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Step 2: Identify Reasons

Identify possible reasons for the problem you have selected.
To find the most effective strategies, select the reason that best describes your situation, keeping in mind there may be multiple relevant reasons.

Students don’t know how to do research.

Students don’t have the prerequisite knowledge and skills, but think they do.

Students are over-reliant on the free web to satisfy their information needs.

Students are not aware of what is available to them at Carnegie Mellon.

Students’ intellectual development hinders their ability to critically assess information.

Students can’t balance the depth and breadth of information needed to answer a research question.

Students get frustrated with the research process and give up.

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  1. Prior knowledge can help or hinder learning. MORE
  2. Motivation generates, directs, and sustains learning behavior. MORE
  3. The way students organize knowledge determines how they use it. MORE
  4. Meaningful engagement is necessary for deeper learning. MORE
  5. Mastery involves developing component skills and knowledge, and synthesizing and applying them appropriately. MORE
  6. Goal-directed practice and targeted feedback are critical to learning. MORE
  7. Students must learn to monitor, evaluate and adjust their approaches to learning to become self-directed learners. MORE
  8. Students develop holistically and their learning is affected by the social and emotional aspects of the classroom climate. MORE

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