Presents a format for an organized research procedure. Three information source sheets for keeping track of research materials--encyclopedias, books, and other sources such as periodicals, newspapers, and interviews--progress to greater levels of detail and are designed for use by grade 2, grades 3-6, and grade 8. (MES)

Provided are explicit guidelines, in a form that can be used as a handout for students. The guidelines cover formulation of the statement of the problem and the hypothesis, ways of writing in a logical format, and ways of improving the readability of the term paper. (RM)

Offers suggestions for helping students write effective research papers. (FL)

Describes how a teacher incorporated her own experience of interviewing into an assignment that required her students to conduct interviews about the importance of writing skills. (JL)

Describes a project in which students write research papers about a chosen career. Explains that the project is successful because the students view it as a practical exercise. (FL)

Reports on a business communication assignment to conduct an in-depth study of a corporation. The assignment concludes with a formal report of the students' findings centering on a study of the company's annual report. (TJ)

Describes high school social studies student projects involving a study of local cemeteries. Projects include charting life expectancies, creating slide shows of community grave sites, and collecting tombstone rubbings. (KC)

Describes a project used in a technical writing class to teach students about questionnaires and informal reports. Tells how students work in small groups to create questionnaires, use the questionnaires on selected populations, evaluate the questionnaires, and write informal reports of the project. (TJ)

Suggests using field trips to motivate students in choosing topics for limited research in the field of technical writing. (MAI)

Argues that research and the author's own experience show that working in groups and emphasizing learning about a topic helps students, especially low achievers, access and use information more effectively. Describes several forms of collaborative research for low achievers; offers guidelines for collaborative research; and presents an overview of…

Reports on student work with a local council to conduct a watershed analysis of a tributary in the Clackamas River in Oregon. (KHR)

Describes an ongoing project, the Cosmic Ray Observatory Project (CROP), being conducted by the University of Nebraska in partnership with several high schools. Each school group has installed cosmic ray detectors, and initial activities have included calibrating equipment, gathering preliminary data, and learning about cosmic ray showers. Aims to…

Describes a class debate assignment that helps students prepare for writing their first research paper by making the research process a known entity. (SR)

Describes how the author, in his second semester freshman composition class devoted to teaching research skills, teaches students the subtleties of what to paraphrase and what to quote directly. (SR)

Describes an extended writing assignment used in a business communication class that combines a case study and original student research, thus defining a realistic business situation needing action and requiring students to research a business situation and apply the findings from their research to decide exactly what course of action is…