How to do Research For Extended Essay and Theory of Knowledge

There are seven Key Steps for your research.

1. Process of Research.
2. Forming Question for Research.
3. Planning Process.
4. Getting/Finding  your resources
5. Evaluate
6. Organizing
7. Start writing your paper

1. Process of Research:

Source: http://ww2.odu.edu/educ/roverbau/Bloom/blooms_taxonomy.htm

Bloom Taxonomy will be a great help for you if you want to do the research.

• You need to decide the topic.
• Create your Research question.
• Organize the Information.
• Evaluate the resources( See in blog)
• Check, Have you got all the necessary information.(citation: See in blog)
• Create rough draft.
• Check the criteria.

Formulating Your  Research Question:

Specific Research question:

• Your topic should be narrow.
• Question should be open not closed.

Planning Process:

Research should be organize from the start. It will create and give you effective solution.

Getting/ Finding your resources:

Library Resources:

•  Library.

Digital Librarian Service:

Library of Congress

Internet Public Library

You can Ask Question to them Usually Within 5 days they give the answer.

 Search Engines:

Best Search Engines for your research

Evaluate:

Evaluation criteria for world wide web.

Organizing:

Noodletools:

• making and organizing Notes
• outlining
• writing.

a)Memonic

b)Netvibes

Start writing your paper:

You should must use The Extended essay checklist.:

• Research Question
• Approach to the question
• Analysis
• Evaluation
• Conclusion
• Abstract-300 words
• General presentation.

Bibliography: Should be in Howard style of referencing  Format:

• Harvard Referencing

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