Dr. Trevor Burrows and Amy
Odwarka describe their collaboration to incorporate visualization strategies
into an undergraduate historical research class, providing students with
opportunities to analyze their own research process through time-released
mapping and visualization of research practices. The activity of drawing and
visualizing the research process over the course of a semester not only allowed
for self-evaluation but gave learners the opportunity to identify their own
strengths, learn from their peers, locate areas where they needed support and
make a plan to reach out for assistance with the right person. It also provided
an artifact that students consulted to measure progress over the course of the
semester.
