Praxis Core Research Skills Guide: Recognize Information Relevant to a Research Task
A guide to resources for students preparing to take the Praxis Core with a focus on Research Skills for the Writing Test
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 information relevant to a particular research task".
The sample questions & exercises in various Praxis study guides indicate that students should be able to:
- Determine whether a source or a piece of information is directly relevant to a research topic
- Recognize the difference between primary & secondary sources
- A simple definition from Praxis Core for Dummies:
- "A primary source represents original research"
- "A secondary source contains information already compiled by someone else"
- A simple definition from Praxis Core for Dummies:
Selecting Relevant Resources Tutorial
- Selecting Relevant Sources (tutorial)Identifying the relationship between your thesis & your sources
Primary & Secondary Sources Tutorial
Primary vs. Secondary Sources (tutorials)
- Primary & Secondary Sources (tutorial + exercise)From Ithaca College
- Primary & Secondary Sources (tutorial + exercise)From IRIS at Clark U.
- Primary & Secondary Sources: Recognizing the Difference (tutorial)From U. Mass Dartmouth
- Primary & Secondary Sources: Recognizing the Difference (exercise)From U. Mass Dartmouth
Primary vs. Secondary Sources
- Primary, Secondary, & Tertiary SourcesU. of Maryland