An essential resource for teachers and librarians who work with students in the later high school years through college and graduate school levels, this book explains and simplifies the scholarly task of researching and writing a scientific literature review.This thoroughly updated and revised follow-up to the popular text Lessons for a Scientific Literature Review: Guiding the Inquiry is designed for pre-collegiate and early collegiate educators in the sciences, high school and college librarians, curriculum directors and common core supervisors, school district leaders, and principals. The book provides step-by-step guidance on instructing students how to perform the necessary research and successfully integrate newly acquired information into a high-quality final product.In addition, you'll find an emphasis on using quantitative science research reports as well as white papers discussing more theoretical science topics, a student timeline for assignments, and a handout specifically for students working on writing a scientific literature review. More than 20 workshops/lessons that are aligned to standards dealing with digital literacy, information handling, research, and textual interpretations and representation are provided. The book allows you to easily adapt it for use of investigation of subjects in the humanities, and for the teaching of an extended essay.

Covers use of databases, general press articles, peer-reviewed studies, white papers, and creating tables, charts, and graphs

ForewordCarol Kuhlthau, Professor Emerita, Rutgers UniversityPrefaceAcknowledgmentsPart I Teacher's PracticumChapter 1 The Value of Inquiry-Based Research ProjectsChapter 2 The Inarticulated Question: In the Context of the Debate between Content and ProcessChapter 3 Collaboration for MeaningChapter 4 Serving the Individual Student: Addressing Learning Styles and DifferencesChapter 5 Research Project AssessmentChapter 6 Replication and Flexibility SquaredPart II Student WorkshopsResearch in the Initiation Stage of the Information Search ProcessWorkshop 1 The Benefits of a Scientific Literature ReviewOverviewWorkshopStudent HandoutWorkshop 2 The Student's Assignment BeginsOverviewWorkshopStudent HandoutsWorkshop 3 Making It Meaningful: Browsing Databases/Finding InformationOverviewWorkshopStudent HandoutsWorkshop 4 Creating and Organizing the Research FolderOverviewWorkshopResearch in the Selection Stage of the Information Search ProcessWorkshop 5 Researching the IntroductionOverviewWorkshopStudent HandoutWorkshop 6 Starting the Reference ListOverviewWorkshopStudent HandoutsAssessment RubricWorkshop 7 How to Read and Take Notes from a General Press ArticleOverviewWorkshopStudent HandoutWorkshop 8 How to Write the IntroductionOverviewWorkshopStudent HandoutAssessment RubricResearch in the Exploration Stage of the Information Search ProcessWorkshop 9 Searching for Peer-Reviewed StudiesOverviewWorkshopStudent HandoutWorkshop 10 How to Read and Take Notes from a Peer-Reviewed Journal Study or White PaperOverviewWorkshopStudent HandoutsResearch in the Formulation Stage of the Information Search ProcessWorkshop 11 How to Write the MethodologyOverviewWorkshopStudent HandoutAssessment RubricResearch in the Collection Stage of the Information Search ProcessWorkshop 12 How to Write the Results of ResearchOverviewWorkshopStudent HandoutAssessment RubricWorkshop 13 How to Use and Create a Table, Chart, or Graph for the ResearchOverviewWorkshopStudent HandoutsWorkshop 14 How to Write the Analysis of ResearchOverviewWorkshopStudent HandoutAssessment RubricResearch in the Presentation Stage of the Information Search ProcessWorkshop 15 How to Write the ConclusionOverviewWorkshopStudent HandoutAssessment RubricWorkshop 16 How to Write the AbstractOverviewWorkshopStudent HandoutsAssessment RubricWorkshop 17 Creating a Title and Completing the Cover PageOverviewWorkshopStudent HandoutResearch in the Assessment Stage of the Information Search ProcessWorkshop 18 Putting It All Together to Hand Over the Scientific Literature Review to the TeacherOverviewWorkshopStudent HandoutsReferencesIndex