Step 5: Draft a Research Question
By now, you have:
You are now ready to start drafting and narrowing your research question. This is arguably the MOST IMPORTANT STEP in your process.
The two videos below provide nice guidance on first narrowing your research topic and then using that to create your research question. View each guide and use it to help you through your process. There are also templates below the videos that you might find useful as you work on your questions.
- set up a researcher's reflection space to track notes, action plans, reflections, etc.
- chosen a subject and topic
- done some preliminary research to make sure your topic is feasible
- narrowed the topic
You are now ready to start drafting and narrowing your research question. This is arguably the MOST IMPORTANT STEP in your process.
The two videos below provide nice guidance on first narrowing your research topic and then using that to create your research question. View each guide and use it to help you through your process. There are also templates below the videos that you might find useful as you work on your questions.
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Steps for creating a research question
1. Choose a topic. 2. Narrow the topic by considering:
4. Consider your question from different approaches and draft a question for each.
6. Limit your question even more by considering:
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Other things to consider when drafting questions
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IB Command Term Glossaries
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