Research & Summaries
Research Topic Proposal
Research Question Worksheet
1. What topic, problem, or issue are you interested in? Do some background research to find out more about it.
2. What specific part of the topic are you interested in? Break down topic ideas to categories.
3. List a few possible questions about your specific topic area. What? Who? When? Where? Why? How?
4. Choose one to be your main research question. How or why questions are best. Why or How questions are best.
5 Make you question as clear and specific as possible. Specify, who, what, where, when you are focusing on.
6. State your working thesis. The working thesis should summarize the answer to your main research question, and will likely change after you do some research.