Processing

=**Processing**= The processing phase is very challenging for students as this is where they must organize all their ideas by analyzing and synthezing information. This phase of the inquiry process requires students to develop new understandings that will help answer their essential question. Providing students with a variety of note taking skills is and LOTS of practice is important. Make sure to model note-taking skills with your students.


 * develop note taking skills using a variety of graphic organizers
 * understand how to create an outline
 * pair/share new information and connect it to previous knowledge. This helps students move away from reading notes to demonstrating their understanding.
 * use website evaluation forms (Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators)
 * use a variety of formats to retrieve information such as graphs, charts, illustrations, photos, video and audio
 * use a variety of reading strategies to help students find relevant information
 * Think Literacy: Cross-Curricular Approaches, Grades 7 -12 Reading Strategies
 * Effectively Reading Online - this an excellent resource providing reading and research strategies specifically for online resources
 * Great note taking, brainstorming and mind mapping tools by Joyce Valenza
 * The Research/Inquiry Process Wiki - links, resources and tools for everything from generating essential questions to the final product.


 * **5 S Of Research**
 * **S**can
 * **S**kim
 * **S**elect
 * **S**lurp (taking it all in - feed on it, read it) - savour
 * **S**ummarize
 * **RAP**
 * **R**ead a paragraph
 * **A**sk yourself the main idea
 * **P**ut it in your words
 * **TRAVEL**
 * **T**opic - write it down and circle it
 * **R**ead - a paragraph
 * **A**sk - what's the main idea
 * **V**erify - by circling it
 * **E**xamine - next paragraph & repeat
 * **L**ink - all the info

//(//Wrede, K., & Wise, B. (2005, April 1)//.// //Taking Notes: Who will help me?//Lecture presented at east Asia Regional Council of Overseas Schools (EARCOS) Teachers' Conference, Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam)