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CLARIFYING AND SETTING ON THE TOPIC
- make sure the student has a topic and claim that is important enough to work with — that the topic has some interesting findings.
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- be sure that the topic deals with the problems at the highest level possible for the grade level. For instance in sports, one might be interested in goalie padding.
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- be sure that the topic addresses causes or root issues and not just the symptoms.
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- try your claim to see that it is interesting enough.
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THE ANALYSIS
| This is a core part of the project ? finding and analyzing the evidence of your claim or the solution to your problem. Depending on the topic, a range of research tools can be used. Common ones include: |
- Books
- Interviews
- Journals
- Internet
- Models
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- Reports
- Plans and designs
- Charts
- Experiments
- Other
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| What evidence supports, what contradicts your claim? What conclusions can be drawn? |
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THE APPLICATION
- Once the claim has been supported or the problem resolved, then what?
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- How can what has been found, influence the people in control to work more effectively?
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- This is the piece missing from most projects, and is as important as all the other work done.
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- Who in society should see this work, and what should they do as a consequence of seeing it?
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THE PRESENTATION/EXHIBITION
- The project should be designed in such a way as to make the case to the important people involved.
TIPS
- The better the work done on defining the claim or problem in the first instance, the better a project will be. A really good project might take 20% - 30% of the time just to get this straight.
- Find something unusual if possible.
- Complete and interesting interview or questionnaire — something to draw attention to the work.
- Ask a person who should be interested in following up on the work what form of presentation, with what evidence, should a good presentation take?
- Use your multi-media skills for these presentations.
- Time them carefully before making the real presentation. Most often, of course, it will be to the teacher.
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