Overview of results from the pre-research questionaire to Mrs. Dus' class

1. Average comfort level for
determining topics and
sub-topics

2. EVEN SPLIT
On finding print sources

3. To Find a Topic Within a Print Source:
•Index
•Table of Contents
•Glossary

4. What is a Database?
• A site that covers many different topics
• Something where a wide variety and quantity
of information is readily available
• A website with a lot of info on different
research topics
• A place with lots of information
• A place which stores information

5. Other Types of Sources
• Books • Journals
• Websites • Personal
• Primary and Interviews
secondary sources
• Radio
• Magazines
• TV
• Encyclopedias
• Newspapers
• Film

6. 2.6
Average level of confidence
in evaluating sources

7. Tools for Organizing and Synthesizing
Your Research
• A computer
• Notebook
• Research Organization
Websites
• A pen and paper

8. Sort Of….
Most common response on
proper formatting of citations

9. What is an Annotated
Bibliography?
Most Not Sure

11. What Does It Mean to Evaluate a
Source?
• To check its credibility
• To determine if it trustworthy /
dependable
• To see how much valuable
information a source contains
• Assess the validity of the writing

12. To Synthesize Your Research Means…
• To combine research with one’s own ideas
• You analyze it
• To compile all of the different notes you have
taken into a concise outline
• Combine knowledge from multiple sources
into one place, rather than paraphrase
information from different sources in
individual chunks
• To integrate it well

13. 2.5
Average skill at scanning
and reading for different
purposes

14. Your Concerns
• NoodleTools
• Determining a Topic
• Organization and limitation of a topic
• Synthesizing and organizing my research
• Finding sources
• The placement of paragraphs