Research Topic and Question
GEN103: Information Literacy
Refer to Module 1.3 of your textbook as you complete this assignment.
In the box below, provide a 2-3 sentence description of your research topic and how it is related to your major. You may refer to the GEN103 Possible Topics for Research handout in the classroom for research topic ideas.
Important: “Prayer in school” is not an acceptable topic for your annotated bibliography because it is used for the assignment examples throughout this class.
Research Topic and its Relation to Your Major: |
I will be talking about Learning Disabilities. My major is special education. |
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To help you explore your topic, fill in the KWHL chart below.
Write at least three specific thing you know about your topic in the first column, K (K = know).
Write at least three specific questions about your topic that you would like to know the answers to in the second column, W (W = what do I want to know).
Write at least three specific tools you might use to find out more about your topic in the third column, H (H = how do I find out).
At this point, you need to do background research before you can fill out the fourth column. Use the tools you wrote down in H to find out more about your topic. Focus on the questions you wrote in W:
When you do background research, it’s fine to do a Google search or to use Wikipedia or other encyclopedias or general reference works; you will not use these sources in your annotated bibliography.
The 4 Easy Steps to Using the Ashford Library for Background Research provides directions for using the references sources in the Ashford Library
After doing your background research, write at least three specific things you have learned about your topic in the fourth column, L (L = what have I learned).
You must have at least three distinct items listed in each column to get full credit for this portion of the assignment.
KWhat do I know? | WWhat do I want to know? | HHow do I find out? | aLWhat have I learned? |
Autism is considered a learning disability. | How I can help a child who has Autism learn in a way to help him or her be successful. | I will use Ashford university’s library. | It is very important for children with ASD (Autism spectrum disorder) to participate in physical education (PE) to help with basic social behaviors. |
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Different spectrums in autism. | How many different spectrums are there in the autistic spectrum? | GoogleWww.verywellhealth.com | People with autism have a very wide range of spectrum. “Mild, moderate, or severe symptoms” No matter what symptoms the person presents autism is now lumped under one diagnosis. It has three levels this helps make a diagnosis easier and clearer. |
There are many symptoms that will point to autism. | What are the symptoms of autism?When should you contact a professional to help you help your child? | Ashford University library | Recent studies have discovered that you can start seeing symptoms of ASD at the age of two. There are four developmental domains in ASD. |
Now that you have done some simple background research, it’s time to write a formal research question. Your research question will help you focus your research by defining the information you are looking for as you research your topic for your annotated bibliography.
A quality formal research question must be:
Open-ended (Review the How to Ask Open-Ended Questions handout)
Clear
Concise
Detailed
Remember that research questions should generate the kind of research that is suitable for an academic paper. Avoid questions that:
Are yes/no questions (Often begin with “are” or “do”.)
Ask for number or date (Often begin with “how many” or “when”.)
Ask for a list
Ask for an opinion (Often begin with “what do you think”.)
Can be answered with a brief explanation or by referring to a single source.
Tip: Open-ended questions usually start with “what,” “why” and “how.”
Develop a research question that will allow you room to investigate your topic. Some examples of successful research questions are:
What can we do in the United States to prevent acid rain?
How do oil spills impact the fishing and tourism businesses in affected areas?
What evidence shows that pesticides are significantly harming the bee population?
Why is the Clean Water Act an important law for the welfare of urban populations?
Type the first draft of your research question in the first row of the table below and fill in all of the shaded areas. Write your final, revised question in the last box.
Type the first draft of your research question in the box to the right. | What can we do to help children with Autism succeed more in school? | |
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yes/noNO | ||
yes/noNO | ||
yes/noYES | ||
yes/noNO | ||
Type the final version of your research question in the box to the right. | What can we do to improve the success of autistic children in school? | |
When you have completed this worksheet, save the document and submit to Waypoint.
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