Grade 6 Research Process Instruction: An Observation Study

• Published in: Alberta journal of educational research Vol. 47; no. 2; pp. 123 - 140
• Main Author: Asselin, Marlene
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Edmonton, AB University of Alberta 01.07.2001; University of Alberta, Faculty of Education
• Subjects: Action research; Canada; Classroom communication; Cognition; Conversation; Curriculum subjects: programmes and methods; Education policy; Educational activities; Educational Change; Educational sciences; Educational Strategies; Elementary School Students; Foreign Countries; Grade 6; Information Literacy; Information Sources; Inquiry method; Intermediate Grades; Intermediate level; Language acquisition; Language arts; Language teaching methods; Learning Strategies; Literacy; Literacy Education; Metacognition; Parent-child relations; Psychology; Research Skills; Scaffolding; Skills; Student Research; Teacher Educators; Teachers; Teaching; Teaching methods; Topics; Working methods; Canada; United States > US; Observation; Teaching method; Research Project; Research Method; Lower Secondary; Information Seeking Behaviour

Current literacy standards include students' abilities to conduct research as an inquiry process and to gather, evaluate, and synthesize information from multiple sources. Observation data from 19 grade 6 classrooms were analyzed to describe research process instruction. Results showed that mos...