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Independent Research Skills
In four of the CAD courses, students learn how to achieve independence
in their research strategies while working at increasingly complex levels
of interaction with text.
An initially taught and recurrently required strategy is the evaluation
of web sites for
- authenticity
- currency
- legitimacy
- bias
- author affiliation
- traceability
- accuracy
This skill is reinforced throughout four courses so that students
become familiar with the process of questioning the source for its provenance
and reliability.
The next strategy taught to students in CAD courses is the use of resources
in the construction of a working bibliography. The skills needed to
compile a set of useable references include
- critical reading
- using an outline
- using subject indexes
- searching databases
- recognizing likely sources
- building vocabulary
- critical writing
Independent research skills are also supported by courses demanding
that students select their own approach to topics or issues for research.
This is reinforced by encouragement to
- ask their own questions
- establish their own viewpoint
- recognise their own bias
- analyse within a framework of logical reasoning
- attempt to view the issue from another perspective
- recognise that many others have read and written on the issue
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