Research Skills

There are six steps to completing a research assignment        

1. DEFINE THE TOPIC (Understand the topic/question)

What is my purpose?

Why do I need to find this out?

What are the key words and ideas of the task?

What do I need to do?

2. LOCATE THE INFORMATION (Find the information)

What do I already know?

What do I still need to find out?

What sources and equipment can I use?

 

3. SELECT THE INFORMATION (Choose which information to use)

What information can I leave out?

How relevant is the information I have found?

How credible is the information I have found?

How will I record the information I need?

4. ORGANISE THE INFORMATION (Put together all the information)

Have I enough information for my purpose?

Do I need to use all this information?

How can I combine information from different sources?

5. PRESENT THE INFORMATION (Decide how best to present the information)

What will I do with this information?

With whom will I share this information?

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