Research Process Workshop Assessment

The purpose of this assessment is to gather feedback from students in order to improve the presentation and material for future workshops. Please complete the short questionnaire as your feedback is important to us. Your responses are anonymous and will be kept confidential.

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* 1. Why would you perform PREsearch for background information on your topic?

To learn key concepts and related subtopics that you might want to focus on in your research project.

To learn the vocabulary of your topic, which can be useful as you search for information sources.

To develop a working knowledge of your topic.

All of the above.

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* 2. Your assignment is to write a speech about energy costs. Which of the following is a better way to narrow the speech topic?

Focus on a specific social group (example: energy costs AND families)

Focus on a specific sub-topic (example: energy costs AND solar power)

Focus on a geographic location (example: energy costs AND California)

All the techniques listed above would narrow the topic

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* 3. Your assignment is to learn more about "how city governments can use renewable energy to improve their operating budgets."

Which are the best search terms (or key words) to try in a database search?

renewable energy, city governments

renewable energy, city governments, budgets

renewable energy, use, budgets

renewable energy, improve, operating

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* 4. What do you now know about the research process
that you did not know at the start of the workshop?

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* 5. What is your gender?

Female

Male

Non-binary

Decline to state

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* 6. What is your race or ethnicity?

Asian

American Indian or Alaska Native

Black or African American

Hispanic or Latino

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Middle Eastern or North African

White - Armenian

White - European

Other (not listed)

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* 7. Which of the following groups do you identify with? (Choose as many as applicable)

Receive financial aid

Foster youth

Students with disability

Veterans

None of the above

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* 1. Why would you perform PREsearch for background information on your topic?

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* 2. Your assignment is to write a speech about energy costs. Which of the following is a better way to narrow the speech topic?

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* 3. Your assignment is to learn more about "how city governments can use renewable energy to improve their operating budgets." Which are the best search terms (or key words) to try in a database search?

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* 4. What do you now know about the research process that you did not know at the start of the workshop?

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* 5. What is your gender?

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* 6. What is your race or ethnicity?

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* 7. Which of the following groups do you identify with? (Choose as many as applicable)

* 3. Your assignment is to learn more about "how city governments can use renewable energy to improve their operating budgets."

Which are the best search terms (or key words) to try in a database search?

* 4. What do you now know about the research process
that you did not know at the start of the workshop?