Let’s get some ideas out for a proposal (see course schedule under April 5 for what you have to do). Let’s start thinking about what you might write about for your Research Writing Project.
Read over the Research Writing Project at Blackboard>Submit Assignments>Major Writing Projects>Research Writing Project. Click the attachment under draft 1 (or draft 2, it is the same attachment).
Your task for this research project is to come up with something you want to know more about. It is to ask a genuine question. Here is some great information on research questions from George Mason University’s Writing Center.
The key is to:
- be clear with specifics to understand the purpose of the research
- that it is narrow enough that you can genuinely provide some sort of response to the question in the space of the writing task that you have
- that it is concise enough so you are clear on how to answer it (sometimes if research question is too wordy or complex, it is hard to know how to get started)
- the response to the question cannot be summed up with “yes” or “no”…Ask questions that start with “what, how, why” sort of language.
- it is an arguable question, that it is open to debate and exploration and is not already largely “settled.”
Think back to the four research domains that you can choose from: language, reading, writing, learning and/or career path.
Based on the four possibilities for writing, which one appeals to you the most?
What are 2-3 things you want to know more about within that domain?
What is an example of a research question about one of those things?
Task
Go to our Discord server and under Reading/Writing Discussion, post a response to the following in the text channel # mar-24-research-and-questions:
- One of the four domains you are interested in writing about
- 2-3 things you’d like to learn more about within that domain
- One example of a research question about one of those things
Feel free to read each other’s posts and respond with ideas or suggestions for others to refine questions, ask questions for more information, or offer suggestions for various possible approaches to the paper.
After posting in Discord, click on the button below to continue:
