Lesson - brainstorming a research idea

Do the following in the allotted time.

Total Time: 60 mins

7 minutes

• Write down your research idea in a full question. 
• If you had to choose a single main "theme" for you project, what would it be? e.g. Education, Criminal Justice, Civic Society, etc. 

6 minutes

• Who do you want to interview? 
• Why do you want to do this project? 
• Why do think this project is important? 
• What do you think the answer is? (at least 2 hypotheses) 

7 minutes

• Do you think you will approach your project from a quantitative / qualitative perspective? Why? 
• Do you think you will approach your project more from a deductive or inductive reasoning? Why? 
• What paradigms inform your research project? Explain. 

10 minutes

• turn to your neighbor and discuss your topic 

15 minutes

• find others researching similar ideas and discuss your topic 

15 minutes

• Share your ideas with class