Research Skills

An IB ATL Skill

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 Steps to develop Research skills in PYP

Step 5
Title

Step 4 Apply in different

Title situations and make
it public
Step 3 Discuss about the
information
Interpret information
Step 2

Check the reliability

Step 1 of information

Define task and

Collect information

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 Step – 1 Define task …

 Observe your surrounding

 Ask questions for and on everything
 List your questions
 Write what you know and what you want to know.
 Frame a single question which you want to research.

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 Step- 1… Collect information
 Primary source  Secondary source

 Collected first time by researcher  Already collected and produced by others

 More reliable  Less reliable
 Gives on time data  Old data
 Collected by survey, interview,  Collected from government publication,
observation, experiment websites, journals, books, articles.

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Step-2 Check reliability of information
Check-
 Author of information

 Date on which it is published

 Is the same information available on different source?

 Make sure information is unbiased.

 Information collected from survey should include large number

of people.

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Step-3 Interpret the information

 Should consider all possible factors that lead to information

 Try converting collected information into visual form like

tables, graphs, pie charts etc.

 Consider factors that can change the information.

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 Step – 4 Discuss
 The patterns and trends
 The knowledge , experience and skill
 Do peer review

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 Step – 5 Apply in different situation and make it
public

 Confirm to what extent is this research able to answer your question

 Check is the outcome of research applicable to different situations.
 Reflect on your learning
 Present the information to public.

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