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Knowledge and Skills Statement

Inquiry and research: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student engages in both short-term and sustained recursive inquiry processes for a variety of purposes.

Following instruction on the steps involved in a research plan, pair students to support each other in creating personalized research plans to organize the information for their projects or presentations. Meet with students individually to help them refine their plans frequently as they progress through their research.

This SE requires students to develop and follow a plan that includes each of the steps in the research process with adult assistance. Students should use a research plan as a timeline for their research process.
 

Further Explanation

This SE requires students to develop and follow a plan that includes each of the steps in the research process with adult assistance. Students should use a research plan as a timeline for their research process.

Students are expected to create and follow a plan that includes each of the steps in the research process. Students should understand that a research plan is a timeline created around the research process. A fundamental condition in developing a plan is the clear understanding of the assignment. Students should ask themselves questions like “What exactly am I supposed to do?” and “What am I expecting to find?” Then, they should take the initial steps to find accurate, significant, and relevant sources to support the topic of inquiry, intermediary steps of reevaluating and revising the research question based on source analysis, and the final steps of drafting, revising, editing, and presenting results in an appropriate mode of delivery (written, oral, or multimodal). At this grade level, students may require assistance planning for their research and fully carrying out each step of their research plan.