Research Process

__________ refers to the study of a subject carefully or in detail, especially to discover new information or understand the subject better​.

Place the steps of the research process in the correct order.

• Build background knowledge on your topic.

• Cite your sources.

• Select your topic.

• Present your research.

__________ help you focus your research; These questions are right-there-look-up questions that can be answered by facts, numbers, dates, events, places, and timelines​.

• Guiding Questions

• Focus Questions

• Key Questions

• Informative Questions

Selecting trustworthy and accurate online sources is an important part of conducting research. _______________ is an acronym that can be used to remember the criteria for evaluating online sources.

What does the "C" in C.R.A.A.P. stand for? This word refers to when the source was published.

What does the "R" in C.R.A.A.P. stand for? This word refers to the topic of the source and its ability to be read/understood by the user.

What does the first "A" in C.R.A.A.P. stand for? This word refers to who wrote or published the source.

What does the second "A" in C.R.A.A.P. stand for? This word refers to the correctness of information in the source and whether citations were provided.

What does the "P" in C.R.A.A.P. stand for? This word refers to the reason for creating the source (inform, persuade, entertain, or sell).

When you _________, you write information from a source in your own words and style while still giving the original author credit.