educational research for teachers
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Educational Research for teachers. Winter 2013 Barbara Walker, Wayne RESA Library Consultant [email protected] 734-334-1545. Focus of this workshop. To access professional reading materials to improve instruction To meet legislative demands for research-based practices - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Educational Research for teachers
Winter 2013
Barbara Walker,
Wayne RESA Library Consultant
734-334-1545
Focus of this workshop
To access professional reading materials to improve instruction
To meet legislative demands for research-based practices
Those involved in school improvement
Model how to find accurate, relevant information
Working on advanced degree
Workshop Overview
Research Strategies/models
Scientific Based Research def.
Sources of information
Searching tips
Evaluation of Resources
Today’s teachers required to:Use Best Practices
Use data based decision making
Provide proof of Scientific Based Research for funding
Model information literacy and research skills for students
Be evaluated based on data.
Defining Scientific Based Research
Defined in Elementary and Secondary School Education Act (No Child Left Behind Act) of 2001 in Title IX, Part A (37)
See handout!
Scientific Based Research – Hands on practice
Review & discuss article abstracts provided:
Are they research articles? Why or why not?
Would they qualify as SBR under federal guidelines?
Other ways these articles may be useful.
Research Models
Big Six
21st. Century Learners – ALA
University guidelines
Research Steps1: Select a topic.
2: Develop a topic statement.
3: Select appropriate research tools
4: Search for information
5: Evaluate relevancy of materials
6: Write the paper
7: Cite using a standard format
Starting your search - Define topic
State your topic in a clear short sentence.
Identify the concepts that reflect the main ideas in your research statement.
List keyword, synonyms, related terms and plurals.
Search tips
HELPAdvanced vs. basic levelBooleanField searchingLimit/expand
Scholarly or peer reviewedDate, etc.
Phrase searchingTruncation/wildcards/pluralControlled vocabulary
Boolean Operator
George Boole, 1815-64 mathematician & logician
And
OR
NOT
Sources of information
MeLCat (library resources)
MeL databasesAcademic One Collection
Eric
M.O.R.E
Recommended Websites
Recommended Internet Sites
Teachingforlearning.org - MDE
Do What Works http://dww.ed.gov
What Works Clearinghouse - Institute of education sciences http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc
Google Scholar
CARS checklist forevaluation of websites
Credibility
Accuracy
Reasonableness
SupportEvaluating Internet Research Sources by Robert Harris (see
handout)
s
And don’t forget to cite:
EasyBib http://easybib.com
Son of Citation machine http://citationmachine.net
KnightCite http://www.calvin.edu/library/knightcite/index.php