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"Our students must become skilled at finding answers and using information to succeed in college, careers, and daily life. Using inquiry, writing, and technology to infuse passion into the classroom research paper motivates students and results in deeperlearning. In this practical, research-based book, authors Werner-Burke, Knaus, and DeCamp encourage you to toss the old index cards and jump-start the classroom research paper so that it is more meaningful, manageable, and effective. Explore innovative ways to help students find engaging topics, collect and evaluate information, and write, rethink, and revise to truly impact their audience. The book is filled with tools and student samples to help you implement the ideas in your own classroom. Special Features:Clear connections to the Common Core State StandardsReady-to-use classroom handouts for different stages of the research processA handy appendix featuring a sample research project timeline and rubricHelpful examples of real student work and assessmentsResearch-based foundations that guide and inform how the process unfolds and why it works "--
Sommario
Introduction: Kindred Spirits
Chapter 1: All That Rises: Convergence Drives Change
Chapter 2: Lighting the Fire: Topic Selection with Passion and Curiosity
Chapter 3: Search and Seize: Getting to the Good Sources
Chapter 4: Death of the Notecard? The Thoroughly Modern Research Paper
Chapter 5: Speak to the Living: Real Sources, Real Audiences
Chapter 6: Are You Being Served? What Tech Tools to Use and Why You Should Bother
Chapter 7: (D)RAFT into Unconventional Waters: Deepening Topic Perspectives
Chapter 8: Metaphors Be With You! Organizing Connections and Building Frameworks for Comparison
Chapter 9: The Nitty Gritty: Cite, Write, Review
Chapter 10: Beyond the Paper: Impacting Wider Audiences
Appendix A: Sample Research Project Requirements and Timeline
Appendix B: Sample Research Paper Rubric
Info autore
Nanci Werner-Burke is a former middle and high school teacher. She directs the Endless Mountains Writing Project, an affiliate of the National Writing Project and is a professor at Mansfield University.
Karin Knaus is in her tenth year of teaching English in a rural public high school in Pennsylvania. She is an EMWP teacher consultant (TC) and has co-directed its Invitational Summer Institute.
Amy Helt DeCamp is a former English teacher and department chair at a public high school in rural Pennsylvania. She is a teacher consultant for the Endless Mountains Writing Project.
Riassunto
This practical and engaging book will show you how to toss the old index cards and jump-start the classroom research paper so that it is more meaningful, manageable, and effective.
