Praxis Core Research Skills Guide: Recognize Effective Research Strategies
A guide to resources for students preparing to take the Praxis Core with a focus on Research Skills for the Writing Test
Using Boolean Search Operators
Research Process
- How to ResearchRed Deer College
- Research Steps: an IntroductionU. of Maryland
Choosing a Topic
- Choosing a TopicFrom Ithaca College
- Choose and Explore a Topic (tutorial + quiz)From IRIS (Clark College)
Boolean Operators Tutorials
- Searching Effectively Using AND, OR, and NOT (tutorial)From Colorado State U.
- Boolean Operators (Prezi)From College of Southern Maryland
- Using Boolean Terms: AND, OR, NOTFrom U. Mass Dartmouth
Generating Search Terms
Searching Practice
- Keyword Searching in Library Databases: Some Practice ExercisesFrom U. of Missouri-St. Louis
- Search Strategies (tutorial + quiz)From IRIS at Clark U.
Praxis Study Guides
The descriptive information about the Core Academic Skills for Educators: Writing section of the Praxis Core includes the expectation that students will be able to "recognize effective research strategies".
The study guides that we have explored do not include any questions on search strategies, however, this does not mean that such questions will not show up on the Praxis Core Writing Test when you take it.
It is recommended that you review the research strategies on this guide in preparation for the test.