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OAE Integrated Social Studies (025) Exam 100% VerifiedIdentifying a Topic - ANSWER The preliminary stage of gathering information for
practical use.
1st- pre-read background information to pinpoint areas that are of interest or for further
research. Student should not have a biased view on subject.
2nd- Pinpoint a research question and start taking notes
Organizing Notes - ANSWER Must have explicit system to locate the source of
information.
Footnotes or Bibliography - ANSWER Everything that is not one's own must be credited
in either footnotes or a bibliography. General source bibliographies may be used to
provide more specificity to information.
Working Outline - ANSWER The thesis statement prepared should be here. This also
includes concepts with the research and citations. The outline must be revised for
coherence, style, flow, and content.
Formulation Research Questions or Hypotheses - ANSWER The process of finding
questions to answer that have not yet been asked.
1st- Read the background information. Reading about how other people have addressed
the question helps identify well known areas.
Identifying Main Ideas in a Document - ANSWER Main ideas are often found in the topic
sentence (first or second sentence in a paragraph).
Common Theme - ANSWER When the topic sentence does not indicate a main idea, read
all sentences and identify commonalities.
Electronic Resources - ANSWER The fastest, easiest way to obtain background
information. It can aid in providing primary source multimedia video, audio, or other
,visual information that may not be available in print. The source of electronic
information is important because this information is not always properly screened.
Periodicals - ANSWER Provide current information on social science event, but must be
screened for bias.
Encyclopedia - ANSWER Ideal to get background information on a topic. They provide
an overview of the topic and link to additional topics. Sometimes prove to be more useful
than the internet because they provide clear and concise overview of materials.
Bibliography - ANSWER Bound collection of references to periodicals and books,
organized topics. Provide students with a branch of networks to begin research.
Almanacs - ANSWER Volumes of facts published annually. Often helpful to support
arguments made by other resources and do not provide interpretation of their own.
Primary Sources - ANSWER Describe an event first hand by those who experienced it in
some way, letters, interviews, speeches, art work. They are useful because they contain
not only the facts but also circumstances surrounding that fact.
Secondary Resources - ANSWER They provide insight into an event but were not written
during the actual time of the happening of the event. They obtain their information from
primary sources. They have an added advantage in that they add various perspectives
of the event and results.
Analyzing the Order of Events - ANSWER This involves not only examining the event
itself but events prior and following. This puts events into perspective.
Organizing Information Chronologically - ANSWER All events must be associated with a
date or time. The events are organized in order according to their date/time. In the
social sciences, chronological organization is the most simple form of organizing
information.
, Cause and Effect Relationships - ANSWER Connects an event and what occurred
(effect) due to another event (cause). Effect always comes after the cause.
Comparing Similarities and Differences - ANSWER Mentally placing two concepts side
by side and listing the ways they are the same and they are different. Often done with a
Ven diagram.
Facts - ANSWER True statements that everyone agrees on. Fact Based Passages
include certainty grounded words like is, did, or saw.
Opinions ANSWER These are viewpoints that vary on matters of taste or preference.
Opinion statements contain words that show possibility rather than certainty such as
would, should, or believe.
Guided Questions ANSWER A list developed to help students determine if found
information is adequate, relevant and reliable. Guided questions are constructed based
on research goals. The research objectives must be written in an outline or concept
map.
Draw a Conclusion This has to be completed when working on a research paper. The
students research question will guide them in it.
Generalization Blanket statements that are relevant for a wide number of examples.
They are related to conclusions but are not required to summarize the information as
deep.
Map Legend An area that provided interpretation such as the kay, the scale and how to
interpret the map.
Map Key - ANSWER The part of a map which explains the meaning of the various
symbols, abbreviations and color used on it.
Map Scale - ANSWER A Device on the map legend that indicates how much the distance
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