1. Explain how this applies to the “systemic failure” of education.
“One of the main causes of failure is giving up what you want most for what you want now.” -Jesse Ahroni

2. Research Question
Using your notes from the film, you are to generate a research question that addresses all 5 W’s in the Research Question Model.
FUNNELING
How do I do this? Select a topic from the film and begin testing it to see if you can answer all the questions.

3. Please copy the following slide on the inside cover of your spiral.

4. The Research Process: Where Are WE?
1. Select a topic to research.
2. Formulate a research question to guide the research process.
3. Determine a list of potential sources and experts in the field.
4. Prepare a means to gather the appropriate data.
5. Analyze the data and synthesize the information to form new ideas about the topic.

5. Evaluating Sources & Creating Source Cards
with STAR criteria

6. Why Do We Research?
Sources provide an element of the rational appeal (logic, proof, studies, analysis by experts)
What you should check for:
Age of source
Author of essay, article, or book
Publication

7. STAR Criteria
Sufficiency: Is there enough evidence?
Typically: Is the evidence representative and typical?
Accuracy: Is the evidence accurate and up-to-date?
Relevance: Is the evidence relevant to the claim?

8. Basic Citations
Book: Sundquist, Eric. Faulkner, A House Divided. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins UP, Print. A Book with 2 Authors: Harrison, Samuel W., and Ben Wright. Movies in the Twentieth Century. Cambridge, MA: Harvard UP, Print.

9. Source Card For Film
Film Waiting For Superman. Dir. Davis Guggenheim. Paramount, Film.

10. Citing a Website
Name of author, compiler, director, editor, narrator, performer, or translator of the work
Title of work (italicized if work is independent; roman and quotation marks if part of a larger work)
Title of overall Web site (italicized) if distinct from #2.
Version or edition used, if relevant
Publisher or sponsor of the site; if not available, use N.p.
Date of publication (day, month, and year, as available); if nothing is available, use n.d. (use roman in actual entry)
Medium of publication (Web)
Date of access (day, month, year) 
Or Use BIBME.ORG

11. What this Looks Like . . .
Cook, John. “Cult Friction.” Radaronline.com. Radar Magazine, Apr Web. 2 May
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12. Source 2
Type: Internet Magazine Citation:Cook, John. “Cult Friction.” Radaronline.com. Radar Magazine, Apr Web. 2 May <url>

13. Note Cards
A Note Card is simply a piece of information you might use from a source , and how you might use it.

14. This is a Source Card Type: Internet journal Source 2
Gable, Robert. "Impact Newsletter: Functional Assessment of Classroom Behavior Problems." Home | Institute on Community Integration (ICI). N.p., n.d. Web. 9 Mar < >

15. Topic: Problem with testing 2
All students are supposed to be successful.
“ . . .achieve positive outcomes.”
All Students can not “achieve positive outcomes” (Gable) if they are over-tested.
This is a note card made from the source in the previous slide

16. Note Card System (15) Subsequent Cards will include the following:
Quote you are going to use
Page or paragraph number
Its value and place in your paper
(citation)

17. Your Turn
Make a practice Source Card from one of the sources I’ve listed.
Make a practice note card from that source.
Compare yours to the previous slide to check for accuracy.
Staple note card in spiral when it is correct.

19. Source 1 Type: Book Citation:
Sundquist, Eric. Faulkner, A House Divided. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins UP, Print.

20. Source 1
Quote: “William Faulkner’s legacy continues to live on in contemporary culture.”
Page number: 97
Place: Paragraph 2, grounds
Value: I will use this quote in the “grounds” segment of my paper. It will help me prove that Faulkner is the best national author that we have.