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ESC Effective Research
Effective Research at Emerald Secondary College is based on 6 steps:
- Define the task
- Locate information
- Select resources
- Organise your notes
- Present your ideas
- Evaluate your work
Resources to support these steps:
ESC Library Effective research student planner booklet 2016
ESC Library Effective Research Teacher guide – to come
Effective Research wikispaces – this link takes you to another website with a step by step guide to the research process.
Other useful resources
ESC Library Website evaluation activity 2016 – this activity is based on the Constructivist approach to learning
Note taking template:
ABC Splash – Educational resources
ABC Splash is a new educational website for Australia,
packed with 100s of videos,
audio clips and games.
Totally free to watch and play at home and in school.
Click here to begin: ABC SPLASH!
Gooru – a search engine for educational resources
Gooru is a search engine that provides many resources suited to classroom learning.
Resources are divided into types:
Videos, Interactives, Website, Exam
Textbook, Handout, Lesson, Slide.
You can also create your own collection of resources, or see what other educators have put together.
Click here to begin: Gooru
Research tasks
Research tasks can be found on this website by using the search option on the right hand side of the site.
For example to find your Japanese project; type Japanese
To find English projects; type English
To find any year level projects go to RESEARCH – CURRENT RESEARCH TASKS and click on your year level.
6 steps to effective research
| Information literacy checklist | |
| Skills | |
| Defining: What do I really want to find? |
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| Can clarify the meaning of words in a research task | Online graphial dictionary: http://www.visuwords.com/ |
| Can state the task in my own words | |
| Can identify differences between open and closed questions | |
| Can create appropriate research questions for the task | Question generator:http://wsi.slav.vic.edu.au/question-generator |
| Question matrix:http://vels.vcaa.vic.edu.au/downloads/supportmaterials/organisers/reasoning_question_matrix_secondary.pdf | |
| Locating | |
| Can list key words related to the task | |
| Can find a book in the library using the ROS system | |
| Can use key words to find online information | Using key words:http://ergo.slv.vic.gov.au/learn-skills/research-skills/locate-information/using-keywords |
| Can use Google advanced search and a range of other techniques to find information | Use of a HUGE range of different search engines: http://www.noodletools.com/debbie/literacies/information/5locate/adviceengine.html |
| Can record details of source information in a bibliography | How to write a bibliography: https://esclibrary.edublogs.org/research/creating-a-bibliography/ |
| Selecting | |
| Can skim read a source to see if it is relevant | |
| Can determine if the information (website) is suitable for the topic | Evaluating a website:
https://esclibrary.edublogs.org/research/online-searching-and-evaluation/ |
| Organising | |
| Can make notes in dot point form | |
| Can use a data collection sheet to make my notes | Notetaking sheets:https://esclibrary.edublogs.org/research/note-taking-sheets/ |
| Can use an online data collection sheet to make notes | |
| Can write my own paragraphs from my notes | |
| Presenting | |
| Can select a style of presentation appropriate to the audience | Web 2.0 tools for presenting:https://esclibrary.edublogs.org/resources/web-2-0-tools-for-presenting/ |
| Can create a presentation using both written and/or online resources. | |
| Can present the information clearly | |
| Evaluation | |
| Can identify that my work has met the criteria of the task | |
| Can identify what I have learnt by completing this task | |
| Can set goals for the further development of information literacy skills | |