Learning Goal: Students will be able to:
Develop questions to frame search for new understanding
Find sources to answer questions
Read, view, or listen for information in order to gather meaning
Introduction: View Picking Your Topic IS Research (3:10)
AASL Learning Standard
The topic that is right for you should:
Require rigorous research
Link to your personal interests/passion
Relate to the real world
Be covered in a variety of available sources
Be manageable in that it can be researched in the required time frame
View Assessing Your Topic of Choice below.
Directions:
For each possible topic, fill out a Topic Presearch worksheet (may be viewed below).
Generate Who, What, Where, and When questions.
Conduct presearch to answer those questions.
Also, answer the questions:
Why is this topic important?
What is my personal connection to this topic?
Homework: Continue to conduct presearch on your topic(s).
Tomorrow: Topic Selection Lesson - Day 2
Be prepared to:
Narrow the focus of your topic
Assess your topic
Give peer feedback based on the assessment criteria
1.1.1 Follow an inquiry-based process in seeking knowledge in curricular subjects and make the real world connection for using this process in own life.
1.1.2 Use prior and background knowledge as context for new learning.
1.1.3 Develop and refine a range of questions to frame search for new understanding.
1.1.4 Find, evaluate, and select appropriate sources to answer questions.
1.1.6 Read, view, and listen for information presented in any format (e.g., textual, visual, media, digital) in order to make inferences and gather meaning.
1.2.1 Display initiative and engagement by posing questions and investigating the answers beyond the collection of superficial facts.
1.2.5 Demonstrate adaptability by changing the inquiry focus, questions, resources, or strategies when necessary to achieve success.
1.2.6 Display emotional resilience by persisting in information searching despite challenges.
1.2.7 Display persistence by continuing to pursue information to gain a broad perspective.
1.3.2 Seek divergent perspectives during information gathering and assessment.
1.4.1 Monitor own information seeking processes for effectiveness and progress, and adapt as necessary.
1.4.3 Monitor gathered information and assess for gaps or weaknesses.
3.1.5 Connect learning to community issues.
Common Core Standards
CC.11-12.W.7
Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.
General Learner Outcomes
Complex Thinker
Quality Producer
Effective Communicator
Effective & Ethical User of Technology
Striving for Accuracy
Applying Past Knowledge to New Situations
Thinking & Communicating with Clarity & Precision
Remaining Open to Continuous Learning