New this year to ISP has been the research course -- required for all of our diploma programme juniors.  The new course addresses how to begin the research process, how to inquire, how to research deeply, and how to add to the academic discourse in their subject area.  Students are more engaged in this than I have ever seen anyone be in the research process! 
   
    Seniors are complaining that they didn't have a research course!
    A junior taking the class said, "I used to hate EBSCO [a da...
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9th grade history classes came in on week one for a research refresher course--preparing them for a heavy year of research ahead!

We reviewed how to search, where to search, our new databases, what makes a good source, plagiarism, and citation. The students were excited and surprised that the work we did in 8th grade was already coming in handy in high school.  Nice job 9th grade!

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