Informational Essay Session 3 Conducting Research Teaching Point

Informational Essay Session 3: Conducting Research

Teaching Point & Essential Questions • How is social change perceived by others? • What do these perceptions tell me about the actions of individuals that caused the change? Session 3: Conducting Research

Independent Practice • Identify the questions driving your primary research. • Design a method for primary research and a plan to gather the research in a timely manner and with a wide-enough scope to gather a range of responses. • Use one or more of the following protocols to create a brief 10 question survey and evaluate the questions you have identified to gather information. Session 3: Conducting Research

Independent Practice • Hot Spots—Enables you to identify spots that might be worth more attention and potentially deliver “truths” about a topic. • Tug for Truth—Evaluate factors (evidence) identified in the survey analysis, to appreciate the complexity of a “truth” or perspective, and to identify a stance or position stated in the evidence gathered. • Circle of Viewpoints—Enables you to identify diverse perspectives before they begin the primary research, after they gather it, and after they gather secondary research to integrate it into the primary research. Session 3: Conducting Research

Mini-Task • Implement your primary research plan. • Gather and analyze the research. • Create a graphic to demonstrate first-view analysis. Session 3: Conducting Research

Graphics for your Data Graphics are used to: • Make data accessible for future use in the research process • Identify key evidence • Demonstrate relationships between different types of evidence • Make data accessible for an audience Session 3: Conducting Research

• Analyze your evidence - Create graphic representations of key data and draw conclusions about perspectives and information gained from the survey. • Make a list of possible graphics: table, pie chart, line graph, etc. • Indicate what benefit each graphic type will provide for understanding the data Session 3: Conducting Research

Exit Slip How did you determine what kind of graphic would best represent your data? How many of the uses for graphic data did you consider when you selected and created your graphic? What happened to your understanding of the data as you completed this mini-task? Session 3: Conducting Research