This research checklist has descriptions of the skills that district 204 students should have mastered by the end of their senior year.
Research Checklist (PDF)
Research Checklist (PDF)
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This research checklist has descriptions of the skills that district 204 students should have mastered by the end of their senior year. Research Checklist (PDF)
Can I use Wikipedia when I am doing research isn't a simple yes or no answer. This hanout explains how to use Wikipedia as a resource to get ideas for keywords, to get a basic overview of a topic, and for finding other useful sources cited in a Wikipedia article. Wikipedia Handout (PDF)
Students often have trouble identifying a quality website that is appropriate to use for academic purposes.The 7 Layers of Website Evaluation poster & handout can help. It is a model based on Joyce Valenza's CARRDSS model. Our model asks students to look for 7 increasingly complex criteria. The first 4 or 5 can determined quickly. If the site passes those first steps, the student can look more closely at the final few steps. 7 Layers of Website Evaluation Poster (PDF, 11 x 17 in.) 7 Layers of Website Evaluation Handout (Google Doc) For a self-guided website evaluation tutorial, check out our website evaluation web based tutorial. Precise and useful research questions can be difficult to write and revise. Students often write them to be too broad, too narrow, unclear, unnecessarily complex, or unsupportable with evidence. This graphic organizer provides a few frames for write a good question. Writing a Research Question A lot of times, students will choose a research topic that is too broad or too overused. This graphic organizer will help think through how to narrow a topic to something more specific and interesting. Choosing a Topic |