Broad Topic |
Restricted Topic |
Narrowed Topic |
Fishing |
Commercial fishing |
Fishing regulations in New England |
Censorship |
Internet |
Internet in China |
Check to be sure that the research questions meet these criteria:
Research Question |
Example 1: What impact do fishing regulations have on commercial fishing in New England? |
Example 2: How will China’s effort to censor the Internet affect its citizens? |
A. "Developing a Research or Guiding Question" (by Arizona State University): This video will help you understand the difference between a topic and a research question. It will also help you develop good research questions.
B. "Generating and Using Keywords" (by Arizona State University): This video explains how to determine keywords/concepts. It also explains the importance of finding synonyms or related concepts.
1. Create folder (in One Drive, Google Drive, Dropbox...) and title the name of the class.
2. Create another folder inside the class folder. This is where you will:
a. Save your notes (and citations) for the assignment.
b. Save all scanned/electronic sources.
3. Open Word document
a. Give it title related to assignment (e.g. Notes for Climate Change paper)
b. Save in the assignment folder
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