I-Search, You Search, We All Learn to Research : A How-to-Do-It Manual for Teaching Elementary School Students to Solve Information Problems Book

	Acknowledgments	xi
	Preface	xiii
Section I	What Do I Want to Know?
1	Choosing the Topic	3
	Lesson: Introducing the I-Search Project	4
	The Learning Log	16
	Skimming and Scanning	18
	Library Skills	19
	Lesson: Why I Chose This Topic	22
2	Developing Questions	27
	What I Knew Before I Started My I-Search	28
	Lesson: What I Knew Before I Started My I-Search	29
	Higher-Level Questions	32
	Lesson: Higher-Level Questions	32
	Creating I-Search Questions	35
	Lesson: Creating I-Search Questions	37
	Organize and Make a Plan for Research	40
	Lesson: Make a Research Planner	41
Section II	Where Can I Find the Answers to My Questions?
3	Finding Sources and Experts	49
	Brainstorm Sources	49
	Interviews	51
	Lesson: Conducting an Interview	53
Section III	How Will I Record the Information That I Find?
4	Taking Notes and Citing Sources	63
	Lesson: Notetaking and Citing Sources	65
5	The Search	73
	The Search Log	74
	Lesson: The Search Log	76
	Location and Access of Sources	77
	Lesson: Locating Sources	79
Section IV	How Will I Show What I Learned?
6	Writing the I-Search Paper	87
	Writing the I-Search Paper	88
	Lesson: Why I Chose This Topic (Day One)	89
	Lesson: Why I Chose This Topic (Day Two)	93
	Peer Conferencing	94
	Lesson: Peer Conferencing	94
	Writing Process for the Remainder of the Paper	100
	Components of the Self-Directed Writing Sessions	100
	Lesson: Writing The Search	101
	What I Learned	102
	Lesson: Writing the First Draft of What I Learned	103
	Final Copies	105
7	Developing and Presenting the I-Search Project	107
	Choosing an I-Search Project	108
	Developing a Rubric for the Products	109
	Designing the Product	109
	I-Search Project Contracts	110
	Presenting the I-Search Project and Developing Communication Skills	110
	Lesson: Introduction and Eye Contact	112
	Lesson: Speaking Clearly (Diction) and Volume	114
	Lesson: Posture and Gestures	115
	Lesson: Organization	116
	Communication Skills Rubric	119
	Presentation Days	119
Section V	How Will I Know I Did a Good Job?
8	Teacher and Student Assessment and Evaluation	123
	Lesson: Developing the I-Search Paper Rubric	125
	I-Search Project Rubrics	129
	Communication Rubric	131
	Student Self Evaluation	133
	Scoring the Rubrics	133
	Other Assessments and Evaluations	133
	Bibliography	137
Appendix	Student I-Search Papers	139
	Sarah Dickerson	139
	Emily Laquitara	141
	Lori Wojciechowski	143
	Cynthia Gayton	145
	Wendi Youngblood	146
	Courtney Wagner	149
	Justin McLearen	151
	Emily Cleveland	153
	Index	155
	About the Author	159