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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: Standard Cc.8.6.6 8.f: Conduct Short Research
Choose from multiple lessons that satisfy the following standard: Conduct short research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question), drawing on several sources and generating additional related, focused questions...
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Choosing a Topic
This Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab) provides information related to writing a research paper. This guide explains to choose an appropriate research paper topic.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Writer's Model: Research Report Example 1
This four-page essay provides an example of an research report. Clicking on the "Writer's Guide" link in the upper right-hand corner of the page enables the user to get tips, directions, and explanations on the essay.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Writer's Model: Research Report Example 2
This six-page essay provides an example of an research report. Clicking on the "Writer's Guide" link in the upper right-hand corner of the page enables the user to get tips, directions, and explanations on the essay.
Brigham Young University
Apa Reference Style: Tightening Up Your Citations
This site contains a lot of general information about the APA (American Psychological Association) style of documentation, much of which can be obtained from other sites and sources; however, this site does contain practice exercises for...
SUNY Empire State College
Empire State College: The Research Paper in Progress
Follow a student reasearch paper from prewriting to drafting to final copy, and read the student tutor's comments along the way. This site provides links through several successive pages.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: The Wacky "I Will Not" Chalkboard
Inspired by Barry Lane's book 51 Wacky We-Search Reports, this cross-curricular lesson involves having students Learn how to summarize correctly with this cross-curricular writing assignment and prompt.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: The Wacky "Box of Rocks" Assignment
Inspired by Barry Lane's book 51 Wacky We-Search Reports, in this cross-curricular lesson, learners learn how to summarize properly.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: The Wacky Classroom Calendar
Inspired by Barry Lane's book 51 Wacky We-Search Reports, in this cross-curricular lesson students learn how to summarize properly.
Cambridge Rindge & Latin School
Cambridge Rindge & Latin School: Listing Key Words
This tip sheet offers questions and examples of how to develop key words to use in your research.
Cambridge Rindge & Latin School
Cambridge Rindge & Latin School: Focusing a Research Topic
This clear and easy to understand explanation of how to focus your topic for effective research will be helpful to many. There are plenty of examples, and two alternate methods are offered as well.
Cambridge Rindge & Latin School
Cambridge Rindge & Latin School: Research Topic Ideas
A comprehensive and in-depth list of possible topics and ideas for research papers from the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School.
Other
Bare Bones Lesson 6: Creating a Search Strategy
One of the most overlooked steps in research is preparing a strategy before beginning a search. This mini-lesson will help you construct time-saving searches.
Other
Bare Bones Lesson 7: Basic Search Tips
These quick tips will work with almost any search engine. Do the assignments to practice the techniques that are presented.
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Simpson College: Writing Assistance: Research Papers
This resource provides writing assistance to users, including an area about research papers.
Grammarly
Grammarly Handbook: Research and Documentation
An explanation of the importance of research and documentation and links to specific information for each.
Quia
Quia: Research Game
This activity provides a challenge board game to review information necessary for writing a research paper.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Research Paper Strategies
Students use picture books in this instructional activity to find ideas for research paper topics and structures. Through the use of these resources, students are able to shape content in a much more meaningful way.
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School Library Services: For Teachers: Research Assignments
This simple page does a good job of articulating why research is an important process to teach to students, and it also provides a number of resources for teachers planning to do this.
Cambridge Rindge & Latin School
Cambridge Rindge & Latin School: Writing the Body of a Research Paper
An excellent tip sheet on how to write and create the bulk of a research paper: the body includes in-depth information, examples, as well as links to earlier steps in the process such as thesis statements, notecards, outline,...
E Reading Worksheets
E Reading Worksheets: Research Paper Topics
This Ereading article discusses the importance of choosing the "right" research topic. Afterwards, 101 possible research paper topics are listed. W.11-12.7 Research
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Research Questions: A Focus for Planning, Researching, and Writing
This Sophia video lesson introduces how to develop good questions for a research paper. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.8; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.6-8.7 Conduct short research projects. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.6-8.7 standards are addressed in...
TES Global
Tes: Obtaining and Presenting Evidence Glossary
[Free Registration/Login Required] This reproducible glossary contains 27 terms associated with scientific investigation that are suitable for intermediate elementary and middle grade students.