Co-Teaching Research

Bry Roemer

Nicole coover-thompson

What does teaching

?
co-teaching between a librarian and a teacher =
higher student success on research projects

we believe our model for teaching research increases students retention and confidence in future research projects.

But now we wanted to prove it

History Fair

What it is...

• a local, state and national level research competition

student research evaluated in 4 areas

• knowledge
• analysis
• sources (Chicago Style)
• Presentation

Successes

• Regionals: 37
• Metro: 25
• State: 15
• Nationals: 2

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We could see from our students success, that the pedagogy worked, but would the data show that too...

We co-Taught

Two research projects

Same Rubric

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Student Feedback

• To do more smaller activities involving research
• To really show the importance of using the school database system and how to better the use of noodletools because it really helped a lot this year.

student feedback

• Step-by-step instructions & making sure that the students are understanding how to be a better researcher.
• Before jumping into History Fair, have students practice researching a topic first and having it checked either by their teacher or a librarian.

did you enjoy researching more the second time, with WWII?

Did being in the library encourage you to use the librarians as a resource?

what research are you most proud of this year?

Next steps

• more structure
• work through topics - look at more that do not require special collections
• Research workshops as a DI intervention for specific kids or by choice

Next steps

• mini workshops on how to create the history fair projects (exhibits, websites, documentaries)