College is not the first time students are assigned a research paper. Any time something is being taught, there is a particular language or terminology that accompanies the subject matter. I have learned that some people suggest that students lack research skills and need more assistance from teacher. These people argue that obtaining proper research skills is recognized by ones understanding of literacy terms in relation to researching.
While I agree it is an issue that students do not know basic researching terms, I do not believe that it determines whether one can properly research or not. I don’t think educators should simply ensure students have the means and capabilities to research, rather than criticizing student’s research by calling it improper because it is not identical to the methods they would have used.
Personally, I think that if college aged students have much bigger problems than researching skills if they cannot figure out the meaning of a word. People should be more focused on addressing students’ laziness and inability to ask for help. It is pretty ridiculous if they cannot see how it is easy enough for students to raise their hand, and ask a teacher to remind them what the meaning is of the word(s) being used. Also, students can simply ask a classmate or even search a dictionary, textbook, or the Internet to discover what the term means. Like cmon now, its not that hard to put a little work and effort in…
