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Research Paper Topics

Research Paper Topics . What Interests You? What do you want to learn more about?. 1. Homeschooling 2. Cheetahs 3. Child Abuse. Consider Your Topics Carefully. Think about the “So What.” How can you help refine these topics? How can you avoid the “Slam Dunk”?

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Research Paper Topics

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  1. Research Paper Topics What Interests You? What do you want to learn more about? 1. Homeschooling 2. Cheetahs 3. Child Abuse

  2. Consider Your Topics Carefully • Think about the “So What.” • How can you help refine these topics? • How can you avoid the “Slam Dunk”? • How do you plan to approach these topics? Pro? Con? Think about the “Colon Approach.”

  3. Homeschooling • For? • Against? • The necessity of? • Christian-based reasons? • Does it hurt public schooling? • How do homeschooled children do in college? • Problems with homeschooling?

  4. Cheetahs • Pro Cheetahs? (!) Anti-Cheetahs? (!) • History? • Life in Africa • How does destruction of the rain forest affect Cheetah population? • Do economic factors in host countries influence the rate of Cheetah hunting?

  5. Child Abuse • Pro? (!) Against? (!) • Same as Corporal Punishment? • Should Corporal Punishment be brought back into schools? • Where does parental punishment end and child abuse start?

  6. What Now? Now it’s time to find out how much information is readily available on them BEFORE narrowing down to one topic. You’ve got your 3 choices and have some ideas about WHAT you want to research on them.

  7. How? RESEARCH!

  8. Some Available Research Tools • Magazines • Books • Newspapers • Radio/TV/Movies • Internet • Interviews Available at your Library!

  9. WWW Search Engines • Altavista • Infoseek • Yahoo • Lycos • Hotbot • Excite • Webcrawler • Google • Directhit The URLs for all search engines are: www.XXX.com

  10. How To Refine Web Searches

  11. Choosing A Topic: The Colon Approach • Homeschooling: A necessity for the Christian Family • Homeschooling: A safer approach to educating your children in Fairfax County • Homeschooled children: How well do they achieve post-high school?

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