Research Skills digital lesson #1

Research Skills

Research skills are skills that help you to find information that answers questions, analyze them, organize them, understand them and share them.

Multiple Choice

Which answer below best describes research skills?

• Research skills help you to find answers to questions, analyze those answers, organize, understand and share the answers to your questions.

• How to analyze information.

• How to organize information

• How to understand information

^{Before you begin the research process there are some things you must do.}

• Take time to analyze the task before you start your research. Talk to your teacher to ensure you understand the task.

• Ask yourself some questions like:

  What topics interests me?

• Where can I find information about this topic?

• How much information do I need?

• When is my deadline?

Before you Begin the Research Process

• Brainstorm and make a list of topics that interests you. Then select the one that most interests you.

• Brainstorm again, and make a list of what you already know about this topic.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following things should you do before you begin the research process?

• Understand the task by speaking with your teacher.

• Understand the task by speaking with your best friend.

• Understand the task by speaking with your advisor.

Multiple Choice

What should you do before you begin the research process?

• Brainstorm and come up with a list of topics that interests you.

• Brainstorm and come up with a list of topics that interest your friends.

Multiple Choice

What should you do before you begin the research process?

• Ask questions

• Choose a topic

• Make a list of what you already know about the topic.

• All of the above

Beginning the research process

• Choose a topic

• Ask questions

• Find sources that answer your questions

• Record information by taking notes

• Critical thinking

• Cite your sources

The Research Process

Watch the video on the research process.

Take detailed notes, it will help you to answer the questions that follow.

Multiple Choice

According to the video what makes questions good questions?

• If they are open

• If they are important

• if they are interesting

• If they are answerable

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

According to the video primary sources do what?

• provides first hand information.

• provides gossip

Multiple Choice

According to the video what are some examples of primary sources?

• interviews, news reports, photos, novels, films, autobiographies, art, literature.

• cartoons,

• Facebook

• Twitter

Multiple Choice

According to the video what do secondary sources do?

• Secondary sources are gossip.

• Secondary sources attempt to explain primary sources.

Multiple Choice

According to the video what are some examples of secondary sources?

• Snap Chat

• Twitter

• Instagram

• books, websites, dictionaries

Multiple Choice

What is the first thing you should do in the research process?

• critical thinking

• asking questions

• choose a topic

• locating information

Multiple Choice

According to the video, which are the five steps to the research process?

• Brainstorm, critical thinking, choosing a topic, finding resources.

• Take notes, choose a topic, brainstorm, write the paper, share your research.

• interview people, visit the library, go online, choose a topic, ask questions.

• ask questions, find resources, record information, critical thinking, citing sources.

Multiple Choice

According to the video what should you write down when note taking?

• write down everything

• write down key words that help you with your search, write short notes, diagrams and drawings.

Critical thinking encourages you to ask questions about the information you write down about your topic. Here are some examples of critical thinking questions.

• Who is the author/Who wrote this information?

• Is this evidence/facts or someone's opinion?

• What is the date this source/information was written?

More Critical Thinking Questions

• Who is the publisher of this information?

• Is the publisher reputable, reliable?

• Is the source biased?

Citing Sources

• Keep track of sources