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Independent Research. Encounter the Task (Step 1). What is research?. A Google search... A report... Searching the web... Looking "it" up in a book?. What is research?. There are as many definitions for research as there are people who conduct research.
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IndependentResearch Encounter the Task (Step 1)
What is research? • A Google search... • A report... • Searching the web... • Looking "it" up in a book?
What is research? • There are as many definitions for research as there are people who conduct research. • View the video of Greg Schroll from The Collegiate Inventors Competition to begin to form your definition of Research. • Use The Online Library Learning Center and Visual Thesaurus to continue to help formulate your own definition of research.
What is research? We will define research as: • the systematic process of collecting and analyzing information to increase our understanding of an issue.
Research Vocabulary • The Online Library Learning Center • ECS A Policy Maker's Primer on Educational Research • Bedford/St Martin's Research and Documentation Online
Who is a researcher? • Investigator... • Analyst... • A persistent person… • A curious person… • A methodical person?
Who is a researcher? • View the photo and invention details of one of the student inventors on the National Gallery for America's Young Inventor's and also their comic strip. • Next, use Visual Thesaurus to help you formulate your own definition of "researcher.“
Who is a researcher? • The Princeton Review tells us that “Researchers collect, organize, analyze, and interpret data and opinions to explore issues, solve problems, and predict trends. ” • The role of the researcher involves making a contribution to the understanding of an issue and communicating that understanding to others.
Who is a researcher? There are many different kinds of researchers: • Social Science Researchers • Market Researchers • Public Opinion Researchers • Scientific Researchers • And more……..
What is the purpose and impact of research? Choose three web sites from the list below and on the next slide to research the answer to the question. • MIT Student Invention Deployed in Haiti to Save Lives • The Lemelson Center Study Invention and Innovation (podcasts) • Project Zero Principal Investigators • Shari Tishman - Director of Project ZeroDrawing in Space
Discovery News: Microneedles • MIT Open Courseware - Solving Complex Problems - Student research and results • Drawing in Space • Collegiate Inventors Competition • Univ. of Wisconsin LaCrosse student projects • Mu Alpha Theta 2010 National Math Presentation Winners
Exit Ticket • Answer the following questions. Print out this slide and give it to your instructor. • What is research? • Who is a researcher? • What is the purpose/impact of research?