Conducting research

What is the first step in conducting research?

• citing sources

• creating an outline

• Choose a research question

• Present the material to your groupmates

It is important to keep notes organized and in order.

• True

• False

After taking notes on each source what should you do next?

• present to your groupmates

• organize notes in common groups

• staple them together

• find more sources

After organizing common topics you should then________________.

• Create an outline

• present to groupmates

• find more sources

_____________ sources provide raw information and first-hand evidence. Examples can include eyewitness accounts, photographs, and diaries.

• Primary

• Secondary

• Tertiary

• Concerned

A ____________________ sources describe, interpret, or synthesize primary sources. Examples include articles, jounals, and books.

• primary

• secondary

• tertiary

• concerned

The first step in research is ______

(Hint: there are 5 steps)

• Asking a guiding question.

• Researching topics to answer the guiding question

• Creating a thesis, or topic sentence to answer the guiding question

• Using sources to help answer the guiding question

• Citing the sources used in research

The second step in research is _____

(Hint: There are 5 steps)

• Asking a guiding question.

• Researching topics to answer the guiding question

• Creating a thesis, or topic sentence to answer the guiding question

• Using sources to help answer the guiding question

• Citing the sources used in research

The third step in research is _____

(Hint: There are 5 steps)

• Asking a guiding question.

• Researching topics to answer the guiding question

• Creating a thesis, or topic sentence to answer the guiding question

• Using sources to help answer the guiding question

• Citing the sources used in research

The last step in research is _____

(Hint: There are 5 steps)

• Asking a guiding question.

• Researching topics to answer the guiding question

• Creating a thesis, or topic sentence to answer the guiding question

• Using sources to help answer the guiding question

• Citing the sources used in research