hi I'm Lachlan and I teach the research
project this short video will explain
the main things you need to know about
the stage to research project the
research project is all about you and
what you want to learn throughout the
project you are in control of your own
learning this subject is an opportunity
for you to research something you're
interested in decide how you carry out
your research decide on the way you
produce your findings and make judgments
about how successful you've been you can
research anything that interests you you
could do something scientific
sporting artistic or historical you
could do something subject based or
community based it really is up to you
your learning is central to this subject
so it's important that you choose your
research question carefully and seek
advice from your teacher you can find
examples and advice on choosing a
question on the research project
mini-site everyone needs to know about
the subject outline there are a few
things you need to be familiar with
the research framework is particularly
important there are four parts to the
framework initiating and planning the
research developing the research
producing and substantiating the
research outcome reviewing or evaluating
the research this is how the subject is
structured you will also need an
understanding of the performance
standards which you can find in the
subject outline as well the performance
standards are used by your teacher when
they grade your work you'll also need to
know about the assessment types these
are the folio the research outcome the
evaluation if you're doing research
project B or review if you're doing
research project a these are the tasks
you'll be handing into your teacher for
grading evidence of your research can be
presented in a number of different ways
these include written oral or multimodal
the only exception is the evaluation in
research project B
the best way to start is to think about
something you're interested in but don't
necessarily know too much about yet and
how this could potentially lead to a
research question planning how you're
going to find your information is also
important once you have an idea of what
you want to find out and how you're
going to find your information it's time
to put all this in your folio
information about designing a research
question can be found on the research
project mini site researching is
collecting and developing ideas from
information because researchers need to
keep records of what they do you'll need
to create a way to keep a record of all
the information you find and of how your
research is developing your collection
of information and what that information
means is recorded in your folio really
good researchers should try to get as
much information as possible by using a
range of research processes research
processes are activities undertaken to
generate information research processes
could include surveys interviews action
research research from books research
from the internet and more
not at all in fact it's a great chance
to put your problem-solving skills to
good use you'll be able to show you how
you turn things around and how you learn
from mistakes and challenges of course
you need to reference your research by
identifying the sources that you have
used referencing is used to acknowledge
the contribution of other people's words
and ideas towards your own research more
information about referencing can be
found on the research project mini site
the research outcome is the answer to
your research question it's where you
show your key findings and substantiate
them with evidence and examples from
your research you can choose the way you
wish to show these findings your
research outcome could be either written
oral or multimodal imagine you
researched the life of a famous artist
you could present your research outcome
as an essay or report an old
presentation a short film an obituary an
interactive website a poster plus many
other ways just presenting what you've
learnt is not enough you need to prove
your facts with evidence from your
research this is called substantiation
substantiation means being able to show
someone else where the ideas have come
from being able to reference your
information ideas and material is really
important speak to your teacher about
how to do this well
once you've finished your research and
presented your findings it's time to
look back on your learning this task is
marked by both your teacher and the SAS
board if you're studying research
project a you'll need to produce a task
called a review this can be written oral
or multimodal in the review you need to
review the knowledge and skills you've
developed in response to your research
question discuss the decisions you made
in response to challenges and
opportunities and reflect on the quality
of the research outcome
if you're studying the research project
B you'll need to produce a task called
an evaluation it must be written this
task is marked by both your teacher and
the SAS board in the evaluation you need
to evaluate the research processes you
used to find information for your
research evaluate the decisions you made
in response to challenges and
opportunities and evaluate the quality
of the research outcome just like the
review both your teacher and the SAS
board mark the evaluation the best place
to find out more about the research
project is to check out the research
project mini site the safe board also
holds a student Expo during August every
year but the best source of information
is your teacher make sure you ask
questions if you're unsure about
something research project is about what
you want to do and how you want to do it
thanks for watching have fun and enjoy
your research project
you