Task:
Research Questions
1. What has been your own personal experience(s) with this topic?
2. What do you already know about this topic? Where did you get that information?
3. What steps have you taken to discover different viewpoints from your own?
4. What is the value in listening to other positions on this topic?
Preliminary Research Question:
Does this research question open a line of inquiry?
Will this research question add to the academic conversation?
Is this research question objective and unbiased?
trouble getting started? try one of these formulas:
How has __________________________ impacted ______________________?
Where is the common ground between _____________________________ and _______________________?
What is a viable solution to the problem of _________________________________________________?
Why has ____________________________________ been changed by ________________________________?
Use sections College Writing Handbook along with information from LibraryU to develop keywords. Keep track of your keywords here throughout class. Write down the keywords as you use them, and cross out any keywords that are not productive.
Reading notes
Explain how this source provides information that will help you answer your research question.
Summarize the information in your own words. Be complete and specific. Do not copy from the source or its abstract.
Explain how this source provides information that will help you answer your research question.
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