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Research Project Calculator

	Step 1: Question What do you know about your assignment? What do you know about your topic? What do you want to know? What's the question or problem you will focus on? By Saturday Mar 7, 2009 Write a specific research question or hypothesis.
	Step 2: Gather About this step Where will you look for information? What search tools will you use to find the best information to answer your question? What keywords will you use? How will you identify the best sources? How will you record what you find? How will you give credit to your sources? By Tuesday Mar 17, 2009 Create an annotated bibliography and record notes from sources.
	Step 3: Conclude What did you learn from reading, listening, and viewing? How will you organize the information you found to answer your question or defend your hypothesis? By Sunday Mar 22, 2009 Confirm thesis and outline main points.
	Step 4: Communicate Written Essay Draft text and create visuals Revise text and insert visuals Edit Print final paper By Friday Mar 27, 2009 Prepare final essay
	Step 5: Evaluate How did you do? How can you improve next time? By Monday Mar 30, 2009 Complete evaluation of process and product

The Research Project Calculator is a project funded jointly by MINITEX and MnLINK to develop Cool Tools for Minnesota secondary school students and their teachers. It is based on the original Assignment Calculator from the University of Minnesota Libraries.

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Research Project Calculator