Assessing and Scaffolding Research Skills

Research skills are an important facet of being a student in the digital world, and yet these skills are often assessed in very traditional ways. I often see the end product of a research task being assessed; such as students creating a newsletter, writing an essay or completing a presentation. Seldom do teachers try to assess the …

Getting intellectual with your Extended Essay and Google Scholar

Google Scholar is a nice way to search journals and access the most academic forms of research by experts in a particular field. Journals are collections of academic writing, which are very important to students wishing to complete an Extended Essay. They cover very specific concepts, case studies or analyse issues and dissect the knowledge very …