RESEARCH
PROCESS
RESEARCH
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Name:
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Teacher:
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Course:
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Assignment:
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Topic Ideas:
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LOG
LOG
Keep track of your planning,
thinking, and doing in each stage for conferencing, and to give
direction to your progress.
‘Due’
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Keep track of what you
are planning, thinking,
and doing
EXPLORE
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INVESTIGATE
Keep track of your planning,
thinking, and doing in each stage for conferencing, and to give
direction to your progress.
Add questions,
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PROCESS
PROCESS
CREATE
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Add questions,
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BRAINSTORM
BRAINSTORM
Use words, highlighting, doodles,
shapes, or other strategies to build your
interest. Do some initial reading to help
with your brainstorming.
Use words, highlighting, doodles,
shapes, or other strategies to build your
interest. Do some initial reading to help
with your brainstorming.
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Wonder?
Why?
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TRACK
TRACK
SEARCH
SEARCH
Keep track of words and
phrases that are useful
in your search. Connect words
in the search bar using a phrase, or operators AND, OR, NOT
Keep track of words and
phrases that are useful
in your search. Connect words
in the search bar using a phrase, or operators AND, OR, NOT
Key words, synonyms,
alternate and related
words:
Key words, synonyms,
Possible search
engines, databases,
sites, types of sites,
books, people !
alternate and related
words:
Focus words or
Focus words or
Narrowing words or
Narrowing words or
What will you NOT deal
with?
What will you NOT deal
with?
phrases
phrases
phrases
phrases
Not useful to your search
Useful to your search
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Possible search
engines, databases,
sites, types of sites,
books, people !
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Not useful to your search
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NOTES
NOTES
Start a new page for each new source
that you use. Keep all notes together in a
clip or folder, or by easily identifiable
document names.
Start a new page for each new source
that you use. Keep all notes together in a
clip or folder, or by easily identifiable
document names.
Author(s) _____________________________________.
Author(s) _____________________________________.
Title “_________________________________________.”
Title “_________________________________________.”
Name of work _________________________________.
Name of work _________________________________.
Your starting question(s) for the source:
Your starting question(s) for the source:
Jot main facts and ideas (use quotations when you copy
directly):
Jot main facts and ideas (use quotations when you copy
directly):
Authority:
Bias:
Credibility:
Date:
Authority:
Bias:
Credibility:
Date:
Remaining details of source, if you think you might make reference to it
Remaining details of source, if you think you might make reference to it
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Place of publication:
Publisher or publishing org (n.p. if not avail),
Place of publication:
Last update. Format (Print or Web). Date of access (web only).
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Publisher or publishing org (n.p. if not avail),
Last update. Format (Print or Web). Date of access (web only).
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QUESTION
QUESTION
Raise questions about your topic from
different perspectives, angles, or “thinking
hats” (De Bono). Investigate further, as
needed.
Raise questions about your topic from
different perspectives, angles, or “thinking
hats” (De Bono). Investigate further, as
needed.
DELIBERATELY
DELIBERATELY
White
White
AIM: fill information gaps with proven facts
AIM: fill information gaps with proven facts
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Red
!! Consider emotional responses
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Provide factual details
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AIM: include different emotional positions
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!! Challenge information; search for negatives
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AIM: give reasons why the ‘accepted’ might be questioned
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!! Search for positives
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Provide factual details
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AIM: include different emotional positions
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AIM: give reasons why the ‘accepted’ might be questioned
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Yellow
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AIM: point out opportunities and benefits
AIM: point out opportunities and benefits
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AIM: change perceptions, patterns, and concepts
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AIM: communicate logical connections between angles
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STRETCH
STRETCH
“Dig deeper” in your thinking.
Make researched information your
own by thinking about it in terms
of apply, analyse, and evaluate (Koechlin).
“Dig deeper” in your thinking.
Make researched information your
own by thinking about it in terms
of apply, analyse, and evaluate (Koechlin).
YOUR THINKING
Apply:
examples
identify
pattern
purpose
roles, rules
types
characteristics
diagram !
Create new questions and
connections:
Analyse:
effectiveness
choice
value
outcome
limits
adaptations
criticism !
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Apply:
examples
identify
pattern
purpose
roles, rules
types
characteristics
diagram !
Create new questions and
connections:
Analyse:
cause
impact, effect
consequence
meaning
result
comparison
structure
boundaries
correlation !
Evaluate:
YOUR THINKING
cause
impact, effect
consequence
meaning
result
comparison
structure
boundaries
correlation !
Reconsider search words and
phrases in relation to new
questions and connections:
Evaluate:
effectiveness
choice
value
outcome
limits
adaptations
criticism !
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Reconsider search words and
phrases in relation to new
questions and connections:
ORGANIZE
ORGANIZE
Use a visual organizer to make sense
of your key information and most
important thinking. One example:
Use a visual organizer to make sense
of your key information and most
important thinking. One example:
THINKING
THINKING
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OUTLINE
Organize your information and
ideas in a way that meets requirements and interests of your
audience.
OUTLINE
Organize your information and
ideas in a way that meets requirements and interests of your
audience.
Introduction – capture interest; establish focus; state
purpose
Introduction – capture interest; establish focus; state
purpose
Main idea #1 – state first idea, linking to your
purpose; add facts and connections
Main idea #1 – state first idea, linking to your
purpose; add facts and connections
Main idea #2 – state second idea, linking to previous
idea (or purpose); add facts and connections
Main idea #2 – state second idea, linking to previous
idea (or purpose); add facts and connections
Main idea #3 – state third idea, linking to previous
idea (or purpose); add facts and connections
Main idea #3 – state third idea, linking to previous
idea (or purpose); add facts and connections
Conclusion – re-emphasize your purpose; remind
your audience of key thinking; make your final point
Conclusion – re-emphasize your purpose; remind
your audience of key thinking; make your final point
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Present
Present
Jot down your presentation
ideas at any time during
your research process.
Jot down your presentation
ideas at any time during
your research process.
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Purpose(s):
Purpose(s):
Audience:
Audience:
My strengths:
My strengths:
My needs/supports/media:
My needs/supports/media:
Format(s) for my presentation:
Format(s) for my presentation:
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Reflect
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Reflect
Jot thoughts about your work
habits , understanding of the
process, and learning, as you
progress through your research.
Jot thoughts about your work
habits , understanding of the
process, and learning, as you
progress through your research.
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