The private and public sectors consume and create carefully written research. Feasibility studies, like the possibility of marketing sausage casings in India, laboratory or field research, inquiries to determine educational, political, or banking policies—all are formats of the research paper that organizations use to make critical decisions.

Teachers as research paper coaches can explore their students’ understanding, interpretation, and synthesis of their reading, discuss their choice of sources and note taking strategies, evaluate their work incrementally, and model ethical paraphrasing and summary skills.

need to be a major conversation throughout the curriculum.

note taking lies in the learning process

The Librarian Can Be A Life-Long Resource

increasingly complex texts pro-ficiently and independently.

edefining high-level, thought-provoking instruction as the norm for all students in all schools.