Monday, February 23, 2009
Reflection on Monday's class 2/23/09
On Monday 2/23, we had a very in depth discussion about how to find credible sources. Most importantly, it involved students being able to locate credible sources in order to complete research assignments. My thoughts were that middle school students should be given a lot more exposure to what kinds of sources are out there for use. They should be given examples of .org, .com, .edu, etc. sites and taught what they mean and how to evaluate them. Having students hand in an annotated bibliography beforehand is also an important step in all research papers. Feedback can then be given to all students and teachers could get an idea of which one(s) of their students do not have the research skills that they need and then extra support could be given. I think we are too quick to assign work to our students without first assessing their prior knowledge. We sometimes make the mistake of thinking quantity instead of quality.
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I agree with you to that middle school student's should be given a lot of exposure and feedback when doing research. I think that we need tomake sure we do everything we can as teachers to prevent pagerlizing from happening. I also think that we need to assess their prior knowledge as well, that is a great way to make sure we are doing everything we can to help them.
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