2015 Year 11 Research Conference…Aiming for Quality
8.25-8.45
Registration
TUNE IN TO RESEARCH @ HALL
8.45am
9.00am
Welcome
Keynote Speaker (Professor Uxbridge) … We do research everyday – it’s not scary stuff
“Aiming for Quality”
9.15-9.35am
Research Techniques
Breakout Groups: Red = Rm 7; Blue = LE Rm; Yellow = Rm 8; Green = Rm 23; Purple = Rm 6
9.40-10am Subject-Specific Activity
THINK ABOUT YOUR TOPIC @ TEAM CHALLENGE ROOMS (Complete steps 1-3a)
10-10.30am
www.mmcresearch.wordpress.com – find your statement and a basic source to get started
(Refer to the Team Challenge page in your booklet)
Step 1. Defining - research question (Why? Hoy? To what extent?)
Step 2. Deconstructing - concept map
Step 3. Exploring, Gathering & Note-making a) search strategy
Morning Tea 10.30-10.55am (provided on Lower Level of JBS Building) return to breakout rooms on time please
FLEX YOUR RESEARCH MUSCLES @ TEAM CHALLENGE ROOMS (Complete steps 3a-5)
11-12pm
Step 3. Exploring, Gathering & Note-making
b) sources (website, journal articles and e-books)
c) evaluate reliability of 3 sources
d) reference your sources
12-1pm
Step 4. Synthesising & Formulating
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Synthesise the information (put it all together) to justify or refute the statement
Make a judgement and give reasons for your decision
Step 5. Presenting & Reflecting (allow 20 minutes to create and upload)
Present your findings in a PPT or WORD document and upload to PADLET http://padlet.com/wall/mmc_research
Lunch 1.10-1.45pm
SHARE YOUR FINDINGS @ TEAM CHALLENGE ROOMS (Complete step 5)
1.45-2.25pm Presenting & Reflecting (3 mins) Present to the group and vote on the best researcher
2.25-2.30 Reflecting Vote on Best Research Team
RESEARCH TEAM AWARDS @ HALL
2.35-3.00 Reflecting Award presentation & Evaluation
3/2/2015
MMC Research Conference
If you tell a lie big enough and
keep repeating it, people will
eventually come to believe
it…the truth is the mortal
enemy of the lie, and thus by
extension, the truth is the
greatest enemy of the State.”
Joseph Geobbels
(Nazi Propaganda Minister)
Subject‐Specific Activity
www.mmcresearch.
wordpress.com
O Choose one of your subjects from the list below
O Find the article your teacher has suggested for your next
research assignment
O Use the databases on the Searching Databases page: UQ
Cyberschool, Library Webs or WebLinks for this task
(note how easy it is to avoid the Google trap)
O Reference your article using your diary pp.21-22:
Referencing
Add this information to your next research assignment
https://mmcresearch.wordpress.com
Team Challenge
Aim: to investigate the statement and reach conclusions
on the truth and significance using evidence from the
internet sources.
1. Go to your allocated group
2. Follow the directions for the “Team Challenge”
3. Present and vote
Let the research begin!!
Please now go to the room
allocated to your colour
Red = Rm 7
Blue = LE Rm
Yellow = Rm 8
Green = Rm 23
Purple = Rm 6
Morning Tea is from 10.30am-10.55am
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Year 11 Research Conference 2015
Subject-specific Activity
These topics and articles/websites will be useful for your next research assignment.
Find these articles using the databases accessible at school.
Subject
Modern
History
Topic
Nazi Resistance
Database pathway
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Article name
APA Referencing
Library Webs
Modern European
History
Hitler’s Germany
Resistance to Nazi rule
Revolt & Resistance
Holocaust Education & Archive Research Team. (2008). Revolt & Resistance.
Retrieved February 26, 2015, from
http://www.holocaustresearchproject.org/revolt/index.html
Study of
Religion
Pluralism in
Australia
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Library Webs
Religions
Christian
Denominations in
Australia
Christianity’s
Potential
Contribution to
Australian Society
Watts, V. (2009). Christianity’s potential contribution to Australian society.
International Journal of New Perspectives in Christianity, 1(1), pp. 5-12.
Retrieved February 28, 2015, from
http://research.avondale.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1002&context=np
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Ancient
History
Roman republic
to Empire
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Library Webs
Ancient and Medieval
History
Rome: Republic
Rome: Republic: Second
Triumvirate - Octavian
UQ Cyber School
Social Sciences
Ancient History
Rome
Internet Ancient History
Sourcebook: Rome
UQ Cyber School
Art & Art History
The personae of
Augustus
Adams, J.P. (2010). The personae of Augustus. California State University.
Retrieved February 26, 2015, from
http://www.csun.edu/~hcfll004/augpers.htm
Internet Ancient
History Sourcebook:
Rome
Halsall, P. (Ed.). (2011). Internet Ancient History Sourcebook: Rome. Retrieved
February 26, 2015, from
http://legacy.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook09.asp
Artcyclopedia
Malyon, J. (Ed.). (2014). Artcyclopedia. Retrieved February 26, 2015, from
www.artcyclopedia.com/index.html
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Art
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Geography
Water
Catchments
Food and
Nutrition
Cardiovascular
Disease
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Drama
Magical Realism
Biology
Dietetics
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UQ cyber school
Social Sciences
Geography
managing catchments
Murray-Darling Basin
Authority
Northern Basin
UQ Cyber School
Home Economic &
Hospitality
World Health
Organization
Cardiovascular Diseases
UQ Cyber School
The Arts
Artcyclopedia
Magic Realism
Northern Basin
Murray-Darling Basin Authority. (2015). Northern Basin. Retrieved February 27,
2015, from Murray-Darling Basin Authority: http://www.mdba.gov.au/aboutbasin/northern-basin
Global status report
on noncommunicable
diseases 2014
World Health Organization (WHO). (2014). Global status report on
noncommunicable diseases 2014. Retrieved February 26, 2015, from
http://www.who.int/nmh/publications/ncd-status-report-2014/en/
Magic Realism
Malyon, J. (Ed.). (2014). Magic Realiam. Retrieved February 26, 2015, from
Artcyclopedia , http://www.artcyclopedia.com/history/magic-realism.html
UQ Cyber School
Science & Technology
Biology
Public Library of Science
(PLOS) - Biology
Insulin signalling and
dietary restriction
differentially
influence the decline
of learning and
memory with age
Kauffman, A.L., Ashraf, J.M., Corces-Zimmerman M.R., Landis, J.N. & Murphy,
C.T. (2010). Insulin signalling and dietary restriction differentially influence the
decline of learning and memory with age. Public Library of Science: PLOS
Biology, 8(5). Retrieved February 26, 2015, from
http://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.1000372
REFERENCING
Reference List / Bibliography: A reference list is a list of sources you have used in your final written
piece. It is essential to fully reference the bibliographic details following the APA conventions below. A
bibliography is a list of all the sources you have accessed during your research process.
In-text Referencing: It is essential to recognise the source of the information and reference it in your
writing (in-text). When you use evidence from a source you can either “quote” directly or paraphrase into
your own words.
Book
Book with 2
authors
Reference
List
Surname, Initial. (Year). Title of book. City, State: Publisher.
Neal, M. J. (2005). Medical pharmacology at a glance. Malden,
Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing.
In-text
“Quote” (Surname, Year, p.#).
“…….…..” (Neal, 2005, p.#).
Reference
List
In-text
Book with 3
authors
Reference
List
In-text
Academic
Journal
Article
Reference
List
In-text
Newspaper
Article
Reference
List
In-text
Paraphrase… (Surname, Year).
Pharmacology is ..……… (Neal, 2005).
Author (Year)........paraphrase.
Neal (1999) suggest that….
Surname, I. & Surname, I. (Year). Title of book. City, State: Publisher.
Purdie, N. & Smith, D. (1999). Indigenous rights. Sydney: Macmillan.
“Quote” (Surname &
Surname, Year, p.#).
“There is significant damage…..”
(Purdie & Smith, 1999, p.12).
Paraphrase... (Author & Author,
Date).
……………… (Purdie & Smith, 1999).
Author and Author (Year)………….
Purdie and Smith (1999) suggest...
Surname, I., Surname, I. & Surname, Initial. (Year). Title of book
(edition). City, State: Publisher.
Smith, J., Brown, C. & Jones, V. (2000). Athens was awesome once (2nd
ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Oxford University Press.
“Quote” (Surname, Surname
According to Surname, Surname &
& Surname, Year, p.#).
Surname (Year), paraphrase….
“Pericles was manipulative…”
According to Smith, Brown & Jones
(Smith, Brown & Jones, 2000,
(2000), Pericles manipulated people…
p.5).
Surname, Initial. (Year). Article title. Journal Title, Volume (Issue),
pages.
Hollander, R. D. & Steneck, N. H. (1990). Science and engineering related
ethics. Science, Technology & Human Values, 15(1), 84-104.
“Quote” (Surname, Year, p.#). Paraphrase … (Surname, Year).
"This idea influences ..."
Science and engineering….. (Hollander
(Hollander & Steneck, 1990, p.
& Steneck, 1990).
90).
Surname, Initial. (Year, Month Date). Title of article. Newspaper.
Retrieved from URL.
Dicum, G. (2010, December 1). A book lover's San Francisco. New York
Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com
Surname (Year) reports ….”.
Dicum (2010) reports “San
Francisco...”.
Paraphrase………. (Surname, Year).
San Francisco......... (Dicum, 2010).
Statistical
data (tables
& graphs)
Creative
Works:
Image
Creative
Works: DVD
Reference
List
Company. (Year). Data title [Data file]. Retrieved from Database, URL.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2010). Report on the Australian population
[Data file]. Retrieved from Demographics, www.abs.gov.au/stats
In-text
“………….” (Company, Year).
Paraphrase…. (Company, Year).
According to statistics “...” (ABS, The average number of… (ABS, 2009).
2010).
Surname, I. (Year). Image title [Image]. Retrieved date, from URL.
McQueen, A. (2010). Fall 2010 Ready-to-Wear collection [Image].
Retrieved June 2, 2010, from
http://www.style.com/fashionshows/AMCQUEEN/
Reference
List
In-text
... (Surname, Year).
… (McQueen, 2010).
Reference
List
Surname, I. (Writer), Surname, I. (Director) & Surname, I. (Producer).
(Year). Film title [DVD]. City, State: Publisher.
Atherden, G. (Writer), Featherstone, D. (Director), & Pringle, J. (Producer).
(1986). Babakiueria [DVD]. Sydney, NSW: Australian Broadcasting
Corporation.
…………… (Writer Surname, Year).
Babakiueria tackles double standards by... (Atherden, 1986).
In-text
Website
article with
author
Website
Online
Media Files
(Youtube)
Blog
Reference
List
Surname, I. (Year). Title of article or webpage. Retrieved date, from
URL.
Cooper, H.L. (2010). A brief history of tactile writing systems for readers
with blindness and visual impairments. Retrieved 10 June 2014, from
http://www.tsbvi.edu/seehear/spring06/history.htm
In-text
According to Surname (Year)
“Quote”.
According to Cooper (2010) ".….."
Reference
List
Organisation. (Year). Title of webpage. Retrieved date, from URL.
Queensland Rail. (n.d.). Queensland Rail free wi-fi. Retrieved January 6,
2011, from www.queenslandrail.com.au/RailServices
In-text
Organisation (Year) suggests
“Quote”.
Queensland Rail (n.d.) suggests
…
Reference
List
Creator. (Year, Date). Title of video [video file]. Retrieved date, from URL.
CSIRO. (2009, May 25). CSIRO - Making a difference [Video file].
Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_1mip1iS70
In-text
Creator Name (Year)…
The CSIRO YouTube video
(2009) reveals ...
Reference
List
Surname, Initial. (Year, Date). Title of article or webpage [Web log
post]. Retrieved from URL.
Becker, G. (2011, January 2). Implications of student performance [Web
log post]. Retrieved from http://uchicagolaw.typepad.com/beckerposner/
In-text
“Quote…” (Surname, Year, paragraph #).
"Modern economies have enormous ...." (Becker, 2011, para. 7).
Paraphrase … (Surname, Year).
………….. (Cooper, 2010).
Paraphrase …… (Surname, Year).
……………. (Queensland Rail, 2014).
………….. (Creator, Year).
………….. (CSIRO, 2009).
Source: QUT Cite/Write http://www.citewrite.qut.edu.au/cite/qutcite.jsp#apa
Team Challenge
Aim: to investigate the statement and reach conclusions on the truth and significance
using evidence from the internet sources.
STEPS
1. Defining
Consider the statement and pose a research question (Why? Hoy? To what extent?); make an
initial judgement
2. Deconstructing
Start a concept map (key ideas and words)
3. Exploring, Gathering & Note-making
a) Develop a search strategy (what search terms will you use?)
b) Read the sources (website, journal articles and e-books)
 note-make (a few dot points)
 add new ideas to the concept map
c) evaluate reliability of 3 sources - (use one worksheet per source; investigate one source
per person to ensure you are using time productively)
d) reference your sources (refer to the diary pp.21-22)
4. Synthesising & Formulating - (worksheet)
Synthesise the information (put it all together) to justify or refute the statement
Evaluate the truth and significance of the statement based on the evidence in your sources
Make a judgement and give reasons for your decision
5. Presenting & Reflecting (allow 20 minutes to create and upload; 2 mins per group to present)
Present your findings in a PPT or WORD document and upload to PADLET
A brief overview of your findings and evidence + HOW you researched
Present to the group and vote on the best researcher - prizes to be won in each group
3/2/2015
Exploring & Finding Quality Sources
O Develop a search strategy (what search terms will
you use?)
O Read the sources (website, journal articles and ebooks)
Search Strategy
O Key words from mind map
O Search terms
O note-make (a few dot points)
O add new ideas to the concept map
O Evaluate reliability of 3 sources - (use one
worksheet per source; investigate one source per
person to ensure you are using time productively)
O reference your sources (refer to the diary pp.21-22)
Aiming for Quality Sources
WHAT?
O Academic Journals
O eBooks
O High quality websites/organisations
WHERE?
O BCC & SLQ Library Databases
O University of Queensland
UQ Cyberschool
Academic Journals
O Academic journals are written by and for
experts (scholars and researchers) in their
chosen field.
O They are used to share research with the
academic community to build the body of
knowledge on a topic.
O For in-depth examination of a topic, academic
journals should be your first choice.
O Years 11 & 12 should be starting to use this
level of academic material
Via UQ Cyberschool
www.library.uq.edu.au/schools
Log in to these databases from the UQ
Cybershool website
1) LIBRARY WEB (search by specific topic)
Username: mmcollege Password: donkin
2) WEBLINKS ONLINE (search by broad school subject areas)
Username: mmcnundah Password: donkin
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Reading Techniques
Reading Techniques
Gathering, Reading & Note‐making Strategies
Reading Techniques
3/2/2015
Note‐making
O Be selective and systematic
O Identify the purpose and function of
a text
O Identify how information is
organised
O Include your thoughts
O Use symbols and abbreviations
O Use concept maps and diagrams
Adapted from: Study Skills for Academic Writing, Phoenix 1994.
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Team Challenge: EVALUATING RELIABILITY
SOURCE: ______________________________________________________________________________________
BIBLIOGRAPHY
URL/Address
Title of Article
Author, if any
Date of Publication, if any
Date Accessed
Team Challenge
A) What evidence you have to gather
B) Time limits – each person should do one source each; set timeframe for your group to follow; allow time to
collaborate, discussion and decision making; and preparing presentation
C) Utilise resources well – team members, research booklet with plenty of sites and databases to access,
laptops, seminar tutors for advice, highlighter and of course your fancy research seminar pen.
For each source complete the following sheet then compare your evidence.
1. This is source is/is not reliable
because.... Don’t forget
authorship, credentials, accuracy,
coverage, language used,
referencing
2. What is in this source that is
useful to supporting the truth of
your statement?
3. Has the source relied on other
evidence (referred to others) to
make the viewpoint more
convincing?
Rating on Reliability
0
Very Poor
1
2
3
4
5
Excellent
Team Challenge: EVALUATING RELIABILITY
SOURCE: ______________________________________________________________________________________
BIBLIOGRAPHY
URL/Address
Title of Article
Author, if any
Date of Publication, if any
Date Accessed
Team Challenge
D) What evidence you have to gather
E) Time limits – each person should do one source each; set timeframe for your group to follow; allow time to
collaborate, discussion and decision making; and preparing presentation
F) Utilise resources well – team members, research booklet with plenty of sites and databases to access,
laptops, seminar tutors for advice, highlighter and of course your fancy research seminar pen.
For each source complete the following sheet then compare your evidence.
4. This is source is/is not reliable
because.... Don’t forget
authorship, credentials, accuracy,
coverage, language used,
referencing
5. What is in this source that is
useful to supporting the truth of
your statement?
6. Has the source relied on other
evidence (referred to others) to
make the viewpoint more
convincing?
Rating on Reliability
0
Very Poor
1
2
3
4
5
Excellent
Team Challenge: EVALUATING RELIABILITY
SOURCE: ______________________________________________________________________________________
BIBLIOGRAPHY
URL/Address
Title of Article
Author, if any
Date of Publication, if any
Date Accessed
Team Challenge
G) What evidence you have to gather
H) Time limits – each person should do one source each; set timeframe for your group to follow; allow time to
collaborate, discussion and decision making; and preparing presentation
I) Utilise resources well – team members, research booklet with plenty of sites and databases to access,
laptops, seminar tutors for advice, highlighter and of course your fancy research seminar pen.
For each source complete the following sheet then compare your evidence.
7. This is source is/is not reliable
because.... Don’t forget
authorship, credentials, accuracy,
coverage, language used,
referencing
8. What is in this source that is
useful to supporting the truth of
your statement?
9. Has the source relied on other
evidence (referred to others) to
make the viewpoint more
convincing?
Rating on Reliability
0
Very Poor
1
2
3
4
5
Excellent
Team Challenge: SYNTHESISING EVIDENCE
As a group, compare the evidence found from each source and make some decisions about your argument.
STATEMENT: _______________________________________________________________________
1. Connections (CORROBORATION) between the sources
Are they saying the same thing? e.g. Smith (source 1) and Jones (source 2) both
believe that Climate Change is a government conspiracy to scare people.
Does this make it reliable because they agree?
2. Differences (CONTRADICTION) between the sources
What are they saying that is different? e.g. Smith (source 1) is a skeptic and
doesn’t have a scientific background but Anderson (source 3) disagrees and he is
experienced in geography.
3. The best source is________ because…
4. Is there any truth to your statement?
Explain. What evidence will you use from the sources?
5. Considering the truth in your statement, judge how significant Rate significance: 0-------5; provide explanation
is it in terms of its contribution to understanding the
world around us?
Team Challenge
Statement
Research
Question
Search Terms
Source 1
Source 2
Source 3
Judgement &
Reasons
Reflection on
research