As you gather information and plan your paper, be aware that some information is importantand some is not. Remember Kaplan’s cultural diagrams: don’t add extra information, even if it is interesting and somewhat related. Don’t be tempted!

Whatever your RQ, there are probably three to five broad areas of information which you will need to research and understand. You need to make a list of these “chunks” of information, which will become the subtopics in your paper. If you can only think of two key subtopics to explore to answer your RQ, it may be that you are not breaking the topic into small enough sections to do research. Consult with your teacher if this is the case.

Study following student's example;

RQ1: What problems are causing the high unemployment of the Roma people in eastern Slovakia, and what solutions have been most effective?

Subtopics to be covered (expressed as statements):

1. A brief description of the unemployment situation for Roma in eastern Slovakia compared to other citizens

2. Reasons for the high unemployment of the Roma people

3. Description of previous attempts to solve the problem

4. An analysis of the results which were most successful

Posledná zmena: utorok, 2 novembra 2010, 17:17