Does+summarizing+_help_+a+student+remember+small+details?-+Kayla,+Summer,+Matt,+Zech,+Maly

Kayla Jones , Summer Schulte , Zech Busch , Matthew Shipp, Malachi Sparks Topic: Summarizing

__**Title: Summarizing or Not**__

 Question: Does summarizing help a person remember the small details?

 Requirements: Six Students randomly selected.

 Tornadoes Activity: The first group will read the text. Now they will summarize what the text is about. The group needs to summarize with at least 1-3 sentences for the topic What are Tornadoes and Where do Tornadoes happen? When you are done put the summary away and take a copy of the test. The other group will also read the same text and will NOT summarize. Then they will take the test. We will compare the results to see if summarizing helps a person remember what they’ve read.

 Test Questions: 1. What is a tornado? Answer: A violent, twisting, sucking wind. 2. Where do tornadoes happen? Answer: United States, Australia, Mexico, Canada, parts of Russia, central Asia, Japan, Italy and the rest of Europe. 3.What are tornadoes known as? Answer: Funnel Clouds 4.Where do tornadoes begin? Answer: They appear inside thunderclouds. 5. What is it called when an area gets the most tornadoes? Answer: Tornado Alley <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">6. How many more tornadoes do the United States get than any other country? Answer: 1,000

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Results: The three people who summarized got a 5/ 6, a 6/6 and another 6/6. The three people who didn’t summarize got a 3/6, 2/6, and 3/6

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Manipulated Variable: Summarizing or not.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Responding Variable: Amount correct on the given test.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Controlled Variable: Passage we used, place where the kids take the test, and the same test.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Hypothesis or Hypotheses: If a student reads a passage and then summarize does it help them do better on a test?

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Plan/ Procedure: 1. We randomly selected six students from Mrs. Kelly's class. 2. We had them read the same passage. 3. Then we had 3 of the students summarize and the other take the test. 4. The students who summarize take the test. 5. Then us researchers calculate the results.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Observations: Our observations is that the people who summarized passed the test and the people who didn't have failed.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Conclusions: People who summarize get a better score on a test than people who didn't.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Our Recommendations: If you are a student and are about to take a test after you read a passage, summarize what you read on paper or in your head so that you can do better on a test. If you are a teacher you could have the students read any amount of paper and have them summarize if there is an upcoming test.

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