If You Require It, Will They Learn from It? Student Perceptions of an Independent Research Project

Autor/in	Conner, Jerusha O.
Titel	If You Require It, Will They Learn from It? Student Perceptions of an Independent Research Project
Quelle	In: History Teacher, 43 (2010) 4, S.585-594 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0018-2745
Schlagwörter	High School Seniors; Student Attitudes; Student Research; Research Papers (Students); History Instruction; Educational Benefits; Advanced Placement Programs; Learning + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schülerverhalten; Studentenforschung; History lessons; Geschichtsunterricht; Bildungsertrag; Lernen
Abstract	Although most teachers believe that "students should write at least one in-depth paper during high school," the independent research paper is disappearing from high school curricula in the face of two competing pressures: the need to prepare for high-stakes tests and student "senioritis." In many high schools, the senior year has become "a blow-off time," and too many students leave high school without knowledge of how to conduct research or write an in-depth analytical paper. This article presents the results of a study that investigated the benefits that students perceive in conducting an independent history research project in their senior year of high school. The study asked: What do students conducting historical research and analysis say they learn from working on these projects? One purpose of this research is to determine whether students recognize a unique benefit associated with the independent research above and beyond the benefits they perceive from an otherwise rigorous curriculum. (Contains 1 table and 12 notes.) (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Society for History Education. California State University, Long Beach, 1250 Bellflower Boulevard, Long Beach, CA 90840-1601. Tel: 562-985-2573; Fax: 562-985-5431; Web site: http://www.thehistoryteacher.org/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10