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๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ

๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ Senior school projects provide valuable experience of individual research. Successful projects provide students to undertake independent research when they arrive at university. Minerva Tutors have vast experience of independent study and are available to advise students on honing their research skills across a broad range of subjects.

๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐จ๐›๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ Students need to establish the criteria on which they will be basing their final conclusions. They must be aware that emotional bias may cloud their judgements. For example, a geography project on homelessness may become a personal moral plea rather than an academic objective investigation.

๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ง๐๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก? Students should be clear on expectations. Are they expected to undertake original primary research? Or should the research compromise of study of existing resources, that is secondary research?

๐•๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ Using an internet search engine can threw-up a diverse range of sources. Although Wikipedia may appear as a credible source, as anyone may create and edit entries, educationalists question the value of its content.

๐„๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ Students should assess the value and relevance of sources for their particular project. Is the resource dated? Is it likely to have been superseded by more up to date material? What methods did the research utilise to reach its conclusions? Did it take a sufficiently large sample size?

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ Comparing the value of individual sources, for a particular project, is an acquired skill. How does a small local quantitative investigation, conducted with intense academic rigour, compare to a global overview written as an opinion piece for a national newspaper?

๐…๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ž๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐, ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐•๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž ๐–๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ง: Email: valerie.weston@minervatuition.com Phone: +852 6156 5705. We would be delighted to hear from you.

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