Individual Projects, Topic Generation 3/26/19

Rationale

The rationale behind these procedures is to ensure that Rachel and I can come up with research topics for our individual project that can actually be answered in the time available while also providing a valuable amount of information.

Tools/Procedure

1. Previously created groups brainstormed 4 potential research questions for the individual research projects
2. Groups consulted with their assigned coaches in order to further develop their research questions and understand what elements must be present in their research questions
3. Changes were made as necessary

Results

The image above shows the several questions Rachel and I generated as potential research topics and our responses to/ notes on coaching advice. These questions represent a rough draft of sorts that we will explore while trying to figure out what exactly we will be researching and how we will narrow down our topic further.

Conclusion

There is not much that can be said as a conclusion as this was a brainstorming day. I can say that Rachel and I will likely work with our potential question number three because Lathan and Dr. Adair seemed to like it most and think it was the most testable question that would still yield good information.

Future Plans

In the future, we will continue working to finalize a research topic and begin our individual research project once our topic has been fully determined.