English 9.8

9.8 The student will use print, electronic databases, online resources, and other media to access information to create a research product.

a) Use technology as a tool for research to organize, evaluate, and communicate information.

b) Narrow the focus of a search.

c) Find, evaluate, and select appropriate sources to access information and answer questions.

d) Verify the validity and accuracy of all information.

e) Make sense of information gathered from diverse sources by identifying misconceptions, main and supporting ideas, conflicting information, point of view or bias.

f) Credit the sources of quoted, paraphrased, and summarized ideas.

g) Cite sources of information using a standard method of documentation such as that of the Modern Language Association (MLA) or the American Psychological Association (APA).

h) Define the meaning and consequences of plagiarism and follow ethical and legal guidelines for gathering and using information.