Five Steps to Teaching Students How to Research and Filter Information Conclusion Being able to research effectively is an essential skill for everyone. It’s only becoming more important as our world becomes increasingly informationsaturated. Therefore, it’s definitely worth investing some classroom time in this topic. Developing research skills doesn’t necessarily require a large chunk of time either. Integration is key and use the mini-lesson ideas that you'll find at the back of this book. Model your own searches explicitly and talk out loud as you look things up. When you’re modelling your research, go to some weak/fake websites and ask students to justify whether they think the site would be useful and reliable. Eric Curts has an excellent article where he shares four fake sites to help teach students about website evaluation https://tiny.cc/fakesites . This could be a great place to start! Finally, consider investing a little time in brushing up on your own research skills. Everyone thinks they can "google" but perhaps there are ways you could do it even better! I hope this resource has been useful to you. If you have any additional information or resources that you could add to this topic, please let me know! Use the contact form on my blog (www.kathleenamorris.com) or tweet me (@kathleen_morris).
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