1. Are Students Ready for College Research? Teresa Diaz Benjamin Harris Eisenhower Middle School Trinity University Region 20 Round Up September 21, 2012

2. Are they college-ready?

3. What do we know about entering college students?

4. students technology

5. students create

6. students are confident

7. students are very very confident

8. students manage time

9. students are digital natives

10. 73% “info from search engines is trustworthy” 66% “info from search engines is fair and unbiased” 41% “unsure if info from search engines is correct”

11. students are digital natives

12. students are assessment natives

13. What do we know about the expectations of college faculty?

14. enhancing student learning

15. #1: addressing the gaps

16. “left it up to the students” “underwhelmed by the final products”

17. “less credible sources are chosen”

18. #2: prepare for future courses

19. “a process guided by questions”

20. “evaluating individual works” “using sources properly”

21. #3: learn content-area-specific research habits

22. “understanding the ancient world” “becoming themselves interpreters”

23. “integrate findings” “construct a more coherent understanding”

24. #4: prepare for lifelong learning

25. “evaluate the validity of information in other areas of their lives”

26. “design a system to meet desired needs”

27. What do we know about teachers’ approaches to course design?

28. collaborations

29. practices

30. trends

31. What do we know about the impact on student learning?

32. “students genuinely interested” “topics this semester were creative”

33. “not sure they understand ‘why’”

34. “more developed sense of which sources were best” “not as consistently skillful at piecing together a coherent analysis”

35. moving forward

36. Alignment Brainstorming 1. pick a challenge 2. align outcomes for research skills development w/course/content goals 3. invent an activity or assignment

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38. moving outward

39. ?