ITE3-Key-Pointers-to-review.docx

**Week 1: The Importance of Research** - **Why Do Research?** - Teaches methods of discovery. - Develops investigative skills and inquiry-based techniques. - Builds critical thinking and logic. - Teaches argumentation skills. - **Conventions of Academic Writing**...

**Week 1: The Importance of Research** - **Why Do Research?** - Teaches methods of discovery. - Develops investigative skills and inquiry-based techniques. - Builds critical thinking and logic. - Teaches argumentation skills. - **Conventions of Academic Writing** - Follows specific styles (e.g., MLA, APA). - Involves analysis, evidence, and discussion. - **Understanding and Avoiding Plagiarism** - Plagiarism is using another person\'s work without credit. - Avoiding unintentional plagiarism includes citation, using quotation marks, paraphrasing, and providing a complete bibliography. - **Understanding the Terminology** - **Evaluation:** Establish criteria of judgment for evaluation. - **Interpretation:** Answer questions like \"What does it mean?\" - **Definition:** Provide extended definitions. - **Proposal:** Suggest actions or solutions. - **Causal Argument:** Show cause-and-effect relationships. - **Comparison:** Use analogies for comparing subjects. - **Precedence:** Establish a standard based on past events. - **Implications:** Discuss the consequences of findings. - **Establishing a Research Schedule** - Set steps like finding a topic, drafting a thesis, creating notes, and organizing ideas. **Week 2: Connecting Personal Ideas to Scholarly Problems** - **Relating Personal Ideas:** - Combine personal interests with academic subjects. - Speculate about subjects using listing, free writing, and clustering. - Use online search techniques to refine topics. - **Speculating About Your Subject** - Use free writing, clustering, and listing keywords to explore ideas. - **Using Online Searches:** - Utilize subject directories, keyword searches, and educational databases. **Week 3: Charting Your Work and Taking Notes** - **Using Research Proposals:** - Guide note-taking based on topics listed in the proposal. - **Organizational Patterns:** - Use modes of development (definition, comparison, illustration). - Develop a rough outline based on thesis. - **Using Questions:** - Generate questions to explore and guide research. **Week 4: Online Search Techniques** - **Beginning an Online Search:** - Refine Internet searches using Boolean expressions and keywords. - **Evaluating Online Sources:** - Prefer.edu,.org, and reputable.gov sites. - **Using RSS and Social Bookmarking:** - Track updates on research topics through RSS feeds and social bookmarking tools. **Week 5: Searching for Articles and Visual Sources** - **Finding Articles:** - Use library databases, online journals, and magazine directories. - Explore newspapers for up-to-date information. - **Accessing Visual Sources:** - Look for photographs and other visual content to support research. - **Using E-books and Archival Research:** - Access full-text books via online sources like Project Gutenberg and JSTOR.