This is a draft of the research skills for Senior Exhibitions at Riverdale High School as identified by the Goals 2000 grant committee at RHS.
Please send your comments and questions to Mark Oldani.

Goals 2000 Skills List

These core skills and presentation skills should be addressed at all grade levels, with a specific focus on particular skills in grades 9, 10, and 11. These skills are to be taught primarily in seminar, English and social studies and supported in other classes.

Core Research Skills with grade level foci in parentheses
· Understanding impact and relevance of the topic (11)
· Understanding the breadth of the topic and interconnection between disciplines (11)
· Gathering information through various resources (9)
· Organizing information (9, 10)
· Inquiry and questioning strategies (9)
· Text analysis, being a critical reader, analyzing documents (9)
· Data analysis (10)
· Data organization, spreadsheets and databases, graphs (9, 10)
· Source evaluation/bias (10)
· Supporting an opinion and acknowledging other points of view (10, 11)
· Computer skills (9)
· Documentation and citation(10)
· Reflection on process and information (10, 11)

Presentation Skills with grade level foci in parentheses
· Written (9, 11)
· Visual, including computer generated (9, 10)
· Public speaking (10, 11)

Life Skills with grade level foci in parentheses
· Define ethics and ethical behavior
· Understand ethical behavior as it relates to personal choices, group choices and impact on others
· Develop an individual work ethic
· Develop skills at working with others
· Develop decision making and refusal skills
· Practice goal setting, self-reflections, and changing behavior based on goal setting and self-reflection (10, 11)

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