2015年1月4日星期日

Location and access

3. Location and access

In this part, students are required to:

  1. List 3 - 5 research questions which  related to research topic they proposed in task 2.
  2. identify which sources can help students to answer the research questions.

How to brainstorm research questions related to research topic?

Students may use "5W1H" to brainstorm research questions. "5W1H" means who, what, when, where, why and how. Here are some examples:

What:
What, specifically,...?
What next?
What else?

Where: 
Where else?
Where are you?
Where, exactly...?

When: 
When, exactly, will you...?
When will it start/end?
When will I know?

Why:
Why does that happen?
Why not?

How: 
How many?
 How much?
 How does it work?

 Who: 
Who will do this?
Who else will do this?
Who pays?
Who benefits?

How to evaluate the reliability of various types of resources?

In this parts, students are required to evaluate the reliability of the resources. Teachers may introduce the following three criteria:


  1. Does the resource provides the author's name?  
  2. Does the publisher of the resource well-known?
  3. Does the resource include a full reference list at the end?

 How to collect your information from different types of resources more systemically?

In this task, students need to overview many resources in short time. Some software, such as Google Docs and Evernote, can help students to organize information easier and more systematic.


Google Docs

Evernote

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