Knowledge Rush
Research Behaviors

 

 

Clever Cover Syndrome
Symptoms

You're curious and interested in your topic.

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You're more interested in making your report cover or slideshow look clever and cute.

You're looking for answers to questions that have always made you wonder… Arrow You are bored with your topic.
You have genuine questions after reading about your topic. Arrow Your only question is, "How fast can I get this done?"
You develop your own ideas, opinions, and solutions. Arrow You have no opinions because the topic does not matter to you.
You don't get lost in piles of useless information, because you have real purpose for your research. You know what you need! Arrow You think that a longer report is better and that the teacher won't notice if you write bigger or use a larger font.
You don't waste time. You know that some information is just 3 minutes away in your library's current world almanac, and most likely, 300 hits away on the Internet. Let me guess…You go to the almanac. Arrow You're staring at page after page of hits from a search engine, wondering what to do next.
You're picky about information. You can tell the bad information from the good information. (You'll be an expert on this next week!) Arrow You take information from the first site that pops up on the search engine.
You're excited and want to share your information with others. Arrow You're excited about getting the assignment turned in on time.
You continue studying your topic and following it in the news because you want to learn more. Arrow You only want to learn more about sleep, because you stayed up so late the night before the report was due.
You're proud of the information you've gathered. Arrow You're afraid the teacher will discover that you have copied the information.

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