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is the gathering of information to answer a question and thereby
solve a problem.
Again, What
is Research?
It is the process of
relying on information transmitted by others,
but only YOU will decide how to interpret, evaluate and organize
the information.
I have never been to the planet Venus, but I know it exists. Based
on the findings of others I know it:
- is the hottest planet
in our solar system
- has no natural satellites
- is slightly smaller
than Earth (.815)
- was visited on the
same day by a Soviet probe and an American probe
- is thought to have
been formed at the same time and by the same process as Earth
So, What is the
Question?
When your teachers
ask you to do a research paper, they are asking for more then
just a summary of the facts. They want you to recognize a question
that is significant to you, something that you want to resolve.
And as you search for answers, you will become a researcher in
training.
The question
a researcher might ask is:
If Earth and Venus
are thought to have been formed at the same time and by the same
process, why are they so different?
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