Name:  _________________     Teacher:  ___________     Block: ____

Assignment:  ______________________________________________

Focus

TO FOCUS MY RESEARCH PROJECT, I have identified:

My research challenge and my purpose

Critical questions

My audience

What I already know and what I need to know

What my product might be

A plan for my time

Find and Filter

TO FIND AND FILTER RESOURCES FOR RESEARCH, I:

Located different resources (print and electronic)

Decided which resources might be suitable

Selected the most appropriate resources

Revised my research questions (if necessary)

Work with Information

TO WORK WITH THE INFORMATION I FOUND, I have:

Read (viewed, listened to) the information

Interpreted, recorded, and organized

Looked for patterns and made connections

Checked that I understand the information

 Reviewed, revised, reorganized, edited

Communicate

TO COMMUNICATE THE RESULTS OF MY WORK, I have:

Prepared my final results

Shared my new ideas, knowledge, or product

Acted on the findings

Reflect

TO REFLECT ON THE RESEARCH I UNDERTOOK, I have:

Decided what I have learned about the topic

Determined what I did that worked well

Figured out what I will do differently next time

Reviewed what I have learned about researching