Freshman+Research+Skills+Class

This is the home page for the DVHS Freshman Research Skills class.

The class serves both the DV ACE Research Academy and the Business Tech Academy.

Notes

The course is a skills course to teach research, computer, and library skills to support later work.

Project: Collect results from typing training to use as source data for mini-research projects culminating at the end of the semester. Produce a written document with data and graphs and present the results at the end of the semester. Possible Questions: Boys vs. Girls, Size of Hand, Left vs. Right, Reaction time vs. Keyboard speed

Quarter 1 Typing-keyboarding - 4 weeks Word - 3 weeks Excel topics:
 * Tables
 * Graphs (Labeling, scales)
 * Histograms
 * Scatterplots
 * Formulas
 * Sorting data
 * Sum, average, sorting
 * Selecting data
 * Inserting and deleting rows and columns

Word topics: Embed tables, charts, pictures, and equations Write summative report in Word

Quarter 2
 * Big 6 Library Skills
 * MLA Format
 * Citations and References
 * Fair Use
 * Plagiarism
 * [|Validity of sources(Audience, Author, Publisher, Date)]
 * How to Write a research paper (Title, Question, Abstract, Procedure, Table, Charts, Results)
 * Report on Keyboarding Project
 * Summative Report: Live Presentation/PPT/Poster

Resources [] Writing a research paper