College Board
AP® Psychology: Teaching Statistics and Research Methodology
Psychologists use statistics? Scholars investigate the research behind the methodology of statistical analysis. Using hands-on practice, case-studies, and scatterplots, they complete various tasks to understand the very roots of high...
William & Mary
Inferential Reading Comprehension Considerations Packet
Don't forget to read between the lines! Educators learn tips and activities to help scholars learn to infer to increase reading comprehension. Activities suggested include think alouds, backwards words, and who's who. the packet includes...
Intersectional Black Panther Party History Project, IPHP
Teaching the History of the Black Panther Party: 5 Essential FAQ’s
What are the facts about the Black Panther Party? Was it, as J. Edgar Hoover contended, a terrorist organization and a threat to national security? Or a group of indviduals bound together by a desire to protect and nurture their...
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Drew University: Designing Assignments to Develop Information Literacy Skills
This handy page will help teachers in the research assignment design area so critical to the development of information literacy.
Student Achievement Partners
Achieve the Core: Ela / Literacy Research and Articles
A collection of articles and literature on the Common Core State Standards in ELA / Literacy by grade levels.
University of Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin: Research Tips & Tricks
This page offers some specifically targeted videos and tip sheets to help you develop several vital research skills. You may need to copy and paste the links provided in order to access the videos. W.11-12.7 Research
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Noodle Tools: Information Literacy Design, Process, and Outcomes
Well-organized site that details the "Building blocks," of research for informational literacy. With this, users should have a very good understanding of what Information Literacy is. Complete with student skills and strategies, student...
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University of Washington Libraries: Starting Research
If you need help knowing where to start your research, or if you're a teacher looking for a way to help students understand the research process, this resource is terrific. Interactive tutorials on a number of topics offer review quizzes...
Media Smarts
Media Awareness Network
The Media Awareness Network (MNet) "promotes media and Internet education by producing online programs and resources". MNet provide resources pertaining to blog & news, media issues, research, educational games, and special initiatives.
Brown University
Adolescent Literacy Resources: Linking Research & Practice [Pdf]
Literally a book, this resource looks at 4 key components of successful adolescent literacy programs, and includes both practical strategies and theoretical frameworks for working with struggling teenage readers. Requires Adobe Reader....
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Ontario Ministry of Education: Developing Mathematical Literacy for All [Pdf]
This document for Grades 7-9 teachers explains what mathematical literacy looks like and why it is so important to success in Mathematics, how to plan for it and what the research tells us. The focus is primarily on developing...
The Environmental Literacy Council
Environmental Literacy Council: For Students
Environmental Literacy Council wants to build a fundamental understanding of the systems of the world, both living and non-living, along with the analytical skills needed to weigh scientific evidence and policy choices in young people....
The Write Place
Literacy Education Online
Literacy Education Online (or LEO) is a great place to start if you need help with your writing. The homepage is organized around kinds of problems or questions you might have concerning your writing. Find your problem, click on the...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Generating Ideas and Questions About a Research Topic
This lesson focuses on creating a research question including determining the purpose and audience, brainstorming a topic, researching the question for information, and refining and narrowing the question. W.9-10.7 Research....
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Center for Assessment: Learning Progressions Frameworks in Ela & Literacy [Pdf]
This project has attempted to describe research-based pathways for learning that can guide lesson planning, and curriculum and assessment development K-12. Includes a working definition of learning progressions.
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Oslis: Research Process
Excellent site outlining each step for Internet research for grades 6-12. This site focuses on writing a research paper from selecting a topic through to the final paper. Click on Cite My Sources to get the electronic citation machines....
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Umuc: Secrets of My Research Success
This 35-minute interactive tutorial models the research process via the story of Quentin, a UMUC student. It takes him through the various research process steps: understand how to locate background information on his topic by showing...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Polishing Tone, Style, and Vocabulary (English Iii Research)
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] You will learn revision strategies you can use to polish your research paper's style, tone, and vocabulary. W.11-12.1d Tone/Style
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Developing a Research Plan and Timeline (English Iii Research)
In this lesson, students will to learn how to narrow their research topic and create a research plan and timeline. W.9-10.7 Research
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Exploring a Research Topic and Identifying Relevant Sources
In this lesson, students learn how to plan their research, find relevant primary and secondary sources, and use those sources in your research papers. W.11-12.8 Sources/Integrate/Cite
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Kathleen Morris: Teach Students How to Research Online in 5 Steps
Some great tips strategies for helping your students learn information literacy and online research skills.
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Baltimore County Public Schools: Biomes: Now and When (Online Research Model)
Biomes lesson designed to answer the question, how do abiotic and biotic factors interact within a biome? integrates biological concepts with literacy knowledge and skills. Includes directed questions, assessment guides, project...
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Baltimore Co. Public Schools: Chesapeake Bay Food Webs (Online Research Model)
Food webs lesson, which focuses on Chesapeake Bay habitats, integrates biological concepts with literacy knowledge and skills. Lesson directs students to answer the question, how does a human-caused stress placed on the environment...
Harvard University
Harvard Graduate School of Education: Research for Educators
Research database for educators. Search for educational topics, including standardized testing, arts in schools, or literacy and find current research and information regarding the issue.