Considering a research paper for freshman and sophomores? Here's a template designed to meet the W.9-10.7 and 8 Common Core writing standards. Writers outline their research question, claims, counterarguments, support, commentary, and...

Eleventh graders formulate their own research questions, explore and locate information, assess their findings, and present their information.

Jamie McKenzie's book, Beyond Technology: Questioning, Research and the Information Literate School, emphasizes the need to teach children to ask important questions, then research the answers, instead of just learning information...