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    A Reflection: What Makes A Good Research Question?

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    This document discusses what makes a good research question. It notes that research questions should be clear, focused questions that investigate a specific issue. Researchers should start with a broad topic of interest and conduct preliminary research to identify what questions still need to be explored. They should then narrow the topic by asking open-ended "how" and "why" questions. The final research question should be of interest to the researcher and others, address a new problem or shed light on an existing topic, and be researchable with a feasible methodology to produce measurable data. Developing a strong research question takes work and refinement to ensure it can guide the entire research project.

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    This document discusses what makes a good research question. It notes that research questions should be clear, focused questions that investigate a specific issue. Researchers should start with a broad topic of interest and conduct preliminary research to identify what questions still need to be explored. They should then narrow the topic by asking open-ended "how" and "why" questions. The final research question should be of interest to the researcher and others, address a new problem or shed light on an existing topic, and be researchable with a feasible methodology to produce measurable data. Developing a strong research question takes work and refinement to ensure it can guide the entire research project.

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    This document discusses what makes a good research question. It notes that research questions should be clear, focused questions that investigate a specific issue. Researchers should start with a broad topic of interest and conduct preliminary research to identify what questions still need to be explored. They should then narrow the topic by asking open-ended "how" and "why" questions. The final research question should be of interest to the researcher and others, address a new problem or shed light on an existing topic, and be researchable with a feasible methodology to produce measurable data. Developing a strong research question takes work and refinement to ensure it can guide the entire research project.

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    A Reflection: What Makes a Good Research

    Question?

    A research is an important aspect of education. It answers queries of students and

    professionals. Research has been a very big help in different fields such as in education, science

    and technology, business, culture, language, and etc. Research has been defined in many ways

    but to cite a few, Godwin Colibao gave a broad definition of research in which it includes any

    gathering of data, information and facts for the advancement of knowledge. Another definition

    would be, a process of steps used to collect and analyze information to increase our

    understanding of a topic or issue. It consists of three steps: Pose a question, collect data to

    answer the question, and present an answer to the question as stated by Creswell. In addition, it is

    the pursuit of truth with the help of study, observation, comparison and experiment; the search

    for knowledge through objective and systematic method of finding solutions to a problem

    (Kothari, 2006). These are some of the definitions given by authors.

    On the other hand, educational research has been a tool for educational inquiry and

    advancement. It helps professionals in the field of education and gives them the chance to

    identify problems in the field for them to be able to give possible solutions, lessen or even to

    obliterate fully these problems. Educational research has been defined as the scientific field of

    study that examines education and learning processes and the human attributes, interactions,

    organizations, and institutions that shape educational outcomes. Scholarship in the field seeks to

    describe, understand, and explain how learning takes place throughout a person’s life and how

    formal and informal contexts of education affect all forms of learning. Educational research

    embraces the full spectrum of rigorous methods appropriate to the questions being asked and also

    drives the development of new tools and methods (American Educational Research Association).
    Examining the broad sense of research and educational research both have the same

    denominators in which the two requires a good research question. A research question when

    appropriately written, will guide the research project and assist in the construction of a logical

    argument. The research question should be a clear, focused question that summarizes the issue

    that the researchers will investigate. The researchers should begin by identifying a broader

    subject of interest that lends itself to investigation. The next step is to do preliminary research on

    the general topic to find out what research has already been done and what literature already

    exists. He/she must be able to consider these following questions: How much research has been

    done on the topic? What types of studies? Is there a unique area that yet to be investigated or is

    there a particular question that may be worth replicating? Then begin to narrow the topic by

    asking open-ended "how" and "why" questions. He/she must be able to create a list of potential

    questions for consideration and choose one that interests him/her and must provide an

    opportunity for exploration. Finally, evaluate the question by using the following list of

    guidelines: Is the research question one that is of interest to him/her and potentially to others? Is

    it a new issue or problem that needs to be solved or is it attempting to shed light on previously

    researched topic? Is the research question researchable? Is the methodology to conduct the

    research feasible? Is the research question measureable and will the process produce data that

    can be supported or contradicted? And, is the research question too broad or too narrow? There

    are a lot of things to consider when conceptualizing a research and the researcher should be

    ready for those challenges.

    It is important to start thinking about the research paper with a question rather than

    simply a topic heading. The question sets out what we hope to learn about the topic. This

    question, together with the approach we’ve decided, will guide and structure the choice of data to
    be collected and analyzed. Some research questions focus our attention onto the relationship of

    particular theories and concepts. Some research questions aim to open an area to let possible new

    theories emerge. Creating a research question is a task. Good research questions are formed and

    worked on, and are rarely simply found. We can start with what interests us, and we refine it

    until it is workable. There is no recipe for the perfect research question but the important thing

    that we should always remember is to make sure that we have a real, grounded interest in the

    research question we’ve chosen, and that we can explore this and back it up by academic and

    intellectual debate. It is our interest that will motivate us to keep working and to produce a good

    research paper or output.

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