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- choosing_a_topic
- {{page>questguide}} ====== Choosing a topic ====== ===== A topic is a place ===== We embark on research because we want to know more. Any researc... ou have to set limits on what you will study. The topic of a research project is like the setting of a st... a time. In fact, that is sort of where the word //topic// comes from. //Topos// in Greek means ‘place’. W
- asking_a_question
- ====== Asking a question ====== Once you have a topic, you should start asking questions that can drive... too great for the art of the trainer. (Aristotle, Topics, Book I, Part 11) In other words, if you’re won... nswer, but to complicate our understanding of the topic (see [[Choosing a topic]]). Research questions force us to think about things in a new way. The answer t
- building_an_argument
- that you have discovered through reading on your topic. But a building also has a design. Raw material d... al structure at work here. You have facts on your topic, and you know that these facts are problematic. T
- citing_sources
- nt to find what other people have written about a topic usually "do a bibliography crawl." They find a re... ing or contrasting ideas and information on their topic. Citing sources is thus how we as authors contrib
- drafting
- itle!! Like, not even a clever one, just what the topic is, because it’s just a draft. (That’s right, Dra... it is written, so you have to be engaged with the topic in detail. To date, no one has ever replied to on
- brainstorming
- t units, I have based whole tuts on brainstorming topics for an upcoming essay. When I say, “Go!” student
- managing_bibliographies
- information and where to find out more about the topic. But the whole process of managing a bibliography
- questguide
- ideas through research]]** Step 1: [[Choosing a topic]] | Step 2: [[Asking a question]] | Step 3: [[Sta
- reflections_on_research
- he not only had new information, but [[Choosing a topic|a problem]]. In a sense, her essay is a solution