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Download full textMcGregor, Joy – 1996
This paper describes two studies conducted with high school students doing library research and writing research papers, with the objective of examining the effectiveness of this type of assignment. The students were all in grade 11, the first group in Canada, the second in the United States. Students were observed in the classroom before they…
Descriptors: Assignments, Foreign Countries, Grade 11, High School Students
Streitenberger, Denise; McGregor, Joy – 1999
Two naturalistic research studies observed 45 eleventh grade students carrying out research paper assignments, and a third such study focused on 26 third grade students. The studies took place in Alberta (Canada) in 1993, Texas in 1996, and Washington state in 1999. From data analyzed in the interviews and written documents, the initial findings…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Citations (References), Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
