What Are the 6 Research Skills You Need to Know?

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6 Research Skills Your Students Need

Ask Good Questions

To be a good researcher, you need to ask the right questions. But how do you know what the right questions are?

You should start by analyzing your research topic and determining key terms, figures, and themes. From there, you can begin to think about your research question.

You should also create an outline of your research paper. This will help you determine how your paper should be structured, which in turn will help you to create a good question.

Learn How to Organize Your Paper

If you don’t know how to organize your paper, it’s going to be a lot harder to write it. 

You’ll have trouble knowing where to put what information, and that will just lead to frustration – and an unfinished paper. 

So, make sure you’ve got this one under control before you start working on anything else.

Go Beyond the Surface

As you can see from the examples above, there is much more to research than just finding a few good sources. 

You need to be able to understand and analyze those sources, and that requires a certain amount of intellectual rigor. And that’s what your students need, too.

A good researcher is someone who can take information from the world around them and transform it into knowledge. And that’s what we want our students to do, too.

Be Patient

Like full-grown people, students sometimes want to rush the process of research. They want to get the paper done as quickly as possible, and they want to be done with it.

But that’s not how good research works. 

Research is a process, not a product. You can’t just sit down and write a good research paper – you need to give yourself time to think about it, process your ideas, and develop your work into a final product.

Be an Active Thinker

When it comes to research, students don’t always understand that there is a difference between reading and thinking. 

Students often focus on doing the most reading possible, but they don’t think about what they’re reading. And without thinking, you can’t do good research. 

So make sure your students know how important this skill is!

The Value of Having Research Skills

Some people think that being a good researcher means that you are just a good reader—but it’s not so!

If you are a good researcher, it’s because you understand how to analyze information, and how to write about it. 

That’s why doing research the right way is so important. And that’s why it’s important to teach your students how to do it.

Wrapping Up

In this article, we discussed how to teach your students the skills they need to do good research. 

These skills can help your students in any class, so make sure you pass them along!

Do you have any questions? Leave a comment below or watch the video to learn more.