Framing and Developing an Inquiry Stance for Independent Research Projects

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Guest presentation
by Buffy J. Hamilton, Ed.S.
June 2014
Ojai, California

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a context to serve as…
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New Media Literacies
Learn more: http://playnml.wikispaces.com/PLAY%21+Framework

What we teach
When we teach
How we teach
What we can stop doing
Who else do we need to work with
Mathews, Brian, Andy Burkhardt, and Lauren Pressley. "Hacking the Learner Experience." Hacking the Learner Experience. SlideShare, 16 Apr. 2013.
Web. 07 May 2013. <http://www.slideshare.net/laurenpressley/hack-18938371>.

What we teach
When we teach
How we teach
What we can stop doing
Who else do we need to
work with
Mathews, Brian, Andy Burkhardt, and Lauren Pressley. "Hacking the Learner Experience." Hacking the Learner Experience. SlideShare, 16 Apr. 2013.
Web. 07 May 2013. <http://www.slideshare.net/laurenpressley/hack-18938371>.

Learning
Targets
Strategies
and
Resources
Formative
and
Summative
Assessments

Scaffolding
Structures
and
Strategies
Choices

http://letgotolearn.com/2014/04/03/confusion_and_frustration/

“Helps students and
staff understand the
link between the
physical steps of
seeking, acquiring,
processing, and
sharing information
and the emotional
responses one has
when going through
those steps.”
Carol
Kuhlthau’s
Information
Search
Process
Source: http://letgotolearn.com/2014/04/03/confusion_and_frustration/

Used with permission of Ann Bemis and
Marci Zane

Cyclical/
Recursive
• The steps between confusion and sense of
direction worked more like a cycle than a
direct path
New
information
drives the
cycle/
reconciling
cognitive
dissonance
• Each time they are asked to reflect, they
might gain a sense of direction or clarity,
but as soon as new information (especially
contradictory information) is added to the
equation in the next round of activities,
there is always the potential to be thrown
right back to the confusion stage as
students make sense of the new ideas or
new processes in light of what they
already learned
Intervention
and strategies
• When this happens, it’s crucial for a
teacher to step in and help students
recognize why they’re frustrated and help
them find strategies to work through those
challenges
Source:
http://letgotolearn.com/2014/04/03/confusion_and_frustration/

Stripling’s Model of Inquiry
Image used with permission of Dr.
Barbara Stripling
Wonder
Investigate
Construct
Express
Reflect

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http://letgotolearn.com/2014/02/24/libguides-and-student-choice/

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http://sarahludwig.wordpress.com/2014/02/20/butcher-paper-post-it-notes-and-
sharpies-changed-my-life/

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sources/

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changed-my-life/

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Source: https://pogo.lakesideschool.org/library/?p=94

“Francis Bacon realized that reading and writing
were simply not enough. Conferring was the step
that he put at the middle like a bridge between
taking in ideas and creating our own. But what has
happened to that bridge in schools? Sometimes it is
misperceived as cheating among students or
providing too much assistance if the conference is
with a faculty member, but even in schools that
encourage it, conferring is sometimes overlooked
as an important research process tool.”
Heather Hersey, School Librarian
Lakeside School, Seattle,WA

“One of the main goals of the conference is modeling how to
attack a difficult research task. As you would expect, each
research conference is different because they come to us at
different parts of the process and with different skills. It
involves a lot of deep questioning and investigating on our
end…kind of like a doctor’s visit. Students often have tunnel
vision when it comes to research, so we model approaches to
various research skills that students may not traditionally
take. We may focus on strategies for narrowing topics,
finding varied levels of sources, or connecting ideas. The
result is an email of the sources we found together and
discussions we had so the teacher can see where the student
is. It also allows us to clarify some of the comments we make
about their citations.”
Lakeside School, Seattle,WA

“Initially, I thought the
conferences would be all
about sources and search
strategies, but as I do more of
them, I see that several
students need scaffolding for
how to approach the
assignment. I find myself
asking more (and hopefully
better) questions of the
teachers regarding the
assignment itself, so I can help
direct students.”
Lakeside School, Seattle, WA

Original photo by Buffy Hamilton; Research Reflections Roundtable:
http://theunquietlibrarian.wordpress.com/2012/04/23/inquiry-formative-assessment-and-student-learning-communities-
research-reflections-roundtable/

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and
we can
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change and understanding
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