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These reasoning processes are embedded within the following learning objectives:  \n• Situating – being aware of the context of one’s own as well as others’ perspectives, realizing that individual bias can lead to unfounded assumptions  \n• Choosing – making intentional and purposeful choices, realizing that choices have both intended and unintended consequences  \n• Defending – being able to explain and justify personal choices, logic, line of reasoning, and conclusion  \n• Connecting – seeing similarities within and across disciplines, concepts, and cultures that may at first seem disparate  \nThe AP Capstone Diploma  \nStudents typically take AP Seminar in the 11th grade, followed by AP Research. Students who earn scores of 3 or higher in AP Research and AP Research and on four additional AP Exams of their choosing will receive the AP Capstone Diploma. This signifies their outstanding academic achievement and attainment of college-level academic and research skills. Alternatively, students who earn scores of 3 or higher in AP Seminar and AP Research will receive the AP Research and Research Certificate signifying their attainment of college-level academic and research skills.  \nAP Research: Course Overview  \nAP Research, the second course in the AP Capstone program (AP Seminar is a prerequisite course), allows students to deeply explore an academic topic, problem, issue, or idea of individual interest. Students design, plan, and implement a year-long investigation to address a research question. Through this inquiry, they further the skills they acquired in the AP Seminar course by learning research methodology, employing ethical research practices, and accessing, analyzing, and synthesizing information.  \nThroughout the course, Students reflect on their skill development, document their processes, and curate the artifacts of their scholarly work through a process and reflection portfolio (PREP) . The course culminates in an Academic Paper (AP) of approximately 4,000-5000 words and a Presentation with an Oral Defense (POD) .  \nAll students come to the AP Research course with varied skill sets and abilities, it is necessary to clarify what research really entails and to build competence in dealing with academic and college-level sources (such as peer-reviewed journal articles and research studies; foundational, literary, and philosophical texts; personal sources such as reports, speeches and interviews), and to include the use of artistic works and performances to gain a  \nrich appreciation and understanding of the issues that they will explore in the course. The use of these resources is essential in ensuring students get at the expected rigor of the AP Capstone program generally and the AP Research course specifically. 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