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Discussion Activity: Q & A

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Discussion Activity #4:
1. Reflect on what you learned about the research process from the Textbook Q&A. How did your textbook and the discussion change, modify, and/or reinforce ideas you have about teaching research? What were your “ah, ha” moments?
The Q&A discussions allowed me to read varied viewpoints and to gather great ideas related to the research process. The discussions overall changed my personal thoughts about research and reduced my anxiety of teaching related skills in collaboration with classroom teachers. The suggestions and actual shared success stories expanded my knowledge of methods to implement for each research step. When thinking about students selecting their own topic and constructing research questions, the main …show more content…

I selected the following situation:
• You are a classroom teacher or school librarian. You want to implement a new research unit or design a series of related lessons related to an aspect of the research process (e.g., creating research questions, taking notes, using metacognition to reflect on learning, etc.).
3. Describe how you will use information from the content module above and from the Textbook Q&A to improve an existing unit, implement a new unit or series of related lessons, or support young patrons completing research assignments or personal investigations in a public library setting. Make sure to specify the grade level or age of your students or young patrons and the level of inquiry (see above) as …show more content…

Tilley (2001) refers to this as the metacognition aspect of information problem solving. The article advises teachers to become proficient in verbally sharing their own thoughts when teaching information literacy. I feel this article allowed me to remember the importance of thinking out loud and incorporating time for modeled, whole group, small group, and individualized experiences with the lesson delivery. All students, regardless of age, do learn from peers because each individual presents their own uniqueness in handling information inquiries and constructing research questions. Also, this article sparked my thoughts of various graphic organizations to use within the lesson to assist students in developing their information needs and expanding their personal metacognition skills. The entire research base unit and learning components has given me the opportunity to focus more on this aspect of the research process and increase my abilities to develop and deliver a higher quality education for fourth graders.
Resources
Callison, D. (1999). Reflection. School Library Monthly, 16(2), 31-34.
Callison, D. (2003). Models: Part V composition models. School Library Media Activities Monthly, 19(5),

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