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Unit 1 – Question and Explore
1.1 Identifying a problem or issue and developing a question about it
1.2 Finding and organizing the information you need to answer the question
1.3 Evaluating the sources of information you use
1.4 Looking at the problem or issue from different perspectives
Unit 2 – Understand and Analyze
2.1 Reading critically for a purpose
2.2 Big Idea 2 Overview
2.3 Evaluating the evidence an author uses to support their argument
Unit 3 – Evaluate Multiple Perspectives
3.1 Identifying, comparing, and interpreting different perspectives on, or arguments about, an issue
3.2 Evaluating objections, implications, and limitations of different perspectives or arguments
Unit 4 – Synthesize Ideas
4.1 Formulating a well-reasoned argument
4.2 Using data and information from various sources to develop and support an argument
4.3 Linking evidence to claims
4.4 Offering resolutions, conclusions, or solutions based on evidence
Unit 5 – Team, Transform, and Transmit
5.1 Planning, producing, and revising a research paper while considering audience, context, and purpose
5.2 Presenting an argument for context, purpose, and/or audience
5.3 Reflecting on one’s own and others’ writing, thinking, and creative processes
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Ability to investigate
Abstract
Academic Paper
Acknowledgement of complexity
ACS (American Chemical Society)
Aesthetic Rationale
AMA (American Medical Association)
AMS (American Mathematical Society)
Annotating
AP Capstone
AP Digital Portfolio
AP Research Rubric
AP Seminar
APA
Authorial bias
B
Biases and Assumptions
Bibliography
Bibliography/Works Cited
Big-R Research
Boolean Operators
C
Chicago Style
Citation Style
Coding
Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT)
College Board
College Board's AP Research CED
Commentary
Competing Perspectives
Conclusion and Future Directions
Confidentiality
Content analyses
Context
Context of the Argument/Paper/Artistic Work
Conventions of grammar, style, mechanics, and word precision
Credibility
D
Data Analysis
Data Collection
Data/Results
Deductive reasoning
Design Elements
Discipline
Discipline Appropriate
Discussion, Analysis, and/or Evaluation
E
EBSCO
Essential Questions
Ethical experimentation
Evaluating Evidence
Experiments
Expert Adviser
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Feasibility
Findings
Formal Literature Review
Further Research
Future research
G
Gap Identification
Google Forms
Guided Contemplation
H
Highlighting
Hypothesis
I
Implications
Implications to the Community of Practice
In-text Citations
Inductive reasoning
Inquiry and Investigation
Inquiry Proposal Form
Introduction
J
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
Journal Writing
K
Key Term: Synthesize
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Limitations
Limitations of the Argument's Research
Limitations of the Conclusion
Limitations of your method or data
Line of Reasoning
Literature Review
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