Definition: Establish a research question or information need.
| Indicators | Exemplary | Developing | Emergent | Not Evident |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.1 Articulates a research question or information need. | Articulates a specific research question or information need. | Articulates a broad research question or information need. | Unclearly articulates a research question or information need. |
Does not articulate a research question or information need. |
| 1.2 Identifies scope of information to satisfy need. | Identifies the full scope with multiple facets of information needed. | Identifies most of the scope of information needed. | Identifies a limited part of the scope of information needed. | Does not identify the scope of information needed. |
Common Artifacts, Activities, and Tools: Developing a Research Question (video), brainstorming free-write sessions about their topic to develop research question and key words, literature review, annotated bibliography, research proposal, peer review, brainstorm types of sources (primary, secondary, etc.), research output forms.
The following links will take you to online videos and tutorials aligned with the above Outcome that you can ask your students to complete. For many of the tutorials there are accompanying quizzes that we can send you if you would like to use them. Please contact Kelly Delevan (kdeleva@syr.edu) or John Stawarz (jdstawar@syr.edu) if you would like to know more.
These are just a few of the available tutorials/videos. For more, visit: https://researchguides.library.syr.edu/tutorials