Student & Teacher Responsibilities

Student responsibilities are to:

Multiple Resources

• Identify possible resources and evaluate which are useful;
• Use a variety of resources, including electronic resources, experts, library resources, community groups, local colleges and universities, and student developed resources (e.g., surveys, experiments);
• Select primary and secondary sources as appropriate for the nature of the research, including archival and manuscript collections, government sources, legal sources, museums, news sources, and documentaries;
• Determine appropriate use of materials and resources to support research; and
• Judge reliability of resources and make decisions about accuracy and usefulness of information.

Differing Points of View:

• Examine resources from multiple points of view to determine validity and usefulness;
• Determine the position of an author; and
• Acknowledge multiple points of view in his/her topic or research area.

Guiding Questions

Multiple Resources

Questions for consideration include:

1. What sources of information does the student have access to?

2. What additional resources are needed?

Differing Points of View:

Questions for consideration include:

1 How do the student’s resources represent a variety of points of view?

2. How does the student reconcile conflicting expert opinions?

3. Does the student include all points of view in his/her research?

4. How does the student use multiple points of view in his/her analysis of a topic?

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