Angie Miller

It's a Matter of Fact

Teaching Students Research Skills in Today's Information-Packed World

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this new book from Routledge and MiddleWeb, author Angie Miller shows how you can turn your students into informed citizens by teaching them how to research effectively.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 132
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. März 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 251mm x 178mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 318g
• ISBN-13: 9781138302808
• ISBN-10: 1138302805
• Artikelnr.: 51745030

Autorenporträt

Angie Miller is a middle and high school teacher-librarian in New Hampshire. The 2011 New Hampshire Teacher of the Year, the recipient of the 2017 New Hampshire Library Program of the Year, a TED speaker, and a National Geographic Teacher Fellow, she writes, speaks, and runs professional development that advocates for the teaching profession and promotes the empowerment of student voice across the country. Visit Angie's website at www.angiemillerauthor.com.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Meet the Author
eResources
Introduction: Why Research?
Chapter One: What Are We Asking Students to Do? Redesigning Assignments to
Encourage Creative and Critical Thinking
Chapter Two: I Don't Have Time to Teach Research: Balancing Content,
Skills, and Time Management.
Chapter Three: Finding Focus: Using Presearch and Questioning to Narrow and
Refine Research
Chapter Four--So Much Out There: Helping Students Navigate the Vast
Resource Landscape
Chapter Five: Take Note: Introducing Strategies That Improve Student
Learning and Help Them Avoid Plagiarism
Chapter Six: Putting It All Together: Organizing the Parts of Your Research
Paper
Chapter Seven: The Part That's Never ExCITEing: Making Works Cited an
Easier Accomplishment
Chapter Eight: Beyond the Essay: How to Incorporate Podcasts, PSAs, and
Other Valuable Projects Into the Classroom
Afterword
Works Consulted