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How ERIC can help you write a research paper

The tools available on the ERIC website at eric.ed.gov can help you find the articles you need to write an education-focused research paper. This video walks you through the process of writing a research paper using ERIC. Since there are multiple ways to navigate ERIC, we show various techniques to help you find high-quality resources on a topic. The video provides step-by-step instruction on how to narrow your topic, use search filters, and take advantage of the ERIC Thesaurus to target specific resources. The video also provides guidance on how to identify and select the most relevant and rigorous articles for your paper.

Keywords:: Education -- Periodicals Educational Resources Information Center (U.S.) Report writing Education -- Research
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What is a scholarly journal article?

Chances are you'll need to find a scholarly journal article for a research paper or project in the near future. But, wait, what is a "scholarly journal article?" How is it different from a popular source like a newspaper or magazine article? Let's reduce the confusion on scholarly journal articles. Scholarly journals enable scholars -- experts in a particular academic field -- to communicate their research with other experts in that field through publishing articles and to stay current by reading about other scholars' work. Consequently, scholarly journals create a community of scholars who are all participating in a kind of "conversation" in that academic field. Rather than a face-to-face conversation, this is a formal conversation, which takes place over months and years through written documents. The most important part of this long term written conversation - what makes it a “scholarly” conversation, as opposed to popular - is what's called the “peer review process.” The peer review process works like this: in order for a scholar to get published in a scholarly journal, his or her expert peers must read their work and critique it. These “peer reviewers” make sure that the scholar has cited the appropriate experts in the discipline, made valid and well-supported arguments, and has written the article on a topic that is appropriate for that particular journal. This rigorous evaluation process ensures that scholarly work meets a higher standard than popular publications. So, why is this important for you? First, the information in a scholarly text has been rigorously evaluated, so it is more reliable and credible than information in popular sources. Second, reading scholarly journal articles for your papers or projects can give you insight into the ways of thinking of experts in that field. Finally, every scholarly text has extensive bibliographies that introduce you to important texts in the field, which can help you extend your research in that area. When you read the articles and books the scholar cited in her article, you are taking part in the scholarly conversation.

Keywords:: Scholarly periodicals Scholarly publishing
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Education encyclopedia

A subject encyclopedia contains articles (some short, some long) on the theories, events and thinkers that sum up the available literature about a discipline. Articles are arranged in alphabetical order.Indexes in the back of the encyclopedia can help you to determine if the encyclopedia contains an article on your topic, or if your topic is covered within an essay on a related topic. In this slide, here are some examples of subject encyclopedias that may available in your university library.

Keywords:: Encyclopedias Education Encyclopedias dictionaries
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Insights from an award-winning academic - what do we need to pay attention to when using publisher's material in our lesson?

In this video, Prof. Christina Yu, Associate Vice President (Student Learning) at The Education University of Hong Kong, shares her fascinating insights into seeking, evaluating information for a lesson plan. In this video, Prof. Yu has to say about the following aspects: what do we need to pay attention to when using publisher's material in our lesson?

Keywords:: Information resources Lesson planning Teaching Planning
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Insights from an award-winning academic - the importance of lesson plan

In this video, Prof. Christina Yu, Associate Vice President (Student Learning) at The Education University of Hong Kong, shares her fascinating insights into seeking, evaluating information for a lesson plan. In this video, Prof. Yu has to say about the following aspects: Why is it important to have a lesson plan?

Keywords:: Lesson planning Teaching Planning
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Insights from an award-winning academic - Lesson plan

In this video, Prof. Christina Yu, Associate Vice President (Student Learning) at The Education University of Hong Kong, shares her fascinating insights into seeking, evaluating information for a lesson plan. In this video, Prof. Yu has to say about the following aspects: (1)What is a lesson plan? (2) What are the essential questions that we need to bear in mind when planning a lesson?

Keywords:: Lesson planning Teaching Learning Psychology of
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What is your usual practices to kick-start the lesson plan?

In this exercise, a team of students listed out a number of tasks that they have to complete when preparing the lesson plan. Which of the following task will be listed as the top priority on your to-do list? Will you start searching at this moment?

Keywords:: Lesson planning Teaching Information literacy
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