Using Research Questions to Guide Your Research

The video tutorial teaches how to enhance research by using burning questions to guide reading through multiple texts. It emphasizes avoiding common mistakes like skimming for answers and highlights the importance of noticing interesting information. The tutorial demonstrates using a T chart to organize questions and new information, applying bio mimicry in inventions, and evaluating the importance of information. It concludes with a review of answered questions and planning further research.

What is a common mistake when conducting research with burning questions?

• Ignoring the text completely

• Taking notes on every paragraph

• Reading every word of the text

• Skimming the text for only answers

What is the term for using designs in nature to create new products?

• Biochemistry

• Biotechnology

• Biomimicry

• Bioengineering

Which inventor used the study of nature to create Velcro?

• Thomas Edison

• Nikola Tesla

• Alexander Graham Bell

• George de Mistral

What should you do when you find information that might answer your questions?

• Delete it

• Memorize it

• Add it to your T chart

• Ignore it

Why is it important to ask if information is important or just interesting?

• To ignore it

• To decide if it should be added to notes

• To share it with friends

• To memorize it

What is the purpose of using a T chart in research?

• To write essays

• To organize questions and new information

• To draw pictures

• To calculate numbers

What should you do after answering some of your burning questions?

• Read the same text again

• Stop researching

• Forget the old questions

• Formulate new questions