questions for the write around text on text workshop with independent school faculty, june 2014

How do you

define

research?

How do your students define

research?

What skills or

processes do your

students struggle

with when doing

guided or

independent

research projects?

What skills or processes do your

students do well when doing guided or

independent research projects?

What research tools do your students use most? How

does that compare to the results of this survey from

the Pew Research Center study of November 2012?

How would you rate/assess your

students’ abilities in these skills?

Which of these skills do you feel are

most important for students to learn?

How do your students evaluate sources of

information? How do they learn to do so?

What are the challenges or obstacles you face in

teaching/facilitating research projects?

How do these results compare to the way research

instruction/strategies look in your school/grade level?

Who do you

work with when

planning,

implementing,

and assessing

research

projects?

What kinds of requirements

do you typically include in a

research project?

What qualities/

elements are

needed for an

effective,

meaningful

research

assignment?

Which of these do you feel frustrates your students the most when they do

research?

"Finding Context: What Today's College Student Say about Conducting Research in the Digital Age," Alison J. Head and Michael B. Eisenberg, Project Information Literacy Progress Report, University of Washington's Information School, February 4, 2009 (18 pages, PDF, 864 KB).

"Learning the Ropes: How Freshmen Conduct Course Research Once They Enter College," Alison J. Head, Project Information Literacy Research Report, December 4, 2013. (Two different versions available: Text with appendices, 48 pages, 6.2 MB or text without appendices, 35 pages, 5.8MB).

Which of these skills do you think your students find difficult? Which of these skills

do you feel are moderately easy for your students?

What problems have you

encountered with

independent research

projects? What successes

have you experienced with

independent research

projects?

Do students work together

in pairs or small groups

during their research

experience? If so, how? If

not, why?