How to carry out a research assignment. Information Process – follow these steps Defining Information Needs Locating information Selecting Information Organising information Creating, presenting and sharing information

Information Process – follow these steps

Defining Information Needs

Locating information

Selecting Information

Organising information

Creating, presenting and sharing information

Step 2 : Conducting the Research Locating Information : Locate and collect information from a range of sources Searching Tools Resource Centre Catalogue- AMLIB, ALICE etc Search by: subject, key words, title, author, series Locate suitable text. Use indexes and contents pages , headings and subheadings of the text. General References-Use Encyclopaedia and Dictionary etc for definitions and background. Internet: - current information

Locating Information :

Locate and collect information from a range of sources

Searching Tools

Resource Centre Catalogue- AMLIB, ALICE etc

Search by: subject, key words, title, author, series

Locate suitable text. Use indexes and contents pages , headings and subheadings of the text.

General References-Use Encyclopaedia and Dictionary etc for definitions and background.

Internet: - current information

Step 3 Selecting Information Select the best sources of Information Use a variety of resources Skim and scan resources to locate the required information Record the main ideas using keyword notemaking strategies . DO NOT COPY . Use an appropriate notemaking framework. You may design your own notemaking framework .

Select the best sources of Information

Use a variety of resources

Skim and scan resources to locate the required information

Record the main ideas using keyword notemaking strategies . DO NOT COPY .

Use an appropriate notemaking framework. You may design your own notemaking framework .

Step 4: Organising the information Select and discard information Use notemaking frameworks to organise your information Topic Heading 1 Heading 2 Heading 3 Flowchart Different Same Australia Fiji Islands

Select and discard information

Use notemaking frameworks to organise your information

Step 5: Evaluating Information, Applying Finding and Presenting Analyse and interpret the information. Does it answer the question ? Judge its quality and decide what conclusions or inferences might reasonably be drawn from it. Make inferences, deductions, generalizations or hypothesis . Evaluate for accuracy, fact & opinion (be critical of information from the web) Use and share the information with others

Analyse and interpret the information. Does it answer the question ?

Judge its quality and decide what conclusions or inferences might reasonably be drawn from it. Make inferences, deductions, generalizations or hypothesis .

Evaluate for accuracy, fact & opinion

(be critical of information from the web)

Use and share the information with others

Step 6: Creating, Presenting & Sharing This is your final product - a essay, a report or a talk etc. Use the various tools available to present the information eg: construct models, use displays, table, diagrams and charts Use: *Microsoft word/excel *Publisher- desk top publishing * Scanners/Digital camera *PowerPoint - electronic presentation Multi media-video, audio

This is your final product - a essay, a report or a talk etc.

Use the various tools available to present the information eg: construct models, use displays, table, diagrams and charts

Use:

*Microsoft word/excel

*Publisher- desk top publishing

* Scanners/Digital camera

*PowerPoint - electronic presentation

Multi media-video, audio

Decide on Presentation Format Exposition Explanation Report Description Procedure Comparisons Recounts Descriptions & Narrative Reports Forms of Writing *Oral *Written

Step 6: Bibliography Refer to How to write a Bibliography Citing a book Author's last name, first initial (date of publication) Title of book italicised . City of publication: Name of Publisher. Example Harris,M. 1998 Teaching One to One . Urbana, IL:NCTE Citing the Internet Author's last name, first initial (date of publication) Title of source underlined Retrieval information including Date of access and source of information: URL MCEETYA. 2000 ICT in schools taskforce . Retrieved Sept26,2003,fromhttp;// icttaskforce.edna.edu.au/ict/index.html Citing the Encyclopaedia or Dictionary Editor’s last name, first initial. (Date of publication in parenthesis). Title of the source italicised (edition and volume in parenthesis). City of publication: Name of publisher. Sadie, S. (ED). 1980. The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians (6 th ed)., (Vols. 1-20). London: Macmillan.

Refer to How to write a Bibliography

Citing a book

Author's last name, first initial (date of publication) Title of book italicised . City of publication: Name of Publisher. Example

Harris,M. 1998 Teaching One to One . Urbana, IL:NCTE

Citing the Internet

Author's last name, first initial (date of publication) Title of source underlined Retrieval information including Date of access and source of information: URL

MCEETYA. 2000 ICT in schools taskforce . Retrieved Sept26,2003,fromhttp;// icttaskforce.edna.edu.au/ict/index.html

Citing the Encyclopaedia or Dictionary

Editor’s last name, first initial. (Date of publication in parenthesis). Title of the source italicised (edition and volume in parenthesis). City of publication: Name of publisher.

Sadie, S. (ED). 1980. The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians (6 th ed)., (Vols. 1-20). London: Macmillan.