Research and Research Review

At both levels, learners are required to collect information from a wide range of variable resources and keep records of the relevant information collected.

It may include some of the following:

• background reading, for example newspaper articles, books, websites, visual

research

• observations made by the learner, for example in a museum, a laboratory, a

workplace, a theatre

• investigations of media, materials, processes, technology

• a collection of sample materials

• data collected

• conversations with the tutor or interviews with topic experts

• audio, visual, or audiovisual materials.

There should be a range of sources (at least three) which must include more than

one type of information source. This means, for example, that not all of the

research can be carried out on the internet: there must be another type of

research (for example books). Higher marks may be available for learners who use

primary sources. Learners should comment on the reliability of secondary sources.

Some of the recommended sources are JSTOR, Google Scholars and CORE.