Students' experiences of "researching" in different subjects

Abstract

While a wide variety of activities can contribute to students' experiences of carrying out research, comments from secondary school students involved in the Learning Curves project suggest that many of them may conceptualise the process as one of "information retrieval and repackaging". Their experience may be that research is just another project, for which they are not taught the necessary skills. This article begins a series exploring issues relating to what students can learn about and through doing their own research.

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Hipkins, R. (2005). Students’ experiences of “researching” in different subjects. Set: Research Information for Teachers, 1, 18–22. https://doi.org/10.18296/set.0605
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