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The Research Process and the Research Assignment

The Research Process and the Research Assignment. Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.”. ~~~~ Zora Neale Hurston. “Research is creating new knowledge.”. “In much of society, research means to investigate something you do not know or understand.”

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The Research Process and the Research Assignment

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  1. The Research Processand the Research Assignment

  2. Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.” ~~~~ Zora Neale Hurston

  3. “Research is creating new knowledge.” “In much of society, research means to investigate something you do not know or understand.” ~~~~Neil Armstrong

  4. Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.” ~~~~Carl Sagan

  5. At the end of the presentation you will know: • How to your utilize the DLS library page? • www.nwmaltz.weebly.com • How to develop your research plan? • What is research? • Where to find information for your topic? • How to use citation-makers online?

  6. Define: research • Going beyond facts and basic information • Investigating and examining information sources, developing a position supported by data, facts and creating new information

  7. Information about your LMC • The Card Catalog • Electronic Databases • Reference Collection • Worldbookonline • SweetSearch • Beyond Wikipedia • Google Scholar • E-books • The DLS Virtual Library • School technology • Your folder of documents • Using email to send documents retrieved to your home computer • Using the printer/copier • Using your file locker

  8. The Research Process-Strategies for Success

  9. Introduction/Description • Your assignment • Assignment requirements • Tech needs to complete project • The process • The timeline: selected topic; explored for focus; formed focus of research; prepared to search; explored, investigated, collected information; prepared project; compiled a list of sources

  10. Steps in research

  11. Action Research Model Planning Identifying information, organizing Evaluating, examining Reflecting on sources of information Acting on prior knowledge RESEARCH Analyzing, reporting, sharing Questioning,collecting data Observing

  12. Question: What are you looking for? • Identify key concepts • Develop search questions • Develop and define vocabulary • Build a search strategy • What information am I looking for?

  13. Search • Where do I find the information that I need for my research assignment? • Choose/select websites • Choose quality digital information • Characteristics of quality digital information(currency, authority, balanced, fact-based, scholarly, relevance,…)

  14. Strategy • Digital search tools • Electronic Databases • Search engines and search engine strategies • Digital collections • Effectiveness and efficiency of search strategy

  15. Evaluation How good is the information? • Examine the quality of the search • And information retrieved • Reliability of the digital information • Relevance • Usefulness • Currency • Authority

  16. Documentation, Importance of • Credit all sources used • Credit the author of the web page • Use online citation-makers(Easybib, KnightCite, Son of Citation Machine,…Word 2010)

  17. Objectives and Results • Objectives • objective 1 Get an overview of topic; define terms; use encyclopedias and dictionaries • objective 2 Gather information; collect facts, statistics, data; locate information • objective 3 Investigate your topic using the relevant sources; read and becomed informed about your topic • objective 4 Analyze collected information • objective 5 Synthesize your data and create new information • Results: the outcome of your research • Completed Assignment • Skills developed • Skill 1 Research skills using electronic databases • Skill 2 Skill in using MLA Style Format for research papers; documentation • Skill 3 Development of the skills of analysis and synthesis

  18. Research Strategy • Use the library web page • Step one: Locate the sources needed • Step two: Become informed about the topic, develop mastery of your topic

  19. Your Research

  20. Conclusion • For this presentation and more information please use the link below: • www.nwmaltz.weebly.com • For research help • nmaltz@delasallehs.com

  21. Wikipedia is not a source for your research assignment. Finding the best information sources for your assigned project is going beyond wikipedia. “The Top 10 reasons students cannot cite or rely on wikipedia”: http://tinyurl.com/ybnn6ah

  22. “There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something. You certainly usually find something, if you look, but it is not always quite the something you were after.” ~~~ J. R. R. Tolkien

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