What's in this Guide
This guide was made to assist TCH 204 students in your Group Issue Research Assignment. Please note, this class is taught differently by different professors. Check with your professor to make sure this guide is aligned with your section of the class.
The Group Issue Research Assignment has been broken down with guidance for its main components:
- Assignment DescriptionRead the assignment description to refamiliarize yourself with assignment requirements before moving through the other sections while completing the assignment.
- Selecting a Current IssueGuidance to narrowing your current issue into something appropriate for this assignment.
- Identifying Scholarly SourcesUniversity of British Columbia Library's explanation of scholarly sources, popular sources, and trade sources. As well as a visual made by me depicting a simplified view of the peer-review process.
- Understanding KeywordsAn introduction to the different search strategies often employed in academic databases, including keywords and subject headings.
- Locating Scholarly ResourcesA video introduction/recap to using ERIC Ebsco and ERIC Ovid to discover education journal articles, as well as links to helpful education-focused databases.
- Locating Education DataA series of links for education data sets organized by national-focus or Illinois-focus.
- Questioning your SourcesA visual guiding how you might interrogate resources that you find in order to use them critically.
- Important DocumentsThis page outlines important documents tied to Illinois learning standards and widely accepted frameworks which may be helpful for those enrolled in TCH 204.
