1. Developing
Your
Research
Question
Researcher:_________________________
Step
1:
Name
your
Topic
(Early
in
your
research,
describe
your
work
in
one
sentence.)
Example:
I
am
researching
apartheid
in
South
Africa.
Step
2:
Suggest
a
Question
(Try
to
describe
your
research
by
developing
a
question
that
specifies
something
about
your
topic.)
Example:
I
am
researching
apartheid
in
South
Africa
because
I
want
to
learn
more
about
what
life
was
like
for
native
Africans
during
that
time.
Direct
Question:
What
was
life
like
for
native
Africans
during
apartheid?
Step
3:
Add
a
Rationale
(So
what?)
(Take
your
questioning
one
step
further
by
adding
a
second
question
aimed
at
determining
your
rationale.)
Example:
I
am
researching
apartheid
in
South
Africa
because
I
want
to
learn
more
about
what
life
was
like
for
native
Africans
so
I
can
understand
what
it
took
to
overturn
this
system
of
segregation.
Direct
Question:
What
tools
and
tactics
did
native
Africans
use
to
overcome
their
situation
during
apartheid
in
South
Africa?
Step
4:
Repeat
the
Process
(Focus
and
Clarify)
(After
your
initial
research
stage,
with
more
baseline
information,
follow
these
steps
a
second
time
with
a
more
specific
focus.)
Example:
Step
1:
I
am
researching
Desmond
Tutu
and
his
followers
in
South
Africa.
Step
2:
I
am
researching
Desmond
Tutu
and
his
followers
in
South
Africa
because
I
want
to
learn
more
about
specific
people
and
their
lives
during
apartheid.
Step
3:
I
am
researching
Desmond
Tutu
and
his
followers
in
South
Africa
because
I
want
to
learn
more
about
specific
people
and
their
lives
during
apartheid
so
I
can
better
understand
what
they
had
to
endure
and
the
choices
they
had
to
make
in
order
to
change
the
system
of
segregation.
Direct
Question:
What
tools
and
tactics
did
Desmond
Tutu
and
his
followers
use
to
overcome
apartheid
and
at
what
cost?