After a two-year process led by our librarians, our school is getting fairly close to adopting a common research process model.
Our intent is to develop a recursive model that may guide our students through the process of becoming effective researchers.
We've incorporated four Cs that are important to our school: to think Critically, Communicate effectively, Collaborate purposely, and to Create meaningfully as well as the Practices of Definitive Preparation and the philosophy of the writing process.
The model will be used K-12, but younger students will use only the verbs and the guiding questions. We're hoping to come up with a graphic design that will better illustrate the recursive nature of the process, but for now we're concentrating on getting the wording just right.
What do you think? Is the model clear and easy to understand? Does it accurately reflect the process of research? Have we succeeded in the right amount of detail--not too much or too little? Your comments, questions, and suggestions are welcome!
