Today we discussed the research process, including needs assessment, preliminary strategies, and topic development. As you know, your research topic proposal is due next Wednesday — please get in touch if you want to discuss your ideas.
On Monday 3/19, we’ll continue our discussion of the research process, including refining a research topic and creating search strategies to locate relevant, accurate, current information. Please read Badke Appendix 1 pp. 177-195 and review Badke Ch. 3 pp. 34-41.
Starting now, some of your blog posts will take the form of a research journal. For Monday, please address these questions in one 100-word blog post:
You are working on choosing a topic and developing a research question for your paper. What difficulties (if any) have you encountered as you work on your research proposal?
What strategies (if any) have you used successfully during this work?
What questions (if any) do you have about the assignment?
Slides from today are available here.
Enjoy the weekend — and again, don’t hesitate to get in touch with questions about the research topic proposal.
~Prof. L.
