A presentation of the AGOPPE research method for middle school audience.

1. RESEARCH METHOD

2. What is
and how will it help me with my report?
That’s a good question. Let’s find the answer.
We will start with the

3. The A stands for
What is important to know about your topic?
Think of questions that you would like
answered, or……
Look at your project rubric to see if there are
specific focus questions you need to answer.

4. You could use a KWL chart to find out what you know
about your topic and what you want to learn about it
OR
You could brainstorm general questions with your
classmates.

5. When you finally know what questions you want
to
RESEARCH
then you start to………………

6. (The G stands for Gather.)
Look for information in:
•Books
•Encyclopedias
•Online Sources
•Subscription databases
•The Internet

7. Take notes that will answer the
questions you wrote down.
After you have found enough
information to answer all your
questions, then you will...

8. (The O is for Organize.)

9. You by
1. Thinking about your notes and
what you have learned.
2. Writing down short answers to
your questions.
3. Making sure there are several
facts about each question.

10. After you have answered your
questions and written the facts
you have learned, it is time to...

11. your project.
(Can you guess what the P stands for?)

12. A project can take many forms.
It could be a:
• Slide show or PowerPoint
presentation
•Web 2.0 project, such as
Wix.com or Prezi.com
• Report/Article/Paper
• Poster or chart
• Map or Diorama

13. Your teacher will tell you what form
your project will be. Sometimes he
may even give you a choice.
Once the project is completed or
written, then you have to...

14. (Fooled you! The second p stands for present.)

15. You have done good research and
searched for facts to answer the
questions. Your teacher might ask
you to share your information
• by reading your report to the class
• by hanging your poster in the hall
or classroom
•by explaining you map or chart
•by showing your Web 2.0 presentation

16. (Last step! The E stands for Evaluate.)
You may have a checklist or rubric to follow to
be sure you have done everything on the
assignment. You may need to peer review a
classmate’s project. Lastly, reflect on your
research process as you may need to explain
this to your teacher and classmates.

17. By following the steps of
you have completed your
research project!

18. Don’t forget! When you need to do research:
sk questions!
ather information
rganize information
repare and produce the project
resent
valuate

19. Thank you to MCPS Media Specialist Elisa Wrenn for sharing this
PowerPoint presentation and allowing me to modify it for MLKMS!
Melissa McDonald, Maryland iSchool SLMS graduate student,
2011
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