English Language Arts, Standard F: Research & Inquiry
Performance Standards - Grade 12

By the end of grade twelve, students will:

F.12.1 Conduct research and inquiry on self-selected or assigned topics, issues, or problems and use an appropriate form to communicate their findings.

• Formulate questions addressing issues or problems that can be answered through a well defined and focused investigation
• Use research tools found in school and college libraries, take notes, collect and classify sources, and develop strategies for finding and recording information
• Conduct interviews, taking notes or recording and transcribing oral information, then summarizing the results
• Develop research strategies appropriate to the investigation, considering methods such as questionnaires, experiments, and field studies
• Organize research materials and data, maintaining a note-taking system that includes summary, paraphrase, and quoted material
• Evaluate the usefulness and credibility of data and sources by applying tests of evidence, including bias, position, expertise, adequacy, validity, reliability, and date
• Analyze, synthesize, and integrate data, drafting a reasoned report that supports and appropriately illustrates inferences and conclusions drawn from research
• Present findings in oral and written reports, correctly citing sources

Content Standard F