What Students Say About Research
What an eyeful . . In addition, check out these 12 adjectives students commonly use to describe how they feel about research assignments:
- fear
- angst
- tired
- dread
- excited
- anxious
- annoyed
- stressed
- disgusted
- intrigued
- confused &
- overwhelmed
You'll note only 2 of these are remotely positive--let's listen to what else they have to say about research projects:
PIL: Research Assignment Handout Study
Supporting Handouts:
- Rubric to Evaluate Sample Research Assignment HandoutAn invaluable tool, based on data from a nation-wide study by Project Information Literacy, to help faculty design effective research assignments.
Handouts to support your source based research assignment creation:
- Planning Checklist: Research AssignmentA quick planning guide for any research assignment
- Bridging the Information Literacy Gap--A Quick OverviewPIL broken down into readable chunks
- Keys to Designing Effective WritingVariety of working projects to model
- What Students Don't KnowEye opening article from Inside Higher Ed
Project Information Literacy
Project Information Literacy is a national study about early adults and their information-seeking behaviors, competencies, and the challenges they face when conducting research in the digital age--to check out the PIL website just use this link.