Creating A Research Question
Preparing to write a research question
Begin with supporting questions, or what we call "skinny" questions - often begin with "when", "who", "where", "how many".
These are factual questions that will give you background on your topic.
What makes a good research question?
Begin with supporting questions, or what we call "skinny" questions - often begin with "when", "who", "where", "how many".
These are factual questions that will give you background on your topic.
What makes a good research question?
- you don't already know the answer to the question
- it has more than one possible answer
- aim for "fat" questions - cannot be answered in one word or sentence, make you think of other questions, often begin with "why", "how", "which"
- avoid "skinny" questions for your main question
What Makes a Good Investigation Question?
A good investigation question is
A good investigation question is
- Focused on a specific aspect of a larger topic (not too big!)
- Researchable and open-ended
- NOT a yes/no question
- NOT a question where you can find the answer by doing a simple search online
- Interesting to you
Posing Inquiry Questions
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Question Brainstormer
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