GEDU 6170Focus on Research

Literacy

Becoming Informed Consumers of Literacy

Research

Research as Systematic Inquiry

Relationship of Research Logic to Evaluation

Template Context of study (purpose, question,

problem area, relevant other research)

Framework (theory and concepts)

Design and methodology

The template summary

Tasks for the Day

Forming work groups (Teams)

Kitting up (Key resources for the semester)

Working through the template

Practising with the template in work groups

Locating a research-based paper to critique (that all members of a group can “relate to”)

Forming Work Groups Maximum of 7 members Likely to share some common interest

to help with article selection Ideally contain at least one “Web 2.0

internet proficient” person (e.g., blogger, skyper, online social networker, knows google docs, etc.)

Likely to be able to work together

Kitting Up Using Google Docs for collaborative

writing (http://docs.google.com ) Using internet to communicate

between meetings (e.g., www.skype.com or messenger/chat, blog, Facebook, email)

Resources for finding a suitable article (e.g., http://scholar.google.com MSVU online article archives)

Accessing MSVU’s online library resources

Username: MSVU ID barcode (14 digits)

Password: last four numbers of your phone number

Using Scholar Google as a meta-search engine

Critiquing Grinter & Eldridge

Discuss in groups your pre-reading evaluation

Together, work through a closer critique of this article and the research it reports using the research template as a “walkthrough” guide