[ PRACTICAL SCHOOL GUIDE ]
Guided research routines
Break research into questions, evidence, interpretation, and revision.
The idea
Break research into questions, evidence, interpretation, and revision.
Classroom example
A student researching a local policy first lists what must be known, opens cited sources, then writes which claim each source supports.
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Use this checklist for guided research routines.
- Require a research question before a search
- Ask students to open and label evidence
- End with a revision note
Build a claim from a passage
A student researching changes in a local habitat should first write a question and identify a source. Ask Nexus to help locate relevant evidence, then open that evidence and describe what it actually says. A confident summary alone is not a source.
Try it with your class
- Write a question narrow enough to answer.
- Read the cited passage in context.
- Record which part supports the claim and which part remains uncertain.
- Write the conclusion in your own words.
Review the result
Ask the student to defend one claim using the original passage without looking at the AI answer. If the citation does not support the claim, revise the claim or find better evidence.