Standard 6: Research

Students will engage in inquiry to acquire, refine, and share knowledge.

12.6.R.2 Students will synthesize resources to acquire and refine knowledge, following ethical and legal citation guidelines.

Student Actions 

Teacher Actions 

• Students will continue to follow specific formal paper guidelines.
• Students will continue to gather a variety of sources to write a formal paper.
• Students will continue to use both print and non-print sources to write a formal paper.
• Students will continue to strictly follow citation format for formal papers. 

• Teachers provide students with guidelines to follow.
• Teachers provide students the opportunity to look up various sources for formal paper.
• Teachers provide students with the opportunity to gather a variety of resources for formal paper.
• Teachers provide students with the opportunity to write paper.
• Teachers monitor and provide students opportunity for feedback on sources.
• Teachers provide guidelines for citation format.
• Teachers monitor and provide students the opportunity to receive feedback over citations.

Supporting Resources 

Teacher Insights

Primary and Secondary Sources (Website)

Preventing Plagiarism (Website)

Conducting Research (Website)

• The intention of this standard is that students will accurately interpret information from multiple sources to express an original perspective.

• Students should be able to read primary and secondary sources and select the information that best supports their thesis.

• Plagiarism: using another person or source’s words or ideas without giving credit or obtaining permission.

• Any work that is not one’s own original thought should be accompanied by a citation.

• To ethically use quotes and/or paraphrases from primary/secondary sources, students should remain true to the original context as they are taking notes and recording the bibliographic information. 

Due to recursive nature of the standards, it is essential that teachers are aware of how all objectives within and between strands work together for optimal instruction.