Model your research process in your own teaching.
- Conduct a pre-assessment of your students’ research skills. …
- Teach research skills. …
- Clearly articulate your expectations. …
- Articulate assignment requirements in detail. …
- Partner with the library. …
- Model your research process in your own teaching.
Likewise, people ask, how do you teach students to write an essay?
Use individual meetings, short, in-class writing exercises or small-group activities to make sure students can articulate what their paper will accomplish (describe, compare/contrast, explain, argue) and to what standard. Second, guide students in selecting and analyzing primary and secondary source material.