Social Studies CRI Resources - Articles/Ideas
CRI Team Work
The Social Studies Team’s Research Initiative by Kate Leslie
Students and Research
Information Literacy/Research Models
Teaching Synthesis
Designing an Effective Research Assignment
Assignments and Lesson Plans – Ideas and Models
The Social Studies Team’s Research Initiative by Kate Leslie
Students and Research
- Kolowich, Steve. "What Students Don't Know." Inside Higher Ed. August 22 (2011) http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2011/08/22/erial_study_of_student_research_habits_at_illinois_university_libraries_reveals_alarmingly_poor_information_literacy_and_skills
- Purcell, Kristin. et. al. How teens do research in a digital world. Pew Research Center. 2012. http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2012/Student-Research/Summary-of-Findings/Overview.aspx
Information Literacy/Research Models
- Stripling, Barbrara. “Inquiry: Inquiring Minds Want to Know.” School Library Media Activities Monthly/Volume XXV, Number 1/September 2008.http://www.teachingbooks.net/content/InquiringMindsWantToKnow-Stripling.pdf
Teaching Synthesis
- Michigan State University, "Introduction to Synthesis." University of Michigan.com. n.d. https://www.msu.edu/~jdowell/135/Synthesis.html
- Sullivan, James. "Strategies for Synthesis Writing." Finding Dulcinea.com. 2012. http://www.findingdulcinea.com/features/edu/Strategies-for-Synthesis-Writing.html
- Stahl, Steve et. al. "What Happens When Students Read Multiple Source Documents in History?" Reading Research Quarterly, Vol. 31, No. 4 (Oct. - Nov. - Dec., 1996), pp. 430-456 students reading multiple texts.pdf
Designing an Effective Research Assignment
- Maryellen, Weimer, ed. Keys to Designing Effective Research and Writing Assignments. Madison: Magna Publications, Inc. http://lgdata.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/docs/1649/295696/report-keys-to-designing-effective-writing[1].pdf
- University of Pennsylvania Libraries. “Creating successful research skills assignments.” University of Pennsylvania. 2013.http://gethelp.library.upenn.edu/faculty/researchassignments.html
- Caldwell, Jody. "Designing Assignments to Develop Information Literacy Skills." Drew University Library. Drew University, n.d. http://www.users.drew.edu/~jcaldwel/assign.html
Assignments and Lesson Plans – Ideas and Models
- Engage NY. "Research to Build and Present Knowledge." Teacher Training Materials. 2013. http://www.engageny.org/resource/network-team-institute-materials-may-13-16-2013-ela-9-12-professional-development
- Using the New York Times to teach research skills: http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/category/lesson-plans/academic-skills/research-skills/