Research Skills: Grade 12

By the end of grade 12, students will:

Inquiry and Research: Reasoning

recognize the importance of taking time to internalize questions and findings at all stages of the process
select archival material and government documents
select journals and abstracts
deconstruct an argument to determine original principles
analyse both inductive and deductive arguments and evaluate the logic of their conclusions
recognize and integrate the learning styles of others in research and problem solving
foresee consequences and implications of personal research

Inquiry and Research: Organizing

identify how resources are classified within different classification systems
visit a variety of physical and virtual libraries and describe their features
use specialized indexes such as a newspaper, journal, and trade indexes to prepare for post-secondary employment and education
create precis
create relational databases and output information in a variety of ways
distinguish between MLA and APA bibliographic conventions
use conventions of editiing and revising print, media and electronic texts such as proofreader's marks and director's cues

Inquiry and Research: Communicating

use a variety of seminar strategies to explore ideas during the research
conduct an electronic conference to collect ideas from a wide variety of student and expert participants
use precis in peer and teacher conferencing to check progress
extend presentations to a variety of communities for authentic performance

Inquiry and Research: Applying

identifying the strengths and weaknesses in knowledge and experience prior to task
use controlled vocabulary for subject searching
locate archival and government documents
use free text searching of online resources
extend insights and opinions from findings
make judgments and draw conclusions to solve problems
transfer conclusion reached in one context to another context, e.g from the arts to the sciences