Phase 2 Objectives
By the end of Phase 2, students should be able to:
- Pose and refine significant inquiry questions to help them direct their research
- Consider how their values, beliefs, and prior knowledge influence their response to an inquiry question
- Conduct effective research into an issue, using library resources such as SAGE, Lexis-Nexis, Academic Search Premier, and other databases
- Conduct effective field research
- Write an annotated bibliography of research into a specific issue
- Write an inquiry essay that examines their research and thinking process, and shows how they came to discover their position on an issue; this will include why they chose the particular question and where they may have stood on the question prior to research as well as any other influential factors.
- Write an effective argument in an academic context
- Document sources using MLA in-text citation and works cited