Research Questions
Potential research questions:
1. What is the most effective writing tool?
2. Should technology have a predominant role in the classroom?
3. Does technology usage have an impact on students' mental health?
For Question #1:
- I asked my friend, Aya. She found this question to be very interesting, and something that we should definitely do further research on because especially now, there are a wide range of writing tools that student use. It'd be thought-provoking to see which one is best preferred for learning purposes.
- I asked my other friend, Malak. She thought this question was interesting, too, but that it's too simple. She said I might want to expand on it to make the research more complex and multi-layered.
- I asked my sister. She thought that this was a good question, but she suggested looking into differet age groups within this topic, because it might have different results.
For Question #2:
- I asked my friend, Malak again. She liked this question more than the last one because it seemed more thought provoking - it's more than just a simple answer, because you'd need to argue one and refute another side.
- I asked my sister and she liked my other question better, because you would be able to apply more factors into the argument, like age, class, etc. compared to this question, because it's so broad.
- I asked my mother, because I wanted a different perspective, and she thought this was a good question because it can be applicable to so many different settings, ages, etc. because of how much technology has had an impact on our lives in this generation.
For Question #3:
- I asked my mother. She thought this was a great research question, and that I should definitely expand the question onto students within all age groups, different states, countries and more.
- I asked Aya again. She thought that my first research question was better, because it was more specific towards one topic, and that it would be harder to do research for this question because of how broad it is.
- I asked Malak again. She liked this question, but she also liked the questions prior. Malak said that it depends on what topic really interests me the most, because I would be again to aquire better research that way.
Reflection:
When I was thinking of potential research questions, I wanted to have a variety of different ones to get as much helpful feedback as I could. I think I was able to do this, because I had the first question be something that could have a simple answer, however it would consist of very specific research needed to be done. My second and third questions were more broad, and they didn’t consist of a simple answer. I thought I could deal with more different areas within these topics, rather than being limited to one thing like the first research question. However, when I asked around for feedback, I got a lot of different reactions. For the first, more simple question, I was told that, although it was a good topic to conduct research on, it lacked substance and needed more complexity like the other questions. They gave me suggestions for this, like adding in other factors such as age and class to it, which I thought was very interesting.
When I was asking for feedback on my second question, I had a lot more favorable opinions. Generally, they told me that I could branch out into subtopics like age and class so I could make my argument richer. However, I noticed that there was a different in opinion when I asked people from different ages, like my mother and sister. For example, my mom has a less optimal opinion about technology, so she was leaning her argument more based on her opinion, where my sister, who is in high school, found it to be more useful and preferable.
Finally, for my last question, I received a lot of positive feedback because it was different from the past two questions, so there wasn’t anything to compare the question to.
1. What is the most effective writing tool?
2. Should technology have a predominant role in the classroom?
3. Does technology usage have an impact on students' mental health?
For Question #1:
- I asked my friend, Aya. She found this question to be very interesting, and something that we should definitely do further research on because especially now, there are a wide range of writing tools that student use. It'd be thought-provoking to see which one is best preferred for learning purposes.
- I asked my other friend, Malak. She thought this question was interesting, too, but that it's too simple. She said I might want to expand on it to make the research more complex and multi-layered.
- I asked my sister. She thought that this was a good question, but she suggested looking into differet age groups within this topic, because it might have different results.
For Question #2:
- I asked my friend, Malak again. She liked this question more than the last one because it seemed more thought provoking - it's more than just a simple answer, because you'd need to argue one and refute another side.
- I asked my sister and she liked my other question better, because you would be able to apply more factors into the argument, like age, class, etc. compared to this question, because it's so broad.
- I asked my mother, because I wanted a different perspective, and she thought this was a good question because it can be applicable to so many different settings, ages, etc. because of how much technology has had an impact on our lives in this generation.
For Question #3:
- I asked my mother. She thought this was a great research question, and that I should definitely expand the question onto students within all age groups, different states, countries and more.
- I asked Aya again. She thought that my first research question was better, because it was more specific towards one topic, and that it would be harder to do research for this question because of how broad it is.
- I asked Malak again. She liked this question, but she also liked the questions prior. Malak said that it depends on what topic really interests me the most, because I would be again to aquire better research that way.
Reflection:
When I was thinking of potential research questions, I wanted to have a variety of different ones to get as much helpful feedback as I could. I think I was able to do this, because I had the first question be something that could have a simple answer, however it would consist of very specific research needed to be done. My second and third questions were more broad, and they didn’t consist of a simple answer. I thought I could deal with more different areas within these topics, rather than being limited to one thing like the first research question. However, when I asked around for feedback, I got a lot of different reactions. For the first, more simple question, I was told that, although it was a good topic to conduct research on, it lacked substance and needed more complexity like the other questions. They gave me suggestions for this, like adding in other factors such as age and class to it, which I thought was very interesting.
When I was asking for feedback on my second question, I had a lot more favorable opinions. Generally, they told me that I could branch out into subtopics like age and class so I could make my argument richer. However, I noticed that there was a different in opinion when I asked people from different ages, like my mother and sister. For example, my mom has a less optimal opinion about technology, so she was leaning her argument more based on her opinion, where my sister, who is in high school, found it to be more useful and preferable.
Finally, for my last question, I received a lot of positive feedback because it was different from the past two questions, so there wasn’t anything to compare the question to.
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