Research
Research
Next, students begin the process of researching and gathering information regarding their chosen question or topic. At this stage, teachers can teach research, documentation, and organization skills.
Effective Research Slideshow - This slideshow will help students with the research process.
www.citationmachine.net - In order to help students create a Works Cited page or Bibliography, they can use this website or the add on Easy Bib in a Google Doc.
Owl Purdue Online Writing Lab - Great website for teaching APA or MLA documentation.
IBL Project Bibliography Assignment with Rubric
IBL Project Annotated Bibliography with evaluation criteria
Research Organizer - Organizes research notes, sources and identifies connections and conclusions.
Easybib.com - Links to subject specific databases and search engines.
Evaluating Sources handout (poster) or Evaluating Sources handout (chart) - Supports determining the credibility of sources.
Example of a Completed Research Handout
IBL Project Bibliography Assignment with Rubric and Bibliography Example
IBL Project Annotated Bibliography with evaluation criteria and Annotated Bibliography Exemplar
At this stage of the project, you will want to conference with students about their research question, sources and process. The conferencing questions series below can help you with this. Your goal in this conferencing phase is to ensure students are researching a specific, focused question/topic and that they are gathering reliable, effective sources.