Research Questions For College Papers

Questions to Help You Research Topics and Develop Content for 10+ Types of College Papers

What you'll learn

Learn tips for successful academic writing

Obtain guidelines on how to use questions to do research

Have on hand a selection of common topics for college papers

Identify a specific issue to research and write about

Do productive research on a chosen topic

Generate content for a paper and start writing the first draft

Requirements

If you are writing a paper for a college course, and you need help choosing a topic, finding resources, collecting information, generating content, and writing the first draft, the resources in this course can help you.

Description

This collection of writing resources is intended for college students who are assigned papers on common (not specialized) topics. One resource provides tips about academic writing. Another one gives guidelines on how to use research questions productively to do research and generate content for a paper. The rest of the resources contain research questions on topics such as an important experience, career choice, and academic goals as well as questions that can help you develop content on a variety of academic genres such as case study, annotated bibliography, and literature review. Each resource contains questions and suggested resources. The questions–which are research questions and questions to think about–are designed to spark your interest in the topic and to jump-start your research and your thought process. The questions can also help you find an angle so that you can channel your thought properly and aim them in a specific direction. In the process of doing research to respond to the questions, you will be collecting valuable information, gaining clarity on the topic, and generating content for your paper. The ultimate goal is to start writing your first draft.Research topics included are electric cars, homelessness, climate change, the founding of America, and others.The resources can be used to write several types of papers: Annotated bibliographyLiterature reviewCase studyResearch essayArgument essayDefinition essayCause and effect essayProcess essayClassification essayCompare and contrast essayDescriptive essayNarrative essayAcademic goals essayCareer choiceFor example, the set of questions on homelessness can be used to write  a case study of the measures a city took to address homelessness, an argument paper on the most effective solution to the problem, a research paper on existing programs to help the homeless, a cause and effect paper on the factors that contribute to homelessness or its effects on individuals and/or the community, a literature review of the latest research on effective solutions to homelessness, a descriptive essay about a shelter for homeless people, a compare and contrast essay on cities that have taken different approaches to addressing homelessness.

Overview

Section 1: Writing Tips for College Students

Lecture 1 7 Writing Tips

Lecture 2 5 Guidelines on How to Use Research Questions

Section 2: Research Questions on Common Topics and Types of Academic Papers

Lecture 3 Questions to Think About for a Literature Review

Lecture 4 Questions to Think About for an Annotated Bibliography

Lecture 5 Research Questions for a Case Study

Lecture 6 Questions to Think About for a Paper on Academic Goals

Lecture 7 Questions to Think About for a Paper on a Career Choice

Lecture 8 Research Questions for a Paper on an Important Experience

Lecture 9 Research Questions for a Paper on Electric Cars

Lecture 10 Research Questions for a Paper on Fossil Fuels

Lecture 11 Research Questions for a Paper on the Founding of America

Lecture 12 Research Questions for a Paper on Nuclear Energy

Lecture 13 Research Questions for a Paper on Renewable Energy

Lecture 14 Research Questions for a Paper on Homelessness

Lecture 15 Research Questions for a Paper on Climate Change

Lecture 16 Research Questions for a Paper on Marijuana

College students who are writing academic papers,University students who have to write literature reviews, annotated bibliographies, case studies,Students who have to write about academic goals, a career choice, an important experience