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RESEARCH SKILLS WORKSHEETS

This is a vital skill to any job or project worth having in the real world. We
expect to see the concept and process of research being emphasized much more in
education at all levels.


In just about any job having solid and actionable research skills make the
different between being a leader and being a follower. Researching skills are
now more needed than ever with all the media that we constantly and
involuntarily taking in. What is real and what is fake? If you can use your
skills to find out the truth, you will be in high demand in the future. These
worksheets will help develop those research skills for all your students.


Answering Research Focused Questions - This is a great exercise to dive into
with your students before you start working on full blown projects.

Conflicting Information - How do you weigh which is a better source? We focus
ourselves on validating sources and differentiating between them.

Conflicting Viewpoints - We explore how to completely avoid this when are
creating your own work.

Gather Relevant Search Information - A great section to learn how to develop a
set of background information and see what has already been explored with your
topic.

Grade 3 Research Projects - A good time to get your feet wet with the basics.

Grade 4 Research Projects - The focus here is on planning.

Grade 5 Research Projects - We start asking students to examine a great deal
more material.

Grade 6 Research Skills - This is the first time that we are letting students
completely loose on the entire project.

Grade 8 Research Projects - There is a fold over between this series and grade 7
work. This is where students begin to take flight with the topic.

Grade 9 Research Projects - These are full on projects at the high school level
that we ask students to get after.

Experiential Writing - This form of writing finds itself being monumentally
helpful when we are exploring the results and discussion section.

MLA Citations - This is one of the most popular forms of listed and stating the
resources that were used. We explain it in entirety.

Shared Research Writing Projects - These are done by complete group and each of
the participants has their own distinct set of tasks.

Shared Research and Writing Projects (Kindergarten) - These are very basic in
nature and are great for getting into the spirit of inquiry.

Sorting Evidence When Writing - It is all about determining which of the facts
speaks volumes to support your thesis.

Technology Assisted Writing - A must for when you are composing your final
product. Yes, some people still handwrite their first draft.

Using Dictionaries and Glossaries - When you run into terms that you may be
unfamiliar with. We explore the quickest method for using these tools.

Using Evidence to Support Claims - We explore how to heighten your argument so
that it is practically a no brainer.

Using Multiple Sources For Writing - Where do you get them and how do you cite
them?

Using Reference Tools to Find Answers - Take some time to scrutinize all the
different tools that you have at your disposal.

Using Text and Search Features - This is helpful for when you are looking for
specific pieces of evidence that you may discount along the way.

Validating Arguments - We approach this from many different angles and give you
time to get after it.

Writing a Research Paper - We help you put it all together in this comprehensive
section.


HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR RESEARCH SKILLS


At some point in your academic life, you will be asked to investigate and probe
a specific topic. Good research skills will make your article stand out. Here
are some tips that will help you in improving your investigation skills.



ASK GOOD QUESTIONS


This is the most important tip to improve your research skills. This is because
you should be well aware of what you want to delve into before you start. You
should ask yourself plenty of questions like what are you expecting out of this
inquisition process. What is it exactly that you want to prove? What knowledge
do you want to share? What field interests you? What sources you will opt for?
All of these questions will give you a clear direction for your research. You
can do it better once you are sure of what you want to do.



THINK CAREFULLY ABOUT THE SOURCES


Research is all about providing information and knowledge on different aspects
of several fields of study. When you are beginning the process, you should pay
attention to the sources. This is because the sources will decide the quality of
your work. Give yourself plenty of time to find out the best sources that are
available. This is a big mistake that many people make, they are not patient to
look at all possible sources. They should not be biased or outdated. You should
also confirm the information that you get from one source. All of your
information should be completely accurate.



ORGANIZE


There will be many times through out your life that you will be exploring
something that is new to you. As time goes on, you will learn how to compile a
great many different sources. This means that you will be getting plenty of
information that you will need to sift through. To avoid getting overwhelmed
with all the information, you can organize all of it. If most of your research
is on the Internet, you can use bookmarks and folders to organize the data. You
can also get them printed if you like things to be right in front of you.



IDEAS FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL PROJECTS


Middle school is the most important phase of a student's academic life since the
knowledge gained during this academic year will help the student throughout high
school as well as in his or her professional life. Therefore, students must work
hard during this grade to be successful in their future prospects. For most of
the students, eighth grade is that first academic year where they are asked to
do a research project. Eighth graders encounter a little difficulty in choosing
a good starting topic that is informative as well as easy. One thing that
eighth-graders must keep in mind while choosing a topic is that the topic must
be of their interest so that they can enjoy working on it.


Given below are some basic ideas that will help the eighth-graders in choosing a
research idea that is easy and informative:



EVALUATION OF LANGUAGES


To do an investigative project regarding the origin and evaluation of languages
is one of the best and enjoyable topics. Middle school students can include
formation, history, development, and phases of their development while focusing
on either their native language or any other foreign language. This idea, chosen
as research project, will help the middle school students to enjoy their
research project alongside learning something useful.



LITERARY WRITERS' CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS LANGUAGES


Literary writers play a vital role in the development of any language. Middle
school students can highlight the contributions to any of the languages by their
respective literary writers in their research project. This topic is appreciated
by the literature teachers as it is a combination of two topics: personalities
and evaluation of language.



IMPACT OF MEDIA ON LANGUAGE


After scholars the media, either print or electronic, also has a significant
impact on the development of any language. As media is quickly changing the ways
of communication, students can look in on those ways and can include them in
their end projects.



HOW TO GATHER RELEVANT SEARCH INFORMATION (FOR RESEARCH PAPERS)


Writing a good research paper requires a writer to gather a lot of relevant data
and read it carefully to use it as a guide for his or her project as well as to
be able to quote the relevant information from the published works in the paper
being written to substantiate it. However, collecting the right amount and
nature of data that suits our research work is not an easy task. Most of the
students fail badly in their field work because of their inability to gather
relevant and useful information for their topic of interest.


Here are a few tips for such students that can help them find the most relevant
information for their chosen topic:



WRITE YOUR REQUIREMENTS CLEARLY AND BRIEFLY


Searching for the relevant data on the web must be done by entering a clear
command into the browser. Add precise phrases and ideas so that you can get the
most relevant thoughts through to your audience. To do this, you first need to
be very clear about the idea you are doing your investigation on and the
relevant data you want. Once you are clear on your idea, try to search for the
relevant data using the keywords search method and make sure the phrases you add
in the search bar are short and clear too.



GO THROUGH THE SPECIFIC JOURNALS


Successful research writers get published in various journals depending upon the
topic they have written on and the specific niche of their study. Try to find
the journal that is well known for the publications related to your topic of
interest and search for your requirements in those journals.



SEARCH FOR SPECIFIC RESEARCHERS


Know the most famous researchers in your field who keep on getting their works
published and try to search for their papers to get accurate results.



STEPS OF A RESEARCH PROJECT


A research project is an academic piece of writing the students are bound to
submit and clear with good grades within the given deadline. It is based on its
writer's knowledge base on a particular topic. Given below are few important
steps of a research project that will help the researcher to come up with a good
enquiry project easily:



SELECT A GOOD TOPIC


While choosing a topic, one should select a topic that is according to his or
her interest so that he or she can enjoy working on it. Secondly, the selected
topic should be informative and a good quantity of information, data, and facts
must be gathered related to it so one can use them to come up with a good body
of work.



DEVELOP BACKGROUND INFORMATION


Once you have selected your topic of research, develop background information
about that topic to broaden your knowledge and to have a better understanding of
information that can be added in your research.



DEVELOP A THESIS STATEMENT


A thesis statement provides a clear idea about the research project. The
background information you have gained will help you to come up with a good
thesis statement. The thesis statement will guide you throughout your project
and will help you to stay focused during your investigation therefore, it must
be very clear and well-written.



CREATE A ROUGH DRAFT


Do the preliminary research and come up with a rough draft. Include only the
necessary information that will support your topic.



WRITE YOUR PAPER


After organizing the information in the rough draft, start writing your paper
properly. Remember to write it in an appropriate format, use strong academic
language, correctly punctuate it and follow all the rules of grammar.



ADD REFERENCES


An important part of the research project is proper referencing and citations.
Remember to cite the resources you have used over the course of your writing at
the end of your project. Use APA or MLA format to cite resources.



HOW TO ANSWER RESEARCH FOCUSED QUESTIONS?


As the students grow up and reach their higher-level educational years, the
focus of teacher's shifts from the course books and related material to research
activities. Answering research-focused questions at that time becomes a great
issue for the students who are not taught the ways to do so before. Simply
defined, the research focused questions are the questions that are based on some
work done by other scholars and the students have to either read those whole
researches or try finding the direct answers to those questions over the
internet. Some basic steps to follow to answer such questions are as follows:



UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION


Being clear on the question you are being asked is the first step to answering a
research-focused question correctly. You must be able to understand where the
question came from, what type of previous work can be read to find out the
answers to it, and what it exactly and precisely means. Once you are all clear
about the question, only then you can answer it right and effectively.



SEARCH THE INTERNET


Most of the times, the specific research paper that has the answer to the
questions given are known by the students. However, in cases otherwise, the
students have to search the web using focused keywords and precise queries to
know their answers. It is better to add a search query that is short but clear
so that you have the answers to the questions easily.



READ THE PAPER AND WRITE YOUR ANSWERS


If you have got a lot of time, you should read the complete paper yourself and
answer your questions. However, in case you do not have enough time, you can
simply read an abstract to find the answers to the question and write your
answer precisely and in an informative way.



TIPS FOR PREPARING RESEARCH PAPERS


A research paper is a text in academic writing that includes both theoretical
and factual data. Writing a research paper might seem like a tiring exercise but
it becomes easy overtime and with practice. Many students do not have enough
knowledge regarding preparing a presentable research paper. Given below are some
important tips that will help one to write efficient research papers easily:



SELECTING A TOPIC


To prepare a research paper, it is very important to first select a topic that
is of your accord or interest. Choosing an interesting and informative topic to
conduct a research on is very helpful. It is enjoyable for one to research on
the topic that is according to his or her interest.



COLLECTING RELIABLE SOURCES


Before beginning to write the main body of the research paper, it is advised to
collect all the information, facts, figures, and other proven statistics.
Collecting information before writing a research paper helps one to stay focused
while writing the paper.



WRITING A ROUGH DRAFT


After collecting all the necessary information, start writing a rough draft.
Introduce all the ideas you want to include in the final research paper. Do care
for the grammar, spellings, and punctuation marks even if it is only a rough
draft because it will serve as the basis for your final paper.



WRITING MAIN BODY


During this stage, one organizes the ideas according to some sequence. Rewrite
the rough draft, following the rules of grammar, using correct spellings, and
punctuation marks. Also, remember to add the references of the sources used in
the research paper.



REVISING


Before submitting the research paper, remember to read it completely. Recheck
your paper for grammatical errors, spelling errors and other literary elements.
Ask an honest friend to read your paper and ask for his or her advice regarding
how to further improve the document.

 

 


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