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Educational Research for teachers

Educational Research for teachers. Winter 2013 Barbara Walker, Wayne RESA Library Consultant Walkerb@resa.net 734-334-1545. Focus of this workshop. To access professional reading materials to improve instruction To meet legislative demands for research-based practices

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Educational Research for teachers

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  1. Educational Research for teachers Winter 2013 Barbara Walker, Wayne RESA Library Consultant Walkerb@resa.net 734-334-1545

  2. 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

  3. Workshop Overview • Research Strategies/models • Scientific Based Research def. • Sources of information • Searching tips • Evaluation of Resources

  4. 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.

  5. 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!

  6. 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.

  7. Research Models • Big Six • 21st. Century Learners – ALA • University guidelines

  8. Research Steps 1: 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

  9. 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.

  10. Search tips • HELP • Advanced vs. basic level • Boolean • Field searching • Limit/expand • Scholarly or peer reviewed • Date, etc. • Phrase searching • Truncation/wildcards/plural • Controlled vocabulary

  11. Boolean Operator George Boole, 1815-64 mathematician & logician • And • OR • NOT

  12. Sources of information • MeLCat (library resources) • MeL databases • Academic One Collection • Eric • M.O.R.E • Recommended Websites

  13. 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

  14. CARS checklist forevaluation of websites • Credibility • Accuracy • Reasonableness • Support Evaluating Internet Research Sources by Robert Harris (see handout) s

  15. 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

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