Considering
Greene's criteria for generating inquiry based research questions,
write an open-ended research question that you are interested in
pursuing for the rest of the term.
Greene's Criteria:
1. The question can be answered with the tools you have
2. The question conveys a clear idea of who you are answering the question for
3. The question is organized around an issue
4. The question explores "how," "why," or "whether," and the "extent to which."
5. There are no prepackaged answers for the question
6. The question grows out of some issue or fundamental tension
After
you write your research question, you are required to deliver some
feedback to at least three of your peers. Your job as a reviewer of your
peer's questions is to aid in the development and progression of the
person's research project. How can the question be phrased in a better
way? Are there offshoot questions that might help the person consider
another angle to the question? If the question doesn't meet some of
Greene's characteristics, what can be done to help? Might there be an
interesting research method you could suggest? When you reply to a peer,
you must reply to a peer who has less than three responses. It is
important that everyone get responses from at least three people.
What
is most important to me is that you are pursuing some subject that
interests you. If you are really interested in your research project,
this class will be much more worth your while. If you need inspiration,
look at some of the videos I have posted on the course home page. Go to
Ted.com and watch some of the world's best speakers. Read the opinions
of bloggers and or the editorial sections of some online news papers.
You might also check out some of these presentations:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc
The Dynamism of Motivation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3oIiH7BLmg
The Psychology of Time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBmJay_qdNc
The Truth About Dishonesty
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BG46IwVfSu8
The Power of Outrospection
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5um8QWWRvo
Smile or Die
The question you develop here should change and develop as the semester goes forward.
MaryAnn Marichal
ReplyDeleteProfessor Joseph Longhany
ENC 1102 TT 3:00 pm
17 January 2017
Injury Question
Is the Freshman 15 really a myth?
I think you should rephrase your question to a "to what extent" question because it give you more range for your research, then you can state like your evaluation of the research instead of it being a simple yes or no question.
DeleteThis is too much of a yes or no question. Try rephrasing it to make it more open ended. Your research could be conducted through textual analysis and a survey.
DeleteMake your research question more broad so it's easier to find research on your topic. Maybe add a supporting reason as to why freshman 15 is a myth.
DeleteI think that your question has a "prepackaged answers" because of the multiple explanations given through scientific research. Maybe rephrase the question and find out why this Freshman 15 really happens?
DeleteI think you need to add little more depth to your question and figure exactly what you want to research.
DeleteBreeana Robertson
ReplyDeletemy question:
Why do people become so withdrawn when asked about religion?
You could possibly rephrase your question in the following way. "Why and to what extent are people resistant to discuss their religious beliefs openly?" I think the word withdrawn is a bit vague and with this revision you can analyze "to what extent".
DeleteI agree with Spencer. I think revising it gives you more room to analyze the question with multiple different perspectives as to why people are reluctant.
DeleteHow does each individual define failure and success, and how much of role does class, education, and background effect these definitions?
ReplyDeleteYou should shorten your question for it to be more concise and easier to understand, and hence answer.
DeleteGreat question and good way to conduct your own research would be through surveys or interviews
DeleteInteresting topic, maybe research what effect parents have in implementing the ideas of success and failure to their kids in early life.
DeleteWhitcomb would approve! Make sure to mention the whole nature vs. nurture aspect & history of it :)
DeleteInteresting but i think you are asking two different questions here.
DeleteLike what my classmates said in the earlier feedbacks, allow your question to be short and concise. This seems like a topic that can be simple to explore and research by looking through some studies done in sociology. Many experts in sociology have been researching this topic for years and this is a excellent opportunity to add upon this research.
DeleteWhy does it seem like the value of a college degree decreased in today's society, and is college worth the heavy cons that comes with it?
ReplyDeleteInstead of having two questions you should have like a "therefore" question where you ask the first question and then replace the "and" with "if so," and shorten the last question to "if so, is college worth it?" Then your research will have plenty room to thrive in the same direction.
DeleteThis sounds like a very interesting topic. I sometimes wonder whether or not a college degree will help this generation find their dream job and have certain opportunities after graduation.
DeleteI like the topic, and think that you would be able to bring many ideas with what Demi has suggested. It seems to be an interesting topic for many college students and feel it would be interesting doing research on it.
DeleteTo what extent is the rapid advancement of technology beneficial or detrimental to the human race?
ReplyDeleteOne way to conduct research for your topic would be to give out surveys to UCF students about how much time they spend using technology and what they use it for.
DeleteYou could also ask questions pertaining to whether or not the person being surveyed believes it is beneficial or detrimental.
DeleteIn addition to what our classmates said, you could also search for other surveys and statistics done by other people from different time periods and compare their results to yours and try to come with some conclusions with how people's opinions have changed about technology over time as well.
DeleteThough the question is very direct, i feel like you have a great range of pros and cons for your question. This great prompt is going to set you up perfectly for a well planned and executed research paper.
DeleteMatthew Reinhart
ReplyDeleteOpen-ended question:
“How does modern society and corporations influence us into producing excessive amounts of solid municipal waste?”
One way to conduct research would to be to contact both people from modern society and corporations to get their feedback on the topic, and then potentially conduct a survey for them to answer.
DeleteI think researching the cost-effectiveness of products and how the price may vary if they used re-usable/recycled-able materials.
DeleteYou should also mention source reduction, and recycling statistics. As well as analyze the cost a company incurs by producing more waste vs. time/effectiveness of producing more packaging for product rather than less waste.
DeleteI know we already talked about this in class one-on-one but to keep it in writing for memories sake i would suggest writing about refillable stations for all products refillable in order to reduce the trash load. For example, we talked about refilling more things than just water or other drink products but to expand to all liquids in general like shampoo, paint, and household cleaners.
DeleteJonathan Gebka
ReplyDeleteQuestion: Does it make a difference in athletic performance if a person has a fast metabolism, compared to a slow metabolism?
Matthew Reinhart
DeleteGood topic, the human metabolism is a very interesting subject that provokes many ongoing conversations. There is plenty of sources both online and in the UCF library on the subject but another possible primary source you could use are interviews from any of UCF’s athletics departments. UCF has multiple sports teams and coaches that could potentially provide information about the relationship between metabolism and athletic performance.
Another recommendation I have is to narrow your question to focus on a specific sport such as football, swimming or volleyball that is more physically demanding on athletes. For example, you could rephrase your question as “How does an athlete’s metabolism affect their performance when playing football?” Many of the more rigorous sports might contain more research relating to this topic because they require athletes to eat a healthy diet and train frequently, two activities that are affected by the human metabolism.
Since this topic is very broad and involves other groups along with athletes such as body builders and health conscientious individuals, there is often a lot of secondary sources related to the subject. Many of these contain false information or facts that are not fully proven by research. This could give you another potential research topic where your question would be “What are the misconceptions that people have relating to metabolism and athletic performance?”. I hope my advice is helpful to you during your research.
I find this fascinating! I believe I have always wondered this myself, I think this is a great question and it could go many different ways. But one question would be which type of athlete are you thinking of, a runner, football player?
DeleteWhat is really causing global warming and how detrimental is it to our world?
ReplyDeleteMatthew Reinhart
DeleteExcellent choice, there are many resources and databases that provide information about your chosen topic. Your question could be applied in many ways especially today due to changes in environmental policies. With these changes, you could focus your subject more on the general population’s awareness of global warming. For example, your research question could be rephrased as “How much is the general population aware of or concerned with global warming?”. With this angle, you could engage in survey based research where you could interview various students on UCF campus asking whether they are concerned or aware of global warming. This would be potentially a good primary source for your essay.
You could also mention that people’s ignorance or lack of acknowledgement of the issue is a potential source of this problem. For example, many members of Congress believe that global warming is not an issue and because of that they refuse to pass environmental laws and legislation. If you want to write your essay from this perspective, you could rephrase your question as “How have politician’s attitudes towards global warming affected our progress towards creating solutions for this problem?”. Whatever option you choose, I’m sure your research will yield an abundance of information.
Great topic, this is a well questioned area for many people and feel like you will find plentiful amount of sources to cover all of the ideas you are trying to cover. With excellent suggestions from Matthew already, you should get interesting information with your research.
DeleteI really like this, however it may be really broad in the sense of detrimental to the earth. You may want to focus it down to possibly a smaller ecosystem like forests or the ice caps.
DeleteHow does the way a student's tuition is paid for affect their performance and attitude in school?
ReplyDeleteI think this is a well written question and that this is a very interesting topic.
DeleteWhen writing and researching on this topic, be sure to include tendencies to go out or do such other activities rather than school.
DeleteVery specific topic and it is possible to get good information online about tuition and how being in debit can affect a student.
DeleteA great way to approach this research is by eventually conducting interviews with UCF students to find out if their receiving any sort of financial assistance. Your questions to the students may be "How do you feel about student debt levels increasing?" Another one is how do you feel about the idea of student loans to pay for tuition?
DeleteAbedullah Abdel-latif
ReplyDeleteTo what extent does the genre hip-hop exemplify classic literature and poetry in modern music?
This is a very good question that could conduct a great amount of research, but it may sound better if you specified what kind of modern music? What kind of genre of modern music are you going to compare hip hop to?
DeleteThis is a very unique and very thought out question. I would recommend broadening up the question just a little bit. Although it is better to be more specific than ambiguous there is such thing as having too-narrow of a topic. I am just giving a warning because this might be too hard of a topic to write an extensive paper on.
DeleteHow has the concept of stereotypes been affected by multiple modes of media over the past (X) amount of years?
ReplyDeleteThis topic is very good because I feel like there is a bunch of research for it. When talking about the media there is a ton of information that can be found. I also think the topic is precise enough to where you can find your own little niche of resources.
DeleteKyle Lewis
ReplyDeleteDoes violence in technology entertainment like video games cause people to be more violent in turn?
I think this is a good topic because there is a lot of research out there already, which can help you direct your own research and to find the gaps that you can fill. I don't know how you are going to conduct your own research, but I though a good way to do it is by a survey. The survey should be set up so that in the beginning you don't mention anything about video games, especially in relation to violence. You shouldn't mention it in the beginning because, since its a big controversial topic right now, people (especially gamer's) are trying to say there is no relation between violence and video games, so they are going to choose answers to exemplify their beliefs, whether it is true or not. I hope I could help.
DeleteI find this interesting because I myself wonder if violent video games contribute to violent adults, or if someone who commits crimes had a history of playing violent video games. Maybe focus on the relation of crime rates vs. the games played, if any.
DeleteAdam Bass
ReplyDeleteHow does getting involved on campus positively impact your college experience?
I think you could benefit from adding the phrase "to what extent" to your question. This way you could satisfy more of Greene's criteria. Also to conduct research you could interview some of your UCF peers about their involvement on campus and compare their grades to see if there is a correlation.
DeleteWhat can we do or create in order to establish consequence and respect from those around us?
ReplyDeleteI am not entirely sure where you are trying to going with this question. Are you talking about like mentally doing or creating something within ourselves that can establish that (changing how we act or do things), or are you talking more physical, like physically doing and creating something, maybe like a rule or law? Or am I just entirely off and just reading it wrong? Is there another way of phrasing this question, add in what you mean by establishing consequence and respect, like what you are looking for. I hope I could sort of help.
DeleteHaley Summerlin
ReplyDeleteTo what extent has mental illness evolved from "hush, hush" to "trending" and will this affect the way it is treated or even viewed?
This is an amazing question that if could grab some attention from the reader. The only thing I personally would change from this is switching " hush, hush " to something a tad more specific. The way its formatted right now sounds like a sentence in this topic.
DeleteWill the future of sports be altered as more rules and regulations are created to ensure player safety?
ReplyDeleteYou could look at the past alterations and rule changes in sports to see what direction it is headed in, then draw conclusions as to what changes you foresee being made in the future based off of that
DeleteExcellent topic, as a sports player I am very curious into this. Along with what Adam have said, you could look how sports have evolved from their early days to now, and on how they are continuing to change year by year. You could compare the outcomes of different sports and form your own hypothesis, supported by your research.
DeleteHow has environmental racism affected and had detrimental effects on the community around Orlando?
ReplyDelete**Edited** What are the long term consequences of environmental racism and what effect does dealing with environmental racism have on communities in the long run?
DeleteThe no child left behind act: Is it working?
ReplyDeleteI think this is a very good topic, but maybe just elaborate on the question some more, or narrow it so it's more clear. Maybe something like "Is the no child left behind act helping students in their education? And if so how?"
DeleteI have a variety of topics to explore before I ultimately select one for this class. The topic down below might change by the end of today.
ReplyDeleteWhat are we doing in the United States in order to decrease the student loan trend? Is our government trying investigate ways to help many U.S graduates handle the high debt levels?
I am open for any feedback guys!
I think this is a really good topic. I am from out of state, so I know a thing or two about debt and loans. This is a very controversial topic these days especially because of the nonstop rise in tuition costs. You are going to find a lot of really good articles relating to this. You could do a survey for UCF students asking questions like, are you getting any governmental assistance, like the Pell Grant, to help pay for college?
DeleteI feel that your question is easily answered through simple research. Maybe ask how does Student loans harm the success of graduates/ and how it affects them paying back?
DeleteTo what extent does captivity impact animal welfare?
ReplyDeleteI love this topic because I love animals. I think it's a very good choice because there should be a lot of research available. Also maybe you could narrow it even a little more, like what specific parts of their welfare and such.
DeleteThis topic almost everyone knows is a problem, which can gain the audiences attention and emotions. The one thing that I would add would be something like " To what extent does captivity impact animal welfare and how can we change that? " This way it adds another aspect to your paper and you can build a lot more off of that.
DeleteHow and why are radio stations getting consistent listeners despite the lack of variety in their musical content?
ReplyDeleteMatthew Reinhart
DeleteVery good choice, I really like your topic. A potential source you could use is a local jazz radio station located on UCF campus called WUCF-FM. They are an example of a non-commercial, listener supported station. If you are interested, I have the link to their website posted below. Another potential source would be interviews of students on campus. You could ask them questions such as “What radio stations do you like to listen to?’ or “Do you listen to the radio at all?”.
Another approach you could take to this topic is “How is radio broadcasting affected by its competitors such as online music streaming services?”. A potential cause of your chosen issue is that music streaming services have drawn listeners away from radio broadcasting because they offer the variety of music customers want. I hope that my advice will help you during your project.
http://wucf.ucf.edu/about.php
This is very interesting, I actually like listening to radio stations in the morning to hear all the banter and feedback the hosts of the stations' have for everything that's going on in America. Also the anticipation of a song you may like or someone else likes makes that song much better if it actually comes on.
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