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| Andrea Boone (@Boonebraska) |
When your teacher announces a research project you know what to do! You quickly open your laptop and Google, then copy information found online and paste it in your research paper.
It's very unsophisticated! However, let's pause for a minute and reflect on how the research process is different from a book report.
A report is a review of what others have written or spoken about a topic. They may describe what they have observed, heard, done, or investigated, and present a summary of arguments of other authors on the topic. A report is a description and communication of what others had said. You present a book report or make a lab report to describe what was read or steps were taken.
When you're assigned a research you are asked to answer a question or solve a problem. This task is deeper than just finding what others had said. You are expected to think and investigate on the subject to discover or revise facts and their applications to real life. It always requires fact-finding and their evaluation, examination, and analysis.
You then present the results of the research and your ideas in a structured research paper where you review the materials written about a topic, draw your own conclusions, and argue your point.
Knowing the difference between a report, research and learning how to present the results in writing is the first step toward making your research an A+ paper. Start it right!
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