Question generating process
- 1. RESEARCH QUESTION GENERATION Focus – What is the topic? Describe your topic here
- 2. Thing we Know and Want to Know Brainstormunderthetwocolumnsasmuchasyoucanaboutthetopicalreadyandideasaboutwhatyoucouldorwanttofindoutaboutit. You canusethistooltohelpwithyourquestiongeneration. DON’TJUDGEANYTHINGAT THISSTAGE!! • Think we know • Want to know
- 3. 10 of the Best! • 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 1. Copy the best 10 statements/ questions from the last exercise. 2. Change any statements to questions at this point. 3. Identify any closed question by highlighting them.
- 4. Closed to Open Forgenuineeffectiveenquiryitisbettertohaveaseriesofopenquestions. Thesearequestionsthatcannotbeanswered simplybutinstead,needresearchandanalysistobeaddressed. Ifanyofthequestionsinyourlistareclosed,thennowis thetimetotryandmakethemopen. Closed e.g. “How can climate change be stopped?” This is a relatively closed question because the answer is simply to stop putting CO2 into the atmosphere. Open An improved version of this question might be…”To what extent can the effects of climate change be off set?”. This question requires investigation and analysis of the conflicting information that will be out there. Closed Write any closed questions here Open Write the open versions of your questions here
- 5. Review and Improve Your improved questions here Question stems are a good way of helping to improve your questions. The stems below are useful in constructing good research questions. Use these to modify your questions and see if you can improve them. To what extent…? How far…? Whose responsibility is it…? Should…? Do the benefits of… outweigh the disadvantages? What is more important…?
- 6. WordsNumbers Actions Nature Your questions here Your questions here Your questions here Your questions here Your questions here Your questions hereYour questions here Your questions here
- 7. Evaluate Your Final Question Thistoolmighthelpyoutakeafinalcriticallookatyourquestion. Howdoesitscoreonthescales? A“good”questionwill scorehighlyinallareas.