🔍AP Research

Big Idea 1 Overview: Question and Explore

Identifying a problem or issue and developing a question about it

Finding and organizing the information you need to answer the question

Evaluating the sources of information you use

Looking at the problem or issue from different perspectives

Big Idea 2 Overview: Understand and Analyze

Reading critically for a purpose

Explaining and analyzing the line of reasoning of an argument

Evaluating the evidence an author uses to support their argument

Assessing potential resolutions, conclusions, or solutions raised by an argument

Big Idea 3 Overview: Evaluate Multiple Perspectives

Identifying, comparing, and interpreting different perspectives on, or arguments about, an issue

Evaluating objections, implications, and limitations of different perspectives or arguments

Big Idea 4 Overview: Synthesize Ideas

Formulating a well-reasoned argument

Using data and information from various sources to develop and support an argument

Linking evidence to claims

Offering resolutions, conclusions, or solutions based on evidence

Big Idea 5 Overview: Team, Transform, and Transmit

Planning, producing, and revising a research paper while considering audience, context, and purpose

Presenting an argument for context, purpose, and/or audience

Reflecting on one’s own and others’ writing, thinking, and creative processes

Academic Paper: Introduction

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Academic Paper: Discussion and Analysis

Academic Paper: Conclusion

Academic Paper: Bibliography and Citation Styles

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