Inquiry Questions 1/24, 1/27

Considering Greene's criteria for generating inquiry based research questions, write an open-ended research question that you are interested in pursuing for the rest of the term.

Greene's Criteria:
1. The question can be answered with the tools you have
2. The question conveys a clear idea of who you are answering the question for
3. The question is organized around an issue
4. The question explores "how," "why," or "whether," and the "extent to which."
5. There are no prepackaged answers for the question
6. The question grows out of some issue or fundamental tension

After you write your research question, you are required to deliver some feedback to at least three of your peers. Your job as a reviewer of your peer's questions is to aid in the development and progression of the person's research project. How can the question be phrased in a better way? Are there offshoot questions that might help the person consider another angle to the question? If the question doesn't meet some of Greene's characteristics, what can be done to help? Might there be an interesting research method you could suggest? When you reply to a peer, you must reply to a peer who has less than three responses. It is important that everyone get responses from at least three people.

What is most important to me is that you are pursuing some subject that interests you. If you are really interested in your research project, this class will be much more worth your while. If you need inspiration, look at some of the videos I have posted on the course home page. Go to Ted.com and watch some of the world's best speakers. Read the opinions of bloggers and or the editorial sections of some online news papers. You might also check out some of these presentations:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc
The Dynamism of Motivation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3oIiH7BLmg
The Psychology of Time

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBmJay_qdNc
The Truth About Dishonesty

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BG46IwVfSu8
The Power of Outrospection

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5um8QWWRvo
Smile or Die

The question you develop here should change and develop as the semester goes forward.