04.09 - Future Exploration Research

I was not in class today, so today's work was facilitated by a substitute. Everyone had the class today to work on their future exploration research project. Upcoming deadlines and current project requirements to help focus this work were as follows:

7+ Sources
20+ Notecards
Interview questions done by the end of class (5 w/ 5 follow-up questions)
Interview scheduled
First paper section finished for the end of class.
Second paper section finished for the end of class on Friday.

Helpful Documents:

Research Questions

Research Checklist
Research Calendar

Research Paper Rubric

Research Paper Example: Barista

Sources/Notecards - Model Sheet (how to copy the sheet)

Determining Source Reliability

Citing Websites (bibilography and parenthetical)

"The Art of the Interview" (reading)

Homework:

Write a second section (second of the seven) for your research paper (due Friday at the end of class)
At this point everyone should have all of the sources (at least 7 + the interview) they need for this project and at least 20 notecards (more are fine). If you do not have 7 sources and 20 notecards, continue finding sources and creating notecards.


Revisions due this Friday 04/06:
Interview Observation Notes
Interview Observation Notes

 revision options for a 4/exceeds, listed below:

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04.08 - Future Exploration Research

Everyone had the class today to work on their future exploration research project. Upcoming deadlines and current project requirements to help focus this work were as follows:

7+ Sources
20+ Notecards
Interview questions done by the end of class (5 w/ 5 follow-up questions)
Interview scheduled
First paper section finished for the end of class.
Second paper section finished for the end of class on Friday.

Helpful Documents:

Research Questions

Research Checklist
Research Calendar

Research Paper Rubric

Research Paper Example: Barista

Sources/Notecards - Model Sheet (how to copy the sheet)

Determining Source Reliability

Citing Websites (bibilography and parenthetical)

"The Art of the Interview" (reading)

Throughout the period, I checked in with individuals to get a sense of where they were in their research and to answer any questions people had.

Homework:

Write a second section (second of the seven) for your research paper (due Friday at the end of class)
At this point everyone should have all of the sources (at least 7 + the interview) they need for this project and at least 20 notecards (more are fine). If you do not have 7 sources and 20 notecards, continue finding sources and creating notecards.


Revisions due this Friday 04/06:
Interview Observation Notes
Interview Observation Notes

 revision options for a 4/exceeds, listed below:

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04.07 - Model Section (Research Paper)

At the beginning of class today, I handed out a model section of the future exploration research paper for everyone to read. In reading this section of the paper, everyone completed two tasks:

1 - Underline the main idea/claim for each paragraph with a squiggly underline.
2 - Underline the author's use of evidence from outside sources with a regular underline.

Once everyone had time to read through the paper and perform these two actions, we checked in as a class to identify and discuss the claims and use of evidence. A few important things we noticed were:

Claims occur within the first few sentences of the paragraph.

Evidence is always followed by a parenthetical citation at the end of the sentence.
      ex. (Goodwin).

Evidence is incorporated throughout the section and paragraphs.

In class, we discussed this last point relating to the integrating of information. Writing an effective paper requires that information be successfully integrated throughout the paper (see slides below).

Kobe beef with its marbleization of fat

Degrees of marbleization in beef

Evidence marbleizaed in a research paper.
Yum!

Next, I handed out copies of the rubric with which papers will be assessed. Groups looked at specific standards and then shared out a summary of that standard with the class.

Everyone then had the rest of the period to work on their research (sources/notecards) and to start writing a section of their paper. Everyone should have a research section ready for the end of class on Wednesday.

Throughout the rest of class, I met individually with people to check in on work and the research process.

Handouts:
Research Paper Example: Barista
Research Paper Rubric
Submitted Today:
- - -

Homework:

Write five (or more) interview questions with a follow-up question for each (due Wednesday)

Write a section (one of the seven) for your research paper (due Wednesday at the end of class)
At this point everyone should have all of the sources (at least 7 + the interview) they need for this project and at least 20 notecards (more are fine). If you do not have 7 sources and 20 notecards, continue finding sources and creating notecards.

Revisions due this Friday 04/06:
Interview Observation Notes
Interview Observation Notes

 revision options for a 4/exceeds, listed below:

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04/06 - Speaker Presentation: R. Decker, Revisions

We started today's class with a video of a talk given during period three last Friday from a speaker, Ryan Decker, about her work as a hair stylist (see video below). In class, we watched the first 20 minutes of this video and everyone took notes using the speaker presentation note sheet (see below).

After watching this video, I returned work that was submitted last week along with students' grade report sheets. We reviewed general performance trends for these assignments which were over how to conduct effective interviews. We also looked at how to revise these assignments.

Everyone then had the rest of the period to work on revisions and on writing interview questions for their interview candidates (see requirements below). The work we did last week with "The Art of Interviewing" and effective interviews should help guide people in their approach to creating interview questions and follow-up questions.

Interview Question Requirements:
Write 5 interview questions (or more)
Write a follow-up/probing question for each interview question

The most helpful questions will be those that take into account your interview subject's knowledge or experiences. 

The interview can also be a helpful opportunity to fill in gaps in your research (if a certain type of information has been hard to find, ask your interviewee about it).

While everyone worked on their interview questions and revisions, I met individually with people who were having a difficult time finding interview candidates.

Handouts:
Quarter 4 grade sheets
Work submitted last week

Submitted Today:
Interview Candidate Short List
(on this sheet, ethos refers to the experiences and knowledge that make this speaker a credible candidate for this topic)

Homework:

Write five (or more) interview questions with a follow-up question for each.


At this point everyone should have all of the sources (at least 7 + the interview) they need for this project and at least 20 notecards (more are fine). If you do not have 7 sources and 20 notecards, continue finding sources and creating notecards.

Revisions due this Friday 04/06:
Interview Observation Notes
Interview Observation Notes

 revision options for a 4/exceeds, listed below:

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04.03 - Interview Candidates, Research

At the beginning of class today, we talked about people finding interview candidates for their research project. Ideally, everyone will be able to find someone engaged in the activity which they are studying. However, if someone can't find an interview candidate that does that exact activity, they can find someone in that field more generally. For example, if someone were researching robotic engineering and could not find a robotic engineer they could talk to a mechanical engineer about the engineering field more generally. Interview candidates could also be a person who regularly interacts with the activity that someone is studying. For example, if someone were researching EMTs, but could not talk to an EMT they could interview a nurse about health care and the role that EMTs play in their interactions with them.

In class, I handed out interview candidate sheets that people can use to brainstorm three possible candidates (see below). If anyone is having a really hard time finding a candidate we can check in and do some brainstorming together. People should talk to family and friends this week to see what is available to them for possible interview candidates.

Everyone then had the rest of the period to work on their research for their future exploration project. During this time I met with people to talk through some possible interview candidates.

Handouts:
Interview Candidate Short List
(on this sheet, ethos refers to the experiences and knowledge that make this speaker a credible candidate for this topic)

Helpful Documents:

Future Exploration research questions

Future Exploration Project Assignment Checklist
Future Exploration Project Assignment Calendar

Future Exploration Sources - Model Sheet (how to copy the sheet)

Determining Source Reliability

Citing Websites (bibilography and parenthetical)

Submitted Today:
Revisions: Activities Speaker Presentation Notes
Revisions: Reading questions for "Notes from the Underground"

Homework:

Brainstorm and talk to friends and family to fill out the interview candidate short list.

Find sources for your future exploration research project and create notecards from these sources (looking to have 7 sources or more and 20 notecards or more for Monday)

04.02 - Effective Interviews

At the beginning of class today, we returned to our work with Abel and Glass' "The Art of Interviewing" with everyone responding to the post-reading question. This question looked at how people would revise the interview questions they wrote yesterday now that they had some pointers from this comic.

Next, we looked at the timeline for completing work for the remainder of our future exploration project (see checklist and calendar below).

For the remainder of class, we focused on behaviors during an interview that are effective and ones that are not effective. For this, I conducted two interviews with an interviewee about someone who was a role model for them. In the first interview, I exhibited poor interview skills while in the second interview, I exhibited more effective behaviors. Students observed these interviews and took note of the good and bad techniques that they observed. At the end of the interview, we checked in with the interview candidate to see what their experience was and how the different techniques affected them.

If you were not in class, you can view and take notes from the two interviews with Mr. Gannon.

Less Effective Interview:

More Effective Interview:

Handouts:
Future Exploration Project Assignment Checklist
Future Exploration Project Assignment Calendar
Interview Observation Notes

Submitted Today:
Interview Observation Notes

Homework:

Find sources for the "who" section of the future exploration research project and create notecards from these sources (looking to have 7 sources and 20 notecards or more for Monday)

Revisions:
Activities Speaker Presentation Notes (may need to review interview on 03.24) - due Friday 4/3
Reading questions for "Notes from the Underground" (may need to review "Notes from the Underground") - Due Friday 4/3

04.01 - Interview Approaches

We started today's class with episode two of Quote Cab (see below).

Quote Cab - Episode 3

Following this, we began looking at how to conduct good interviews by using strong approaches. Everyone began by interviewing a partner and then reflecting on what that experience showed them was important in an interview and what was challenging. Next, I handed out a reading, The Art of the Interview, produced by Jessica Abel and Ira Glass which offers tips on conducting effective interviews. Everyone used their reading sheet (which was also what we used for the introductory practice interviews) to keep track of suggestions for an effective interview and for differences between this interview format (for radio stories) and the interviews we will be doing (for research). Everyone should finish this reading and finish responding to reading questions 3 and 4 for homework.

Submitted Today:
- - -

Handouts:
"The Art of the Interview" (reading)
Processing Questions: The Art of the Interview

Homework:

Finish reading "The Art of the Interview" and respond to questions 3 and 4 with the processing questions: The Art of the Interview.

Find sources for the "who" section of the future exploration research project and create notecards from these sources.

Revisions:
Activities Speaker Presentation Notes (may need to review interview on 03.24) - due Friday 4/3
Reading questions for "Notes from the Underground" (may need to review "Notes from the Underground") - Due Friday 4/3