Process  Journal  Entry  Checklist    In  addition  to  the  prompts  below,  your  process  journal  is  a  place  to  keep  track  of  your  learning  and  your  decision  making  process.  You  can  upload  entries  at  any  time!  

To  demonstrate  and  keep  track  of  your  learning  process,  you  can:  

• write  entries  in  paragraph  form  • put  your  ideas  into  charts/tables  • draw  or  sketch  your  thinking  in  a  notebook  and  take  a  picture  • record  your  voice  • record  a  video  of  yourself  • post  websites  

 

Completed   Subject/Prompt   Notes     Process  Journal  

Entry  #1:  Prior  Knowledge      

Discuss:  o why  you  picked  your  topic  in  terms  of  personal  

interest  and  passion  o how  your  project  relates  to  a  specific  subject  (have  

you  learned  anything  in  class  that  relates  to  your  project?)  

o someone  in  your  life  that  inspired  your  project    

  Process  Journal  Entry  #2:  Research  Plan  

o your  method  of  keeping  track  of  information  (system  that  will  help  you  keep  track  of  your  questions,  answers  and  source  citations)  

o Share  your  detailed  research  plan  (calendar,  outline,  mentors,  etc.)  

o What  have  been  your  strengths  and  weaknesses  during  research  projects  in  the  past?  Any  ideas  on  how  to  improve  this  time?  

  Process  Journal  Entry  #3:  Possible  Products/Outcomes  

o Brainstorm  as  many  products/outcomes  as  you  can  think  of  that  will  help  you  achieve  your  goal.  

o Brainstorm  ways  you  might  evaluate  your  product/outcome.  How  do  you  know  you  met  your  goal?

  Process  Journal  Entry  #4:  Goal  Evaluation  

o How  challenging  is  your  goal?  Explain.  o Is  there  any  way  to  make  it  more  or  less  challenging?  

  Process  Journal  Entry  #5:  Summer  Research  Reflection  

What  did  you  do  over  the  summer  related  to  your  project?  Explain:  

o in  terms  of  time  management  o in  terms  of  excitement/interest  o in  terms  of  learning  

       

  Process  Journal  Entry  #6:  Resource  Review  

Think  of  this  like  an  annotated  bibliography.    Discuss:    

o what  you  learned  from  a  source    o how  useful  it  was  o how  it  changed  or  impacted  your  knowledge,  

perspective,  beliefs,  interest  level,  and/or  project  direction  

o if  it  led  you  to  another  source