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WHAT QUESTIONS

WHAT

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

(BRAINSTORM)

ASK YOURSELF:

• What is the assignment? What am I supposed to learn?

• What is the assignment asking for?

STATE RESEARCH PURPOSE: ________________________________________

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• What do you want to learn?

• What do you know? What books, movies or websites have you already viewed?

• What resources are available?

• What research KEYWORDS should I look for? (Keyword work for traditional libraries as well as online research.)

• What information is important? What information is not important?

• What information is reliable?

Research Leads:

What happened?

What is it?

What caused it to happen?

What can we do about it?

What should we learn?

What is the answer?

What would happen if this never happened?

Did WHAT questions help you find an answer? If not, try WHY research.