Full Description
Our students must become skilled at finding answers and using information to succeed in college, careers, and daily life. Using inquiry, writing, and technology to infuse passion into the classroom research paper motivates students and results in deeper learning. In this practical, research-based book, authors Werner-Burke, Knaus, and DeCamp encourage you to toss the old index cards and jump-start the classroom research paper so that it is more meaningful, manageable, and effective. Explore innovative ways to help students find engaging topics, collect and evaluate information, and write, rethink, and revise to truly impact their audience. The book is filled with tools and student samples to help you implement the ideas in your own classroom.
Special Features:
Clear connections to the Common Core State Standards
Ready-to-use classroom handouts for different stages of the research process
A handy appendix featuring a sample research project timeline and rubric
Helpful examples of real student work and assessments
Research-based foundations that guide and inform how the process unfolds and why it works
Contents
Introduction: Kindred Spirits
Chapter 1: All That Rises: Convergence Drives Change
Chapter 2: Lighting the Fire: Topic Selection with Passion and Curiosity
Chapter 3: Search and Seize: Getting to the Good Sources
Chapter 4: Death of the Notecard? The Thoroughly Modern Research Paper
Chapter 5: Speak to the Living: Real Sources, Real Audiences
Chapter 6: Are You Being Served? What Tech Tools to Use and Why You Should Bother
Chapter 7: (D)RAFT into Unconventional Waters: Deepening Topic Perspectives
Chapter 8: Metaphors Be With You! Organizing Connections and Building Frameworks for Comparison
Chapter 9: The Nitty Gritty: Cite, Write, Review
Chapter 10: Beyond the Paper: Impacting Wider Audiences
Appendix A: Sample Research Project Requirements and Timeline
Appendix B: Sample Research Paper Rubric
