Step 1: Question
What is the question or problem? What do you know? What do you need to know?
Step 2: Gather
Where will you look? (ex: Library catalog, reference database, search engines, experts, other)
What keywords will you use?
What are the best sources? how do I know?
How will you record what you find? (Ex. notebook, note cards, google doc, audio, video, other)
How will you cite your sources?
Step 3: Conclude
What did you learn from reading, listening, or viewing?
Did you answer the question? Can you organize the information to support your answer?
Step 4: Communicate
How will you communicate what you learned? ( Ex: essay, google slide, video, poster, performance, etc?
Step 5: Evaluate
How did you do? How can you improve next time?
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