DMHS Research Initiative  Purpose/Overview  Strong ethical focus: academic honesty  Style Manual (hardcopy)  Research Process (online at dmhs.pbworks.com) dmhs.pbworks.com  Stage-specific lessons (instruction)  Collaboration (teacher/librarian)  Senior Projects – Magnet specific

Purpose  Support students College readiness Critical thinking and inquiry Organization and project management skills  Support teachers Customizable process and resources, aligned with college prep goals Collaborative planning and instruction

Culture of academic honesty  Clear school-wide policy on cheating and plagiarism  Grade-level appropriate instruction provided all four years  Build student awareness of importance and consequences  Build teacher awareness of cheating- resistant assignments

DMHS Style Manual  Contains focused lessons and format models for writing a research paper  Every student gets one free on entering the school (nominal fee to replace)  Emphasizes the school’s commitment to rigorous scholarship

DMHS Research Process Model  Emphasizes stepwise navigation of a comprehensive process  Fits with all available processes being used and taught  Online at dmhs.pbworks.comdmhs.pbworks.com  Contains links to instructional and reference materials

DMHS Research Process PLANNING  Understanding the assignment Understanding the assignment  Choosing a Topic Choosing a Topic  Focusing the Topic Focusing the Topic RESEARCHING  Gathering Source Materials Gathering Source Materials Finding print, electronic, and other sourcesprintelectronic Starting the list of works cited Evaluating resources  Using Source Materials Taking notes WRITING  Creating a Thesis Creating a Thesis  Making an Outline Making an Outline  Writing a First Draft Writing a First Draft  Incorporating Sources In-text Citations Avoiding Plagiarism  Citing Sources Citing Sources POLISHING  Revising Your Work Revising Your Work

Additional support materials  Sparknotes Ultimate Style How to Write a Research Paper  Write in Style: A Guide to the Short Term Paper  MLA Handbook: 6 th Edition (7 th coming soon  Son of Citation Machine – free online citation formatter

Skills Lessons  Teach three or four specific skills each year  Teach anti-plagiarism lessons each year  Teach specific skills for senior project in 12 th grade

Skills Lessons 9th Grade  Plagiarism and academic honesty – Year 1  Understanding, Choosing and Focusing the Topic (incl. subtopics) UnderstandingChoosing Focusing subtopics  Using the School Library online card catalog (iBistro) card catalog  Using the Digital Library (full-text databases)Digital Library 10th Grade  Plagiarism and academic honesty – Year 2  Using Google and other Internet Search Engines Using Google and other Internet Search Engines  Using Reference BooksReference Books  Evaluating Web Sites and other sources Evaluating Web Sites and other sources 11th Grade  Plagiarism and academic honesty – Year 3  Source Cards and Note Cards (compiling a working bibliography) Source CardsNote Cards  Taking Notes (summarizing, paraphrasing, quoting)summarizing, paraphrasing, quoting  Preparing a List of Works CitedWorks Cited  Citing sources in the text of your paper (parenthetical citation) (parenthetical citation) 12th Grade  Plagiarism and academic honesty – Year 4  Outlining before writing the draft Outliningbefore  Documenting the Senior Project using Web 2.0 Tools

Collaboration  Custom units and projects can be designed cooperatively by Teacher Librarian and subject matter teacher  Specific lessons can be inserted by Teacher Librarian at request of subject matter teacher

Senior Project  Aligns with Magnet focus  Culmination of all the skills learned  Students document their project using cutting edge Web 2.0 technologies

Summary A school-wide research process:  Raises the bar for academic rigor  Prepares students to do college research papers  Provides lifelong information management skills  Sets the tone for a culture of academic honesty