TED Talks Brainstorming and Researching Topics Keywords 1
TED Talks Brainstorming and Researching
Topics & Keywords 1. Identify TWO main keywords to describe your topic. 1. Sleep 2. Education
Topics & Keywords 2. Generate lists of synonyms. 1. Sleep 2. Education Peaceful Knowledge Soothing Culture Healthy Success Relaxing Useful
Working Thesis 3. List problems connected to your keywords. 1. People tend to prioritize education over sleep. 2. Dont have enough time in the day to do both 3. Dont realize how important sleep is to education. 4. People think they can function properly in class with little sleep.
Working Thesis 4. List your own ideas about your keywords. 1. I think that sleep and education are BOTH very important. 2. In order to perform at your best scholastic potential, one needs to get the right amount of sleep. 3. People need to realize how much sleep they should be getting versus what they are getting at the moment. 4. All nighters are not beneficial to a students learning
Working Thesis 5. Merge your best "problems" with your best "ideas. " 1. University students should be recieving more sleep, because otherwise they are limiting their scholastic potential.
Research Questions 6. Identify what may already be true about your working thesis. 1. Some students DO recieve the right amount of sleep 2. There are other factors that go into being a productive student. 3. Sleep not only affects how a student does in school, but a persons overall health.
Research Questions 7. Identify additional keywords and subjects you need to learn more about. Health based on sleep (hrs) Age Test scores based on sleep (hrs) Types of school work Types of sleep All-nighters
Research 8. Visit the subject guide on the library website: http: //libguides. wsulibs. wsu. edu/. List the areas relevant to your working thesis. Education Human Development General Mass Media Chemistry
Be Radical 9. Rewrite your working thesis as an imperative with exaggeration. 1. Without sleep, students will not have a successful future. They will do poorly on classwork and not be able to retain information.
Be More Radical 10. Say it again.
Draw It Out
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