Key Concepts for Framing and Scaffolding the Learning of Undergraduate Research
Question-Discover-Use: Framework and Scaffolds for Learning to Do Research
Presented at Spring Breakout, SUNY Oswego, May 31, 2013
To do good research one must form a question that interests one's self and others, discover sources that can help answer the question and use what one learns from those sources in building one's own answer. Question-Discover-Use form the key conceptual framework for learning and teaching the research process. As our students progress from being novices at research to more expert research practice, we need to provide helpful but unobtrusive scaffolds or helps and then to fade those scaffolds out when they are no longer needed. This session will explore how the Question-Discover-Use framework and productive scaffolds can help us design library and information use activities that effectively teach research practice.
Prezi show developed for Spring Breakout--subject to added materials and voice-over.
Presentation (Lecture Capture Video)
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