Marymount

• formulate an appropriate inquiry or research question and provide context for it;
• gather, evaluate, and use information or knowledge needed to support the inquiry topic, often through a literature search;
• formulate a methodology to examine the question;
• conduct research to answer the question, making appropriate connections among ideas and drawing conclusions; and
• formally present the results of the inquiry project in a written product.

Questions, information-gathering, methodology, projects, and products advance in complexity as students move from second-year through senior year.