Database Guide
1. Why use PEEL?
 What is PEEL?
 What makes PEEL different?
 What are the benefits of using PEEL?
2. Searching PEEL
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Connecting
Browsing
Refining and Broadening
Searching by Issue and Keyword
An Australian initiative that has been growing
since 1985
 Teachers engaging in collaborative action
research
 An attempt to move beyond “passive,
unreflective, dependent student learning”
 Research that supports “purposeful,
intellectually active, independent and
metacognitive” learning
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“About PEEL.”
PEEL: Project for Enhancing Effective Learning.
http://www.peelweb.org.
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Less formal than a
scholarly article
Image: Informaworld database
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More than a simple
lesson plan
Image: The Educator’s Reference Desk
Written by
teachers
Supports
active
learning
Related ideas
Ideas can be used for
different subjects
and levels
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Answers questions like…
How can I help my
students link different
lessons and ideas?
How do I encourage
student to take risks?
How can I support
students in monitoring
and controlling their
own learning?
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Provides teachers with practical ideas for
their classes in short, accessible articles
Encourages teachers to develop “long-term
learning agendas”
Helps teachers improve lessons by addressing
common concerns and identifying quality
teaching practices
“About PEEL.”
PEEL: Project for Enhancing Effective Learning.
http://www.peelweb.org.
Select PEEL from the
Library’s Indexes and
Databases A-Z list
Login using your
Network ID
Once you have connected
to PEEL, you do not need
to login again
Click on
Start PEEL in Practice
The best way
to search is by
Codings
“Codings”
refers to to the
folders, or
categories
Start with a problem…
Teacher Concerns
Start with a common
classroom activity, task,
event, skill, situation…
Classroom Practices
Start with a goal…
Principles of Teaching for
Quality Learning
One of the most effective ways
to search PEEL…
Procedures Groups
Each Procedures Group
contains about 15-4o procedures
Selected categories
appear in the query box
Many first-time PEEL users
begin their search with
Subject Areas
and
Year Levels
However, this will often
eliminate many ideas
that work in different
types of classes
Search Tip: Combine
Teacher Concern
AND
Procedure
5 articles
100+ articles
To eliminate a category,
click on it
Don’t forget to erase old
categories before
starting a new search
Search Tip: Combine
Principle of Teaching
AND
Procedure
1 article
100+ articles
We have been
searching by
Codings
Searching by Issues
allows you to browse PEEL
publications (books, journal,
conference proceedings, etc.)
Search
allows you to search the
entire database by
Title, Author and Keyword
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PEEL: Project for Enhancing Effective Learning. PEEL Publications, 2009.
<www.peelweb.org>.
Screenshots
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Gillies, Robyn and Asaduzzaman Khan. “Promoting Reasoned
Argumentation, Problem-solving and Learning During Small-group
Work.” Cambridge Journal of Education 39.1 (2009). Informaworld.
Greenhalgh, Blaine. “Seeing Sound and Sonar.” Educator’s Reference
Desk. Information Institute of Syracuse, 2004. <http://www.eduref.org
/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Science/SCI0042.html>.
PEEL in Practice Online. <www.peelweb.org>.