Focusing Research Topics Workshop (Online Adaptation)

Learning goals

At the close of the Focusing Research Topics workshop, students will be able to:

Sufficiently narrow a broad topic, and identify the criteria for recognizing when such a topic has been articulated.
Articulate analytical, researchable questions about a focused topic.
Name a variety of motivating purposes for research, such as the creation of a new process; the clarification or complication of previous understanding; the illumination of a contemporary issue; or the replication of earlier, preliminary findings.

Materials

For facilitators

Facilitator slides

For students

Handout 1: Strategies for narrowing a topic

Reference Sheet: Identifying a research question with significance

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