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http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ913533.pdf

Used inquiry-based curriculum to have students practice research. Discusses different activities that use different research skills.

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http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ952028.pdf

Explains how inquiry based instruction can help increase both student motivation and investment in their work.

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http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ972863.pdf

Discusses the reciprocal technique which uses several strategies to help increase comprehension. Includes predicting, questioning, and summarizing which I believe can be used in my science classroom.

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http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ913423.pdf

High interest and doing instead of just learning leads to more learning.

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http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ961749.pdf

This author discusses how students' writing skills are tied to teacher expectations. He goes on by saying that if we are not readying students for academic reading and writing, then we are setting them up to fail at both college and their workplace.

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http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ906188.pdf

Explores the idea of teachers using writing frames to help science writing in students.

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http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ884403.pdf

Discusses writing across the curriculum. Uses the idea of a lot of drafts/revisions.

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http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ906185.pdf

In this reading, they explore using inquiry based labs to promote students asking more questions

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As an English teacher, I would suggest that you do not investigate

argumentative writing.  This is really persuasion where the author

includes a counter claim to help support his claim.

Your students would probably benefit more from rubrics and

organizational techniques for expository writing.  You might also look

at research techniques and what is a reliable source.

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A source discussed using a lab report checklist. If you wanted to include that as part of your project it could also be used as the research question.

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Looks like you are off to a good start.

One of your sources showed how to use format guidelines for lab reports.  If you used that as part of your project your research question could be "How will using format guidelines for chemistry lab reports affect the quality of reporting and writing?"

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As Fitzhugh (2011) states, "Our students' academic writing will rise, or fall, to the level of our expectations" (p. 32).

Reference:

Fitzhugh, W. (2011). Meaningful Work: How the History Research Paper Prepares Students for College and Life. Winter 2011-2012. American Educator.

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Using argumentative writing units, formal lab reports.  Anything that they have to use multiple sources to create their writing.

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http://www.writing.engr.psu.edu/handbook/
Teaching resources for writing.

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http://www.ksde.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=NcPbyidPaVs=&t

Has examples of ways to teaching technical writing.

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My students have a difficult

time completing job applications.

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My students come from diverse

backgrounds.

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Reading comprehension
is difficult for my students.

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My students struggle to

communicate through writing.

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My students come to me from

six different school districts.

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Utilize the resources of my

co-teacher to really focus on

science literacy.

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My goal is to help create authentic

experiences in my classroom.

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Finding the correlation between increasing reading

comprehension (text) and the output (writing).