Inquiry and Research: Grade 11 Overall Expectations By the end of Grade 11, students will: prepare for research: define information needs using a variety of strategies explore information using a variety of group activities identify varied ways of organizing information relate prior knowledge to information tasks; access resources: locate a variety of appropriate resources from a variety of sources select information appropriate to needs using a variety of strategies gather information from resources using internal organizers and conventions of texts collaborate with others to share findings and ideas; process information: analyze and evaluate information using a variety of strategies test ideas to adjust research and problem solving strategies sort information using a variety of organizers and formats synthesize findings and formulate conclusions; transfer learning: revise product appropriate to purpose, audience and format present research findings in a variety of forms for a variety of audiences reflect on and evaluate product and process transfer new information skills and knowledge to solve problems and make decisions.

Expectations in Specific Areas
Reasoning	Organizing
By the end of Grade 11, students will: - critique own questions as essential and non essential - form questions into thesis and reflect on continual appropriateness of thesis - select specialized atlases, such as regional and economic atlases - select bibliographies - analyze the validity of hypothesis of a resource by examining its primary and secondary sources - construct logic statements to test the validity of argument - recognize personal learning styles and their impact on research and problem solving - set goals for improvement in next research activity	By the end of Grade 11, students will: - describe different classification systems - use specialized indexes such as literary, legal, bibliographic, biographic and business indexes - create abstracts - use outlining and flowchart software to organize data - use advanced surveys - re-examine currency of research and modify product in light of new findings
Communicating	Applying
By the end of Grade 11, students will: - use formal debate strategies to explore ideas during research process - use formal meeting strategies to share ideas during research - use abstracts in peer and teacher conferencing to check progress - publish information in virtual formats, such as Web pages	By the end of Grade 11, students will: - examine published hypotheses for similarities and differences with own hypothesis - use special libraries, local and virtual, for information - search the Internet using a range of strategies available in a variety of meta search engines - begin to extend insights and opinions from findings - relate research findings to global perspectives - make judgments and draw conclusions to solve problems - suggest areas for further research