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ALP Level 3 Chapter 1: The Research Process

Prof. Annemarie Roscello

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Dr. Annemarie Roscello
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The Research Process

 

The purpose of research is to learn and grow.  Although the research process is complex, it can be broken down into four areas.

Think - What interests me? What would I like to know?

Create - Gather information appropriate to the task, and determine what you don't know.

Share - Communicate what you have learned, and your creation of new knowledge. This can be a research paper, presentation, or discussion.  How have you shared information in the past?

Grow - Reflect on what you learned and where you did well in the research process.  What would you change?  You now know more than you did before.

 

A Map is Only One Story - Chapter 1 Why We Cross the Border at El Paso by Victoria Blanco

For this assignment, you will engage with library databases to find articles and statistics, in addition to government websites.  

The connection between your information resources is important to the research process therefore you must decide what information is important to include, and what is not.

Each step is guided and demonstrates what to do and how a researcher thinks during the research process.

A Map Is Only One Story: Twenty Writers on Immigration, Family, and the  Meaning of Home by Nicole Chung | Goodreads

 

Dr. Kate McGivern

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