Research Basis, Downloads
and More

1 — Brochure

Planning a presentation? Or sharing The Private Eye with colleagues or friends?  Want to enlist SUPPORT in your school district for a Private Eye staff development workshop?
 
Print the five page PDF version of our brochure to share with your colleagues.

2 — Research Basis

This document shows the underpinnings of The Private Eye's research based instructional strategy.  Read how The Private Eye correlates to what Marzano, Bransford and other leading education theorists say is how students learn.

(For in-depth correlations to Marzano's Instructional Strategies see also.)

3 — Using The Private Eye to teach the "Big Ideas" in Science. Meeting the Science TEKS and Language Arts TEKS simultaneously with The Private Eye

The "Big Ideas" is where is all starts! This two page handout provides an introduction to how The Private Eye fulfills a wide rangs of the National Science Education Standards. State Standards flow from the National Standards; we have included one excerpt here: The Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills and The Private Eye correlations.

4 — The Year-Round Private Eye

Suggestions for setting up a year-round Private Eye classroom, with sample subject areas and project; along with a planning worksheet.

5 — Professional Development: Workshop & Materials Portrait

This document provides an overview of our Profession Development Workshops.

WORKSHOP SLIDES
6 — Overhead Slide: Tools & Process of The Private Eye

Use this overhead to demonstrate the steps of the
Loupe-Analogy-Loop.

7 — Overhead Slide: What Can You Do With Your Loupe List?

Use this overhead to show your students some choices for what they can do with their Loupe-Analogy Lists.

8 — Overhead Slide: The Private Eye Writing Wheel

Choose your favorite lines from your Loupe-Analogy List and a section from The Private Eye Writing Wheel to generate your writing projects.

9 — Submit Student Work to The Private Eye Website! Parental Permission Form