Research project: by the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project in collaboration with the College Board and the National Writing Project on teens research habits.
Ergo on the State Library of Vic website:
'Learn skills' shows you how to make school work easier and will also help you improve your marks.In this section you'll find practical guides to researching assignments, writing essays and studying for exams.
Useful resources to show classes in secondary school
Great post from Kathleen Morris Lynn. Great to see the sharing of resources happening in the comments too. Many hours worth of exploring in all the links!
"Students often have trouble finding appropriate topics for research projects in mathematics. This page presents some suggestions of where to look." (American)
"A blog about search, search skills, teaching search, learning how to search, learning how to use Google effectively, learning how to do research. It also covers a good deal of sensemaking and information foraging."
"A blog about search, search skills, teaching search, learning how to search, learning how to use Google effectively, learning how to do research. It also covers a good deal of sensemaking and information foraging."
This site covers many, many aspects of the research process. You will find tools, tutorials, and all sorts of resources to help you successfully navigate the research process. It's worth exploring the many tabs. Ergo also has a spot!
It was last upated 21 Oct 2013
Video. What is PIL? Project Information Literacy is a national (US) study about early adults and their information-seeking behaviors, competencies, and the challenges they face when conducting research in the digital age
I find the department has some good tools for students to use to research, especially FUSE. I find the information appropriate for the students in my grade.