Assessing Research Progress

Devotional Text Luke 3:3

Mr. Stone distributed six rubber bands to each student. They sorted the thirty note cards they have completed so far (if they are up to date) into piles by the cards keywords/subtopics.

After examining their note card piles and looking back at their primary and secondary research questions, students wrote an entry in their journal titled "Research #2." They were to describe the progress of their research: How many note cards have you completed? How many note cards do you have for each of your subtopics/secondary questions? Do you have notes from at least two different sources for each of your subtopics/secondary questions? How many sources have you located? Do you need more sources? For which subtopics/secondary questions do you need more notes?

Mr. Stone began reading and discussing Section 28: Managing Information; Avoiding Plagiarism (Hacker and Sommers 100-103) and discussed the creation of a working main idea with most periods.

Homework: Complete five more note cards towards the forty note cards required for the assignment.

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