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Helping Students Weave Their Way through the World Wide Web.
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Elliott, Catherine B. – English Journal, 2000
Discusses six strategies to help both students and teachers learn to make wise use of information on the World Wide Web: teaching the value of key word skills; using online sources available in the media center; creating pathfinders; teaching students sound searching skills that include Boolean logic; directing students to the best search engines;…
Descriptors: English Instruction, Language Arts, Research Skills, Secondary Education
Rethinking Research.
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Simmons, Eileen A. – English Journal, 1999
Suggests that research is a process, not a product, whose most important skill is thinking. Maintains that students cannot produce outstanding research papers unless they are taught strategies for gathering information, analyzing, synthesizing, and evaluating that information through critical thinking. Discusses ways English teachers can build…
Descriptors: Class Activities, English Instruction, Language Arts, Research Papers (Students)