Question Start 1. Brainstorm a list of at least 6 questions about your topic.

Concentrate on your unanswered questions, the lingering puzzles that you are still wondering about. Use these question starts to help you thin! of interesting questions" Why...? How would it be different if...? What are the reasons...? Suppose that...? What if...? What if we knew...? What is the purpose of...? What would change if...?

#. $e%iew the brainstormed list and star the questions that seem most interesting. &hen, select one or more of the starred questions. '. (hich question best fits the following criteria) *ood Question ,pen minded and open ended (ho, what, where, when, and why, . how Question that has more than one answer - considers multiple %iewpoints &here is no one word answer for it +ot so good question Close minded - close ended &oo general Something that doesn/t ma!e sense or if the question needs to be rephrased Questions with ob%ious answers Something off centered from your topic ,nly has a yes or no answer

Can use statistical e%idence to support answer 0etail focused question that really e1plains what you are trying to find out $ealistic an answer actually e1ists