Unpacked Content
Knowledge
Students know:
- Ethical research practices.
- Strategies to quote, paraphrase, and summarize information from research sources.
- Writing skills to integrate research findings from multiple source types.
- Recognized citation style guides, such as MLA and APA.
- Different disciplines have different style guides.
Skills
Students are able to:
- Source research information in an ethical manner.
- Integrate research information from at least three varying sources into a writing product.
- Quote, paraphrase, and summarize information from research sources.
- Cite sources by using an appropriate use style guide.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- Incorporating multiple sources of information into a research project can increase its effectiveness.
- Particular citation styles exist to support the integration of outside information into one's writing.
- There are different ways to use outside information, from quoting directly, to summarizing and paraphrasing ideas.
- Following a style guide to incorporate research data is necessary for effective academic and workplace texts.
Vocabulary
- Ethically-acquired information
- Visual source
- Statistical source
- Research product
- Quoting
- Paraphrasing
- Summarizing
- Citation practices
- Style guide
