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Staging Research

Explore the framework for teaching research as a process, encompassing stages from preparation to transfer of learning. This comprehensive guide outlines strategies and tools for each stage, catering to diverse student needs, such as ESL, special education, and younger learners. Learn how to engage students in meaningful inquiry, access resources effectively, process information critically, and transfer learning confidently. Empower student reflection and enhance project performance through tailored approaches.

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Staging Research

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  1. Staging Research Preparing Students to be Successful Performers Rose Dodgson&Jo-Anne LaForty TDSB - Instructional Leaders Library and Learning Resources Super Conference 2005

  2. Research is like…

  3. How do you think and feel about research? RESEARCH Marzano, Robert J. Classroom Instruction that Works, 2001

  4. Connections to the Ontario K-12 Curriculum • Research – 913 expectations • Question – 634 expectations • Projects – 234 expectations • Information – 1745 expectations • English Language Reading Grade 6-8 • Reasoning and Critical Thinking • plan a research project and carry out • the research

  5. SPECIFIC REASONS FOR RESEARCH

  6. WHY TEACH RESEARCH AS A PROCESS? • structure or map for students • consistency and common language • transferable to all subjects and grade • framework for: • design of project • skills • assessing & evaluating

  7. L o c a t e S e l e c t R e l a t e G a t h e r I d e n t i f y C o l l a b o r a t e E x p l o r e A n a l y s e E v a l u a t e D e f i n e T e s t S o r t S y n t h e s i z e R e v i s e P r e s e n t R e f l e c t T r a n s f e r • STAGE 1 : PREPARING FOR RESEARCH • Define • Explore • Identify • Relate The Research Process • STAGE 2 : ACCESSING RESOURCES • Locate • Select • Gather • Collaborate • STAGE 3 : PROCESSING INFORMATION • Analyse/Evaluate • Test • Sort • Synthesize • STAGE 4 : TRANSFERRING LEARNING • Revise • Present • Reflect • Transfer

  8. Preparing our students for Success on the journey Well-designed Projects • performance task • process highlighted throughout project • evaluation included • samples and models

  9. Constructing a Performance Task for a research project • SITUATION/PROBLEM/SCENARIO • the problem/challenge is • the context is. . . • ROLE • You are parent, psychology, citizen, police • You have been asked to . . . • AUDIENCE • You need to convince • Your audience is . . .

  10. Organizing Tools • OSLA portfolios • file folders • checklist

  11. The Four Stages of the Inquiry and Research Model Prepare Transfer Access Process

  12. Ideas for teaching the 4 stages of Research Consider: ESL Special Ed Younger Students Think/Pair/share

  13. Importance of Reflection throughout the process assess student progress and the work completed develop a plan to move forward provide feedback for teacher and t-l

  14. Setting the Context for meaningful learning • background information • Videos and pictures books • emotional hook • personal connection with stories • peak curiosity and motivation • “I wonder” questions

  15. STAGE 1: PREPARING FOR RESEARCH • Define • information needs using a variety of strategies • Explore • information using a variety of group activities • Identify • varied ways of organizing information • Relate • prior knowledge to information needs

  16. visuals/video brainstorming & categorizing vocabulary (word wall) KWL chart reading a picture book, poem, a newspaper article Stage 1-Strategies

  17. K What I know about the topic? W What I want to know about this topic? L What I have learned about the topic. Keywords KWL Chart

  18. Become a walking question mark! “Clearly you must also learn what you need to know…..asking questions is probably the most valuable part of collecting information.” Frank Feather 1996

  19. Strategies 5 Ws and H Focus words Bloom’s Taxonomy Brainstorming Developing Research Questions Rationale • Stimulate curiousity • Challenge you to think about what you discover • Guide and focus your research project

  20. Student Research GuideStage 1- Developing Questions p. 11

  21. STAGE 2: ACCESSING RESOURCES • Locatea variety of appropriate resources from a variety of sources • Select information appropriate to needs using a variety of strategies • Gather information from resources using internal organizers and conventions of text • Collaborate with others to share findings and ideas

  22. Video Don’t Get Caught in the Web: Research Strategies for Using Library Resources

  23. print and electronic human community consider learning styles multiple intelligence first language ability Stage 2 - Strategies

  24. Considerations • Variety of Formats • Match information sources to needs: best, most suitable • Reading Level • Overall Appeal • Layout and text • Text size • Visuals

  25. Most Appropriate Information • Considerations: • Canadian OR American OR doesn’t matter • Primary OR Secondary Sources • Books OR Electronic • Databases OR Internet • Reference (encyclopedia) OR journal/newspaper You as a teacher can set perimeters and limit resources for students.

  26. Critical Thinking Skills • Reading: • previewing page features • analyzing features of text • skimming, scanning • Finding the “right source(s)” • Searching effectively • Evaluating sources

  27. Critical Reading Skills • Skimming/Scanning • Think Literacy • Student Research Guide • Features of Text • Think Literacy - Ministry • Student Research Guide - TDSC • Building your own Information Literate School- Koechlin, Zwann

  28. Student Research Guide Stage 2- Skimming

  29. The Canadian Encyclopedia www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com

  30. Online Periodical Databases Online Magazines and Newspapers Access - School Library Webpage

  31. Internet • Preparing to Search • Searching Effectively • Evaluating Web Sources • Key Sites

  32. SEARCH TIP # 1 • Be specific with your search terms • Adding more terms allows for specific searching and more accurate results Example Kyoto global warming Olympics Beijing preparation

  33. TIP # 2 • Try a variety of related terms and concepts to find different articles Example homeless “ street people” poverty habitat biomes wetlands • Think of synonyms for terms Example teenagers adolescents youth juvenile

  34. TIP # 3 • use “quotations” around terms you want together as a phrase Example “acid rain” “Bank of Montreal”

  35. violence family TIP # 4 • use the the Boolean operator and to combine keywords for specific results Example: family and violence will locate articles with both terms in them.

  36. Evaluating Web Resources “Students must be taught the skill of evaluating sources … Books have editors and publishers who select authors by their credibility and authenticity. Facts are meticulously checked before publication. However, on the Internet you are not always sure who the author is, and you rarely know their credentials.” Doggett, Sandra, 2002

  37. Evaluating Resources • need • usefulness • bias • accuracy • relevance • content • point of view • validate source

  38. Kathy Schrock’s ABC’s of Web Site Evaluation http://kathyschrock.net/abceval/

  39. Media Awareness: The 5 W's of Cyberspacehttp://www.media-awareness.ca/english/resources/educational/handouts/internet/5ws_cyberspace.cfm

  40. Student Research Guide Stage 2- Checklist for Evaluating a Website

  41. Key Sites • School Library Website • Develop a focused specialized list • Curriculum • Teaching and Learning • Subject Specific

  42. School Library Web Pagehttp://www.tdsb.on.ca/libraries/links.asp?schoolNo=1442

  43. About Canada

  44. Historica www.histori.ca

  45. CBC Archives <archives.cbc.ca>

  46. Student Research Guides Thames Valley DSB TDSB

  47. Success for all Learners • RESEARCH • complex process -- model the process • time to prepare the students • provide sample final products • RESOURCES • select appropriate resources that address learning styles • physical and intellectually accessible • teach “search logic” • determine right information source for right need • searching strategies

  48. Staging Research Preparing Students to be Successful Performers Rose Dodgson&Jo-Anne LaForty TDSB - Instructional Leaders Library and Learning Resources Super Conference 2005

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