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Searching for information on the Internet can be extremely challenging for our students. This is widely due to the sheer amount of information that is currently available out there. A lot of teache...
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Scooped by Beth Dichter |
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Beth Dichter's insight:
You assign students a research project. Many students go to Google, type in a question (without giving much thought), and often become overwhelmed with the amount of information available. Is this a familiar scene?
Think back and make one change, instead of using Google have them use a database? Is that a significant shift?
This post provides a series of steps, taking you through a number of ways you might proceed with a research project and adding in complexity. Scheer begins by explaining a common research project and moves on through a number of areas:
* What is understanding?
* Understanding Searching with Technology
* Stages of Research
* Putting This All Together
* Conclusion
Do you have your students do research projects? Do you find that you are not satisfied with the quality of work being done? This post provides an excellent foundation to help you revamp your process and provide your students with skills that they will use not only in the classroom but also in the future, in both their personal and professional endeavors.
Re-framing the stages of research to help students manage the volume of information on databases and the internet.
PLAN – Identify what the problem is and the questions that you are going to ask.
STRATEGIZE – The route that you are going to take to search the web for information about your questions.
EVALUATE – The sources of data that you are using for credibility, accuracy and currentness.
TRIANGULATE – Compare your sources of data against one other.