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Dan Russell writes: "There’s a difference between knowing that something exists, being able to find it rapidly with a moment’s worth of research, and then being able to pull together multiple sources of information into a coherent analysis.
In particular, the research skills gap is growing. Students (and teachers, and for that matter, employees) who are able to do rapid and accurate research on a topic have a substantial advantage in getting things done and deepening their understanding.
What’s more, there’s an unexpected second-order effect: those that have developed and sharpened their research skills can grow those research skills over time, increasingly widening the gap from their peers who haven’t mastered that self-teaching nuance. Having research skills isn’t just an optional part of your education—they’re essential. Especially once you know how to do the research to upgrade your research skills."
Via Mary Reilley Clark, Elizabeth E Charles
I learn so much reading Dan's blog! I'll be sharing this with teachers and students. Being able to Google a fact and being able to dig deeper to find the best resources and increase understanding is like the difference between knowing a tomato is a fruit, and knowing not to put it in a fruit salad. (Or better yet, knowing that in the United States we don't do that. In South Korea, cherry tomatoes in bingsu are a real treat!)