How do you teach research?Wake County adopted a county-wide research process called eWISE beginning in the 2013-2014 school year. It is an acronym that describes the research process (Wonder, Investigate, Synthesize, and Express–with the small “e” at the front standing for “evaluate”, which happens throughout the process). We stress the idea that research is a cyclical process rather than a linear one.
Students will practice using this process whenever we conduct research in the library. They will also use this model in their classrooms. We balance student opportunity to research topics that are of personal interest to them with time to research topics related to what students are studying in their classroom (typically Science and Social Studies topics are integrated with research in the library). |