Presented
By:
Blake Johnson
Washington Montessori Public Charter School
What is research?
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Let’s look at a short PowToon Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yt6XXDF7xaQ
What research used to
be…COMMON MYTHS
Only in
Science
Hated/
Frustrating
What research is evolving into...
People are
researching
even when
they do not
mean to do
it.
Younger
people are
being
required to
do more
research.
Why do we teach research?
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From the University of California at
Berkley…
▪ “Research allows you to pursue your interests, to learn
something new, to hone your problem-solving skills and
to challenge yourself in new ways.”
Does this sound familiar?
▪ “Every field of study has its own research problems and
methods. As a researcher you seek answers to questions of
great interest to you. Your research problem could be
aesthetic, social, political, scientific or technical. You choose
the tools, gather and analyze the data .”
http://research.berkeley.edu/experience.php
Conceptions and Modes of Student
Inquiry
http://www.staffs.ac.uk/research/research_informed_teaching/pedagogic.jsp
Types of Creative Research Tools
▪KWL-KWHL-KWHLAQ
▪The 5 W’s and How
▪Alphabet Research
▪Graphic Organizer Research
▪Colorful / 3D Research
▪Student-Created
KWL
▪ Old faithful! This is one of the most common research tools
since 1986. They have since revamped this many times, but
it is a great tool to get students really thinking and excited
about research.
KWHL / KWHLAQ
▪ There have been many adaptations to the standard KWL
chart that meet our 21st century learning needs. These are
just two of the basic ones.
The 5 W’s and How
▪ You would use this in gathering basic information for
research. This is just another template to help you gather
your information in a fun way.
BRAIN BREAK!!
▪ Everybody stand up and try to participate!!
▪ I use these in class all the time to give students a break!
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=chicken+dance
Alphabet
▪ This is ultimately my one of my favorite research tools
because students have to really stretch their research to fill in
all letters of the alphabet.
▪ What if I can’t get X, Y, Z…?
Graphic Organizer
▪ There are many of these for free to meet your students’
research needs. They are very helpful in forming their
thoughts instead of having them strawn all over the paper.
Color / 3D
▪ This really gets students having the research literally in the
palm of their hands.
▪ This will help the student stay organized and keep them
engaged for a longer period of time.
Let Students Create Their Own
▪ Why not? Sometimes students know what is best to make
them enjoy research.
▪ DISCLAIMER: Make sure you check in with the student for a
pre-meeting to discuss their ideas before sending them off to
create the next big research tool.
Tie Into Real Life
▪ Students always remember more information for my class if I
can connect the information to their lives.
▪ Instead of just writing another paper just to have research,
decide topics that can be associated with their lives.
▪ Ex.
▪ A community service project at the local soup kitchen and how
their budget helps the community. (Math Research, Global
Citizen, Social Studies, and many other disciplines.)
▪ A research on the Holocaust and the fashion of that time period
and how the fashion affected the war (CTE, Social Studies,
English, etc.)
How to get students really
engaged with a topic?
-Have students give you a list of ideas that they may be
interested in.
-Try to find those interdisciplinary connections between the
subject matter you want them to research and their interests.
-Have fun while teaching this process…
Teachers can really show how enjoyable this
process is just by modeling and researching
their own topic with the class.
Now It’s Your Turn
▪At your area, there is a piece of sentence
strip.
▪Flip it over and find a broad subject.
▪Using the resources provided and others
you may think of, design a creative
research template for your topic (only a little
to share with your group what you came up
with).
Discussion
▪ How could you use today’s information to
get a student really excited about research?
▪What is one thing that you would really like
to implement in your classroom to make
researching a more productive enjoyable
measure on you and your students?
Pinterest Plug
▪ This will change your life forever!
Thank you for getting out of that
research box and joining us!!
▪If you have any questions, please contact
me at blake.johnson@wmpcs.org.
▪Thank you again for joining in with this
session.