Persuasive++K-W-L-Q

Pre-writing for A.2.4 - K-W-L-Q for Inquiry Learning
Research Model One: Pathways to Knowledge but don't know for sure, that it is online investigation. || Is it online?
 * Know || Want to Learn || Learn || Further Questions ||
 * I know it's an inquiry method, and I think,

What is the structure? || Stages: 1. Appreciation and Enjoyment 2. Presearch 3. Search 4. Interpretation 5. Communication 6. Evaluate || Where does questioning fall? || created and posted online. They were designed by teachers and had question prompts for students and then research links for kids to access and answer the information. They were popular about a decade ago. || Do you create pathways to research a specific topic? Is Pathways to Knowledge like a Web Quest from the early 2000's? || Pathways to Knowledge is not the same as a Web Quest. It is not designed exclusively for online research.
 * Web Quests were investigations

It does not strike me as particularly elementary friendly. The example I found for actual use was at the high school level. ||  || Citations Do we need to make our citations indented? ​ Harada, VioletTepe, Ann. "Pathways To Knowledge [Trademark]." Teacher Librarian 26.2 (1998): 9. Professional Development Collection. Web. 3 Mar. 2013.
 * It is an inquiry based model for students. || Does it allow for revision of questions? || According to the article by Harada, Violet, Tepe, and Ann, in 1998, there should be a ongoing change in the process. ||  ||
 * I don't know much about this model of inquiry. || What makes it distinct or desirable? || It was designed to be non-linear and a diagram rather than a set of instructions. || I would like to see an example of this being used in an elementary school. ||
 * || When was it started? || Pappas and Tepe came out with a book in 2002. ||  ||
 * || Who started it and what is their educational/professional background? || It is also called the Follett Model. They were teacher librarians but now are in leadership in their company. ||  ||
 * || What data is there to suggest it is beneficial for students to use this method? || *I did not find the answer to this question. ||  ||
 * || Is there a specific age range that this works best with? || Students in 4th grade to college may use this process however a basic scaffold can be used in younger grades (Harada, Violet, Tepe, Ann 1998). ||  ||
 * ||  || Based on questioning and authentic learning. ||   ||

Indiana University, and Purdue University. "Pathways to Knowledge." Virtual Information Inquiry:. The School of Science and Info. Science - IUPUI, 2005-2011. Web. 24 Feb. 2013. .

Mary. "Inquiry Model â Pathways to Knowledge | Searchstrategiesblog."Searchstrategiesblog. Wordpress, 27 Sept. 2011. Web. 02 Mar. 2013. .

Research Model Two: IIM (Independent Investigation Method) familiar with this one, either, but I wonder if it's similar to an independent study plan. Our Gifted and Talented teacher uses those with our school's gifted students. They create their own research plan for a topic. || What is the structure of this method? || There are seven steps to this model: 1. Topic 2. Goal-Setting 3. Research 4. Organizing 5. Goal Evaluation 6. Product 7. Presentation
 * **Know** || **Want to Learn** || **Learn** || **Further Questions** ||
 * I'm not

I learned that this **is** connected to the process our GT teacher uses to implement the Texas Performance Standards for our GT students. || Do the steps need to be followed in a strict order? Is there wiggle room to be cyclical? I believe it's important to have the recursive element within the research process.

(I think so too Irene, even with doing the Big6 with my 1st graders we constantly had to make revisions.)

Why, in Texas, is this considered in the best interest of GT students, but not all students? Why are only GT students allowed to construct their own inquiry? ||
 * || Does it allow for revision of questions? || I think in step 5 called goal evaluation, they can make revisions of questions if they need to based on the reading from the IIM website. ||  ||
 * I don't know a lot about this method. It is new to me. || Is there any collaboration involved in this method? || Yes! The teachers and students collaborate with one another. The teacher launches essential questions and then students generate their own questions to formulate their research project. Also, the teacher provides options for the final product, i.e. a set of options for kids to choose from, but the final choice lies with the student.

Yes the teacher even gives choices for the assessment. I think giving them choices gives them the proper guidance needed but doesn't tell them how to think. ||  ||
 * || How is it different from the other methods? || One difference I found was that there is a combination of questions. The unit starts with teacher essential questions, but then kids are invited to add their own questions.

This method teaches kids color-coding of facts. This is very different from anything I've read before on inquiry learning. Kids construct their own categories during note taking and then classify each note into a category. I love this part of the model (IIM Research).

There is a lot of organization and categorization involved. Also, in their presentation for step 7 they are required to be persuasive which is an important skill for leadership of any kind or level. || I wonder what age or grades this works best in because there are 7 steps to this process. It seems like it may be cumbersome for younger grades. ||
 * || I wonder if any school districts in Texas use this? || I found some information that this model can be used to implement the Texas Performance Standards, which are for Texas Gifted and Talented students.

Wow! Most of their regional consultants are in Texas! ||  || Citations

Nottage, Cindy, and Virginia Morse. "IIM Elementary Overview." IIM Elementary Overview. Slideshare.net, 2 Dec. 2008. Web. 02 Mar. 2013. .

Nottage, Cindy, and Virginia Morse. "IIM - Independent Investigation Method." IIM - Independent Investigation Method. Active Learning Systems, n.d. Web. 02 Mar. 2013. .

Nottage, Cindy, and Virginia Morse. "IIM - Independent Investigation Method :: Teacher Lounge." IIM - Independent Investigation Method :: Teacher Lounge. IIM, n.d. Web. 02 Mar. 2013. .

Nottage, Cindy, and Morse Virginia. "Texas Performance Standards Project Using IIM."IIM. Independent Investigation Method, n.d. Web. 2 Mar. 2013. .