509J Teaching & Learning Curriculum Research Process Grade 5

   

Step 1: Plan & Focus

Go to Step 2

  1. State a topic in the form of a…
  • Broad question
  • Problem (Is this a real-life problem?)
  • Statement generated through brainstorming
  1. Match purpose and audience with plans for conducting research
  2. Pre-plan presentation and/or product to help focus research (products include lists, charts, paragraphs, diagrams, outlines, graphs, letters, reviews, poems)
  3. Conduct “pre-search” investigations to seek initial and background information before setting final research questions
  4. Generate several questions as a way to focus and narrow topic of research
  5. Categorize and focus the questions or statements to aid research (clustering, mind mapping, webbing, etc.)