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Brandon School Division

1031 - 6th Street

Brandon, MB  R7A 4K5

buehler.peter@ brandonsd.mb.ca


The Inquiry Process


Gather   Assess

Research: Steps of the Inquiry Process

 

diagram © P. Buehler 2007.02

PLAN::
Explore and Focus

What do I need to do?  What Big Question am I trying to answer?
GET DATA:

Select, and Record data

What information do I need?  Where can I find it?

 

ORGANIZE:
Establish order in your data
How does all this information fit together?  
MAKE SENSE:
Turn data and information into knowledge
What does this mean?  How does this answer my Big Question?
COMMUNICATE What is the best way to share what I've learned?

How am I doing?  Do I understand?  Have I learned? Have I answered my Big Question?  Am I done?  
Other links:
Information problems solving approach
http://big6.com/overview.htm
The research cycle
http://questioning.org/Q6/research.html

Information studies K-12
http://www.accessola.com/action/positions/info_studies/html/preface.html
 

Information Literacy K-12
http://ctap.fcoe.k12.ca.us/ctap/info.lit/infolit.html
Information literacy web sites
http://www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/education/edlab/infolit.html
The building blocks of research
http://www.noodletools.com/debbie/literacies/information/1over/infolit1.html 
Steps to the research cycle
http://www.bham.wednet.edu/studentgal/onlineresearch/oldonline/quest4.htm  
The Inquiry Page
http://inquiry.uiuc.edu/
 


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