Susan K. Johnsen, Ph.D., is professor emerita of the Department of Educational Psychology at Baylor University. Kathryn L. Johnson teaches in the School of Education at the University of Rhode Island. With a lifelong love of literature and language, Kay is a writer, a calligrapher, and a bookbinder of original, one-of-a-kind books. She lives in rural Rhode Island with her husband and two teenage sons. This is her fourth publication with Prufrock Press.

• Chapter 1 Introduction: Beginning My Independent Study; Chapter 2 Selecting My Topic; Chapter 3 Organizing My Topic; Chapter 4 Asking Questions; Chapter 5 Using a Study Method; Chapter 6 Collecting Information; Chapter 7 Developing a Product; Chapter 8 Presenting Information; Chapter 9 Evaluating My Independent Study