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Knowledge and Skills Statement

Inquiry and research: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student engages in both short-term and sustained recursive inquiry processes for a variety of purposes.

Pídales a los estudiantes que trabajen en grupos pequeños para revisar extractos de fuentes de información primarias y secundarias y para determinar la credibilidad de cada una. Los estudiantes deben estar preparados para ofrecer evidencia que respalde su determinación. Cuando cada grupo haya terminado, revise sus respuestas como grupo. No olvide pedirles a los grupos que proporcionen evidencia que respalde sus respuestas.


Further Explanation

Esta evaluación requiere que los estudiantes apliquen su conocimiento de fuentes primarias y secundarias al momento de llevar a cabo una actividad de investigación sobre un tópico particular. Ellos deben saber evaluar sus fuentes y determinar el grado de credibilidad que le pueden dar a cada una. Los estudiantes deben entender que deben evaluar algunos elementos, como el autor, las fuentes o citas, el punto de vista o los prejuicios y la fecha de publicación, para determinar la credibilidad de una fuente.

an original source of information about a topic from the time when the event occurred or the individual lived (e.g., letters, speeches, diaries, surveys, field work, or personal interviews)
a source that is a step removed from the original accounts of an event or experience (e.g., scholarly articles, journalism, reference books such as encyclopedias, history books, textbooks, reviews, or criticisms)
Students are expected to understand the concept of credibility when searching for reliable sources during inquiry and research. In research, credibility refers to the quality of having reliable and trustworthy characteristics and being accepted as true or real. Credible sources are those the reader can trust. Readers trust that the author's ideas are his or her own and can be backed up with evidence. When writing a research paper, doing research, or reading for background information, students should always use sources with high credibility.
Fuentes de información de primera mano o evidencia directa acerca de un evento. Por ejemplo, documentos originales y contemporáneos de un evento.
Toma y reproduce la información que le aportó una fuente de información primaria. Son fuentes secundarias: enciclopedias, antologías, directorios, libros o artículos que interpretan otros trabajos o investigaciones.

Research

1. Maniotes, L. K. (2019). Getting to great questions for inquiry and research. Teacher Librarian, 46(3), 17–20. Retrieved from https://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A580343616/GPS?u=tea&sid=GPS&xid=e726b5dc

Summary: This article provides an overview how to use guided inquiry as a means to increase students' capacity to comprehend a text. However, Guided Inquiry Design is more often used as a road map to conduct research. Additional online resources are embedded in the article to provide additional support.

2. Composition Writing Studio. Research and Citation. University of Purdue’s Online Writing Lab. Retrieved from https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/resources.html

Summary: This online resource offers a complete overview of the writing processes and the components involved in each. The overview includes definition of terms, examples, graphs and charts and additional resources.