tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4700224708243861211.post4627755089715116275..comments2024-02-25T22:04:18.026-07:00Comments on Blaze Of <strike> Glory </strike> Competence: It's research paper time!Dr. Johncockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03661377011566697574noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4700224708243861211.post-52434944221139052242011-05-09T12:58:34.045-06:002011-05-09T12:58:34.045-06:00I teach at a middle school. When I have my studen...I teach at a middle school. When I have my students do the dreaded final research paper, we go to the computer lab together. I have a website for them with links to the sources they are allowed to use. I think this is good for their level.<br /><br />I teach them what plagiarism is and how to avoid it. I teach them how to cite their sources and how to make a bibliography, but I don't think 11 to 13 year olds are ready to make a value judgment on a source of information.Evanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10795383305946559236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4700224708243861211.post-37630260359339917402011-05-04T19:27:35.657-06:002011-05-04T19:27:35.657-06:00I will be amongst the first to admit that schools ...I will be amongst the first to admit that schools today do a terrible job of teaching research skills. We have become so focused on testing, and getting results that we have ignored teaching such vital skills, because they take so long. I find that I only actually teach research skills in advanced classes, once the AP test has passed. <br /><br />We similar problems out of the elementary schools, where skills like penmanship are sacrificed so that kids can take more standardized tests, which teach them no real useful skills. <br /><br />Alas, that is a post for another day, I think...Catohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11093390941199752840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4700224708243861211.post-50552481103701555182011-05-04T14:10:52.797-06:002011-05-04T14:10:52.797-06:00I didn't learn how to do real research until I...I didn't learn how to do real research until I reached the college level. The ability to research effectively is a pretty vital skill, not just in terms of differentiation of sources but also the labor intensity of it. Microfilm and browsing the stacks will often lead to better sources than Google. Even learning how to use Boolean phrases correctly is a skill high school students should learn before graduation.<br /><br />My current research topic is on the appropriation of Eastern European dissidents, specifically Solzhenitsyn, by the neoconservative movement in the United States.Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07353903780522830357noreply@blogger.com