors.

I narrowed my search to "a comparison of student discipline problems in private Christian elementary schools and public elementary schools.  It yielded 62 results.  However, only one article seemed to provide any information about the topic and it was not allowing me to see the full research study/dissertation, only a preview.  At this point, I think that I need further assistant in getting the articles that would provide me with good resources for my topic.

Chapter 4
I was able to select 2 articles from my list of findings in ERIC.  One article did not provide a literature review.  The title of this article was "Sources of Stress for teachers working in Private Elementary Schools  and the methods for coping with stress."  The second article included a literature review.  The title of this article was :A case study of classroom management practices and and the influence on classroom disruptions.  Both authors used subheadings and both authors described their hypothesis, research questions and research purposes.

The first article was about the types of stress teachers in a private school experience and how they cope with the stress.  The second article was about the classroom management practices of teachers and how classroom disruptions are afftected by these management practices.

Based on my overview of the list that I have, I am going to need some assistance increasing my list to get articles that are more specific to my topic.  I cannot seem to find any articles that speak on a comparison of publc vs. private school elementary students discipline alone.  They all seem to be tied to some other topic not completely related.