509J Teaching & Learning Curriculum Research Process Grade 8

   

Step 1: Plan & Focus

Go to Step 2

  1. State a topic in the form of a…
  • Broad question
  • Problem (Is this a real-life problem?)
  • Statement generated through brainstorming
  1. Match purpose and audience with plans for conducting research
  2. Pre-plan presentation and/or product to help focus research
  3. Conduct “pre-search” investigations to seek initial and background information before setting final research questions
  4. Develop high-level questions for inquiry and develop sub-questions to guide research
  5. Categorize and focus the questions or statements to aid research (clustering, mind mapping, webbing, etc.)