As I am continuing my research, I am coming across some great articles that seem very helpful, as well as relevant to my topic. However, what I am noticing is that there are studies done on bullying, but in other countries. One of the things I could not determine, and wanted to discuss it in class, is if it would still be okay to extract the relevant as well as general information about bullying from an article even though the study is conducted in another country. I am concerned that since cultures vary from country to country it would be hard to try to use this source in my research.
One of the things I struggled with this week was trying to define my research question. I am confused about the professor comment that I am turning the paper into a “good or bad” paper. I would like it if she was to elaborate a little on that or even if somebody can clarify that for me, so that I can work towards avoiding it. That being said, I have come up with another research question, it is pretty general for now and I am wondering if it would be okay. My question is What are the effects of bullying on students? Does this sound appropriate? I really am struggling to get this question down so that I can have a better grasp on what I am researching as well as having a more clear focus on the types of articles I need in order to answer the question.
Lastly one of the greatest things so far that I appreciate, is doing the bibliographies now. While I must admit APA citation maybe tedious , I am confident that this step will help me drastically, when constructing my final bibliography, especially because I have had a bad experience in a previous class by procrastinating on the bibliography. Bibliographies take time to construct and therefore doing it during the research process (and not after) is very helpful.
Mariam – This research question is fine, as I have already told you. I wonder why you continue to struggle around it. Perhaps you are not happy with it?
Oh well, that’s perfect then. I was confused when you said your falling into a “good or bad ” argument. So I thought that the question wasn’t okay. Sorry. I am very happy with the question I was just unsure about how you felt about it.
– Thanks