SCI 6 Showcase: Research Skills

Understand what's behind a google search:

Understand Boolean Operators and other Limiters. Use Boolify

Use the CRAAP Method!

• C - Currency
• R - Relevance
• A - Authority
• A - Accuracy
• P - Purpose

PLAGIARISM (using another's information without credit) happens most often because of unorganized NOTES!

Avoid Plagiarism: Use The Rule of THREE

Keep these three pieces of information together in your notes

• Quoted or paraphrased information (use quotation marks if it's quoted!)
• Your thoughts about that information (a summary, a question, a comment)
• The source of that information

Use Cornell Notes for best results

• Cornell Notes

Once you have gathered enough notes to answer your questions, you bring the information together (synthesize) to form your own presentation of the information.

Synthesis Steps:  Look over the information Identify common categories Code the categories (colors, numbers, letters, ?) Copy/paste or rewrite information into your categories