generate student-selected and teacher-guided questions for formal and informal inquiry;
develop and revise a plan;
refine the major research question, if necessary, guided by the answers to a secondary set of questions;
identify and gather relevant information from a variety of sources;
differentiate between primary and secondary sources;
synthesize information from a variety of sources;
differentiate between paraphrasing and plagiarism when using source materials;
examine sources for:
reliability, credibility, and bias; and
faulty reasoning such as hyperbole, emotional appeals, and stereotype;
display academic citations and use source materials ethically; and
use an appropriate mode of delivery, whether written, oral, or multimodal, to present results.