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8 Steps of Research

8 Steps of Research. Demystifying the Research Process. Step I: Getting organized for research . Teacher: builds a sense of excitement and a positive attitude in students about the research project. helps students to develop note-taking and paper-management systems.

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8 Steps of Research

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  1. 8 Steps of Research Demystifying the Research Process

  2. Step I: Getting organized for research • Teacher: • builds a sense of excitement and a positive attitude in students about the research project. • helps students to develop note-taking and paper-management systems. • informs students about project management procedures, such as contracts, work sheets, timelines, and weekly plans.

  3. Step II: Selecting a topic • Teacher • presents a timeline for selecting a topic and guidelines for changing a topic. • Teacher and students • brainstorm possible topics • discuss how to formulate research questions that explore who, what, when, where, why, and how issues. • Students • think about topics based on their personal interests and curiosities.

  4. Step III: Background reading for historical content • Teacher • introduces primary and secondary sources through discussion and exercises. • Discuss where and how to locate these sources • Students • begin background reading using secondary sources (e.g., encyclopedias, books, magazines, newspapers, people) and practice using index cards to record where information is found. • begin developing specific research questions. • develop a working title.

  5. Step IV: Locate Sources • Teacher: • Have students brainstorm where sources can be found

  6. Step V: Narrowing the topic

  7. Step VI: Analyzing and interpreting sources • Teacher • guides students in constructing meaning from sources. • Students • make connections and identify patterns among sources. • practice questioning, weighing evidence, and identifying opinions and bias. • think chronologically and use timelines to establish context and significance of topic. • identify gaps and inconsistencies in gathered evidence. • identify various perspectives relating to the topic. • establish cause and effect, impact and significance.

  8. Step VII. Developing a thesis statement • Teacher • reviews the definition and purpose of a thesis statement. • Students • prepare a narrow (i.e., one or two sentences) and pointed thesis statement. • ensure that the thesis sentence explains the significance of the topic.

  9. Step VIII. Developing the written paper • Teacher • explains requirements and styles for the paper, citations, and the bibliography • Students • use checklists to ensure that paper satisfies criteria set by teacher. • make revisions based on feedback from teacher, and peers.

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