WHY DO WE DO RESEARCH?
Five Main Reasons According To The Presentation
1. CREDIBILITY: Researching your topic and citing your sources helps lend credibility to your paper. It demonstrates that you sought out similar information from experts in the field, which makes what you're writing more believable.
2. PUBLICATION: Because research backs up your ideas with facts from established experts in the field, it's an industry standard. If you hope to publish in a scholarly journal, you'll have to conduct thorough research and cite it correctly to be taken seriously, and cite it correctly to be taken seriously
3. EDUCATION: Research gives you a broader understanding of your topic so you can speak with a more authoritative, informed voice. It allows you to understand both sides of an argument and any additional factors that contribute to your thesis statement.
4. RESEARCH SKILLS: Many instructors assign research papers so students can develop or strengthen their research skills. In that respect, research is important because it makes you better and finding information and backing up your ideas with facts.
5. PLAGIARISM: You may think you have a groundbreaking idea only to discover that a famous scientist already had this idea and wrote on it extensively. Taking credit for this idea, even though you thought it was original can still constitute academic dishonesty. Research helps you use that scientist's work to build on and add credibility to your idea.
VOCABULARY LIST WITH DEFINITIONS AND SAMPLE SENTENCES:Compile: to get or gather together The student had to compile the data for the report.
Evaluate: estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of something
The student could not evaluate the data without organizing it first.
Research: a search for knowledge
The student will research a topic of choice for the upcoming assignment.
Extensively: in a widespread way
All of the information put together was extensively search.
Digital: in electronic form, transmitted electronically
Anyone can download a digital copy of a song from ITunes.
Organize: arrange by systematic planning and united effort
You will have an easier time creating an outline if you organize your list of sources first.
Information: knowledge acquired through study, experience, or instruction
There is a wealth of information online about your topic.
Include: have as a part, made up out of
All students must include their contact information on the top of the sheet.
Skill: an ability that is acquired by training
Natural ability only becomes a skill if you practice and train harder than you thought possible.
Provide: give something useful or necessary to
I will provide you with the notes and resources to be successful on the upcoming quiz/
Section: one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to create a whole object
The percussion section of the band provides the backbone for the music and the beat to march too.
Cite: make reference to
If you cite your references well, people will be able to review them easier.
Successfully: with success, in a successful manner, reach a goal
You can be successful at anything if you focus your mind, spirit, and effort to complete it.
Feature: prominent attribute or aspect of something
Our lesson will feature a Travel Brochure Project at the end.
Structure: framework, how something is constructed
The structure of the house was unsound after the earthquake.
Book: handwritten or printed work of fiction or non-fiction; usually on bound paper and covered
The primary book you will choose for your project is up to you.
ACADEMIC/LEARNING OBJECTIVE
Students will learn the basic ways to complete internet-based research. Students will focus on a topic of their choosing and ultimately create an MLA Short Form (single page) Research Paper. They will be required to use at least two different sources, and to cite those sources correctly.
STUDENTS WILL ENTER THE CLASS QUIETLY AND BEGIN WORKING!
