Transcript of Research How to use research tools effectively. 6 Steps to online research Questioning Planning...
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Research How to use research tools effectively
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6 Steps to online research Questioning Planning Gathering
Sorting & Sifting Synthesizing Evaluating
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Questioning You must understand the assignment before you can
begin to ask questions about the project. Make sure you know what
the teacher wants you to research. Once you understand the topic,
then brainstorm and write down some questions about the topic that
interest you. Talk to parents and friends and even other teachers
about the topic and find out what others might find interesting.
This is a great time to come up with key words to use with search
engines.
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Planning Planning Once you have some questions, start to plan
out your project. How long is it going to take? Where should you
look for information? How many different sources do you need? Will
you need to work with others? If you have to Email experts, how
will you get their addresses?
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Gathering While it might seem the easiest thing to get all your
information from the Internet, it is not the best thing to do.
There is a lot of misleading and even erroneous information out on
the Web. It is a great place to get information, but it should
never be the only place to get information. Make sure you go to the
library to check out books on your subject. I
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Gathering Primary sources can be found on the Internet. ( For
example, for anyone researching the Civil War period, Duke
University's Civil War Women has copies of diaries, letters and
documents on the web.) For more contemporary topics, try C-Span for
information that is considered primary. It also offers sound and
video clips. Write experts if you can. ( NASA, University
Professors)
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Sorting and Sifting Once you have gathered together many
different sources, put them in some sort of order. Sorting
information into categories or even piles can be useful. Start to
get rid of the information you won't use. If you have any
information twice, or three times, they need to get rid of repeated
information. ( This is especially true of Internet resources. Many
web page authors just cut and paste information they find on other
sites. Do not use repeated information.)
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Synthesizing Now that you have all you information gathered and
sorted, put it together into one report. Map Clustering
Brainstorming Outline
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Evaluating Once you have written your paper you have to read it
and make sure it satisfies the requirement of the project. Use the
Rubric !!!!!!!! One can try to fix an off-target report, but one
also has to be prepared to start all over again.
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Successful Habits While doing research, please remember to make
effective use of time online and in the library/media center. Stay
on task at all times. Use a wide variety of information sources,
both print and non-print Take meaningful notes
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Gathering Primary sources diaries Journals speeches Interviews
letters memos Manuscripts other papers Memoirs and autobiographies
records, such as births, deaths, marriages, permits and licenses
and census data. Photographs, audio recordings and moving pictures
or video recordings can also be considered primary sources.