Randell K. Schmidt

A Guided Inquiry Approach to High School Research (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book helps educators foster academic success and college readiness: it demonstrates how to instruct high school students to find, process, and think about new information, and then synthesize that knowledge.

When students are able to manage topics of high interest by choosing their own subject matter, they learn how to effectively perform pre-collegiate research through a process that they find fun and rewarding. Ideal for high school-level teachers and school librarians, this book provides a unique, holistic approach to guided inquiry that guides students step-by-step through the cognitive, affective, and social processes involved, building critical study skills, time management strategies, collaboration techniques, and communication and presentation skills.

A Guided Inquiry Approach to High School Research is derived from a formal research protocol and provides proven techniques and supporting materials that facilitate the process for permitting students to choose their own topic, easily grasping how to search for information, and successfully completing a seemingly daunting research assignment-a process that makes understandings deep and integrative. The included detailed project lessons, student handouts, and rubrics and assessment tools are the result of many years of classroom testing and refinement.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Februar 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781610692885
• Artikelnr.: 38331666

Autorenporträt

Randell K. Schmidt, MLS, is head librarian at Gill St. Bernard's School in Gladstone, NJ.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Part I: Teacher's Practicum
Introduction to Teacher's Practicum
How to Save a Failed Project
Stitching Together Borrowed Information into a Research Quilt
Assessments of the Research and Writing Project
Kuhlthau's Information Search Process (ISP)
Part II: Student Workshops
Research in the Initiation Stage of the Information Search Process
Workshop 1: The Assignment
Overview
The Assignment
Student Handout: The Assignment, a.k.a. the Syllabus
Workshop 2
Overview: What Is the Information Search Process and What Is Peer Review?
What Is the Information Search Process and What Is Peer Review?
Student Handout #1: What Is the Information Search Process (ISP)?
Student Handout #2: Introducing the Concepts of Peer Review and Study Buddy
Workshop 3
Overview: Understanding Perspective and Bias in Information Sources
Understanding Perspective and Bias
Student Handout #1: Understanding Perspective and Bias in Information
Sources (Part I)
Student Handout #2: Understanding Perspective and Bias in Information
Sources (Part II)
Workshop 4
Overview: What Are Learning Styles?
What Are Learning Styles?
Student Handout: What Are Learning Styles?
Workshop 5
Overview: Descriptive Essay of Your Learning Style
Descriptive Essay of Your Learning Style
Student Handout: Descriptive Essay-"How I Learn Best"
Research in the Selection Stage of the Information Search Process
Workshop 6
Overview: Browsing and Searching
Browsing and Searching
Student Handout #1: Browsing Lesson
Student Handout #2: Searching Tips for the Online Catalogue of Library
Holdings (SAMPLE)
Student Handout #3: Electronic Databases-Digital Searching
Workshop 7
Overview: Going from Big to Small
Going from Big to Small
Student Handout #1: Going from Big to Small
Student Handout #2: How to Go from Big to Small
Workshop 8
Overview: Information Sources
Information Sources
Student Handout: Examples of Information Sources
Workshop 9
Overview: Proposal-What Topic Have You Chosen?
Proposal-What Topic Have You Chosen?
Student Handout #1: How to Write Your Proposal
Student Handout #2: What Topic Are You Proposing?
Research in the Exploration Stage of the Information Search Process
Workshop 10
Overview: Understanding Responsibility to Intellectual Property and the
Concept of Plagiarism
Understanding Responsibility to Intellectual Property and Plagiarism
Student Handout #1: Understanding Responsibility to Intellectual Property
Student Handout #2: The Concept of Plagiarism
Workshop 11
Overview: How to Take Research Notes
How to Take Research Notes
Student Handout #1: How to Take Research Notes
Student Handout #2: Research Note-Taking Activities (Part I)
Student Handout #3: Research Note-Taking Activities (Part II)
Research in the Formulation Stage of the Information Search Process
Workshop 12
Overview: What Are Realia and Why Use Them?
What Are Realia and Why Use Them?
Student Handout: What Are Realia and Why Use Them?
Workshop 13
Overview: Using and Making Notes from a Primary Source
Using and Making Notes from a Primary Source
Student Handout #1: Primary Source Information: Interview or Survey
(Workshop A)
Student Handout #2: Primary Source Information: Video Clips, Photography,
or Artwork (Workshop B)
Research in the Collection Stage of the Information Search Process
Workshop 14
Overview: Organizing Your Research Notes for an Outline
Organizing Your Research Notes for an Outline
Student Handout: Organizing Your Research Notes for an Outline
Workshop 15
Overview: Judging Your Research Notes and Looking for Gaps
Judging Your Research Notes and Looking for Gaps
Student Handout: Judging Your Research Notes and Looking for Gaps
Workshop 16
Overview: How to Do Backdoor Research
How to Do Backdoor Research
Student Handout: How to Do Backdoor Research
Research in the Presentation Stage of the Information Search Process
Workshop 17
Overview: Using Formal Language and Understanding the Difference Between
Private and Public Language
Using Formal Language and Understanding the Difference Between Private and
Public Language
Student Handout: Using Formal Language and Understanding the Difference
Between Private and Public Language
Workshop 18
Overview: How to Compose Your Presentation Notes
How to Compose Your Presentation Notes
Student Handout #1: How to Give a Formal Speech
Student Handout #2: How to Compose Your Presentation Notes
Workshop 19
Overview: Audio/Visuals-What Do You Need?
Audio/Visuals-What Do You Need?
Student Handout: Audio/Visuals-What Do You Need?
Workshop 20
Overview: Using EasyBib to Complete the Bibliography
Using EasyBib to Complete the Bibliography
Student Handout: Using EasyBib to Complete the Bibliography
Workshop 21
Overview: Practicing the Presentation
Student Handout: Presentation Instructions
Research in the Assessment Stage of the Information Search Process
Workshop 22
Overview: Essay to Reflect on Your Learning: "What Did I Learn About
Myself?"
Student Handout: Essay to Reflect on Your Learning: "What Did I Learn About
Myself?"
Appendices
A. Sample Course Outline
B. First, Second, and Third Instruments
C. Letter Sent Home in Preparation for Student Presentations
D. The Appeal of the Research and Writing Program
E. Research and Writing Project Presentation Schedule Sample
F. Choosing the Best Presentation
G. Noting the Likes and Dislikes of the Project
H. Research Presentation Rubric
References
Index