Apply
What good is all of your new knowledge if you don’t share it with others? Craft an awesome product that others can learn from using the steps below.

Read for Information

• Read the text (i.e. print or electronic) with your research questions in mind.
• Determine the audience, purpose, and author's arguments (if appropriate) before and during reading.
• Use the features of the text (e.g. headings, table of contents, site search engine, article summaries, etc.) as signposts to to help you find and understand information.
  

Take Notes

• Identify and summarize, paraphrase or quote important information in your source that will help you completely answer your research questions.
• Include URL’s, page numbers or other information needed for in-text citations.

Synthesize Your Information

• Analyze your notes and write a claim that addresses your research questions.
• Use a standard organizational tool to organize your information (e.g. outline, mind map, diagram, notecards, etc.).
• Use a standard text structure to organize your project (e.g. cause / effect, problem / solution, chronological, point / counterpoint, compare / contrast).

Develop a Product

• Choose the most appropriate product format to communicate what you learned to your intended audience.
• Follow appropriate guidelines for using information ethically to avoid plagiarism or copyright infringement (e.g. source citations, fair use, creative commons).
• Draft a project or paper that supports your main claim through the incorporation of evidence, parenthetical citation and analysis.

Find resources (e.g. handouts, videos, tutorials) related to the Apply step on the Resources page.