GENERATE
POSSIBLE QUESTIONS
Research can focus on the history of a topic, can
describe the topic, can compare the topic to something else, or can
experiment with the topic. With a good topic, you should be able to
generate several questions about it.
Ask yourself some of these questions about your topic:
Who? What?
Where? When? Why? How? What
if...?
Now develop questions about your topic in each category.
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WHERE?_________________________________________________________________
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WHAT?__________________________________________________________________
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WHY?___________________________________________________________________
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HOW?___________________________________________________________________
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WHAT IF?______________________________________________________________
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PUT A
STAR IN FRONT OF YOUR MOST IMPORTANT OR MOST INTERESTING QUESTIONS.
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Adapted
2006 from Research Process, Cape Elizabeth Middle School; Copyright 1996
By MSAD #51 Schools