KeeleaKrear

ProfessorJizi

UWRT1104

March20,2017

ResearchProposal

1. InquiryQuestionExamples:
a. Howcanastudentcopewithanxietyinhighschool?
b. Whyisanxietysoprevalentinhighschoolstudents?
c. Howdoyouhelpastudentstrugglingwithanxiety?
d. Whatisthebiggestfactorthatleadstoanxietyinhighschoolstudents?
e. Howcanwechangethehighschoolsettingtolessenanxietyforstudents?
f. Whatmeasurescanhighschoolteacherstaketocreateabetterenvironmentfor

students?
g. Isitpossibletopreventorfixtheanxietyoccurringinhighschools?
2. PrimaryPurpose:
a. Mypurposeforthisprojectistoshedlightonanxietypresentinhighschoolers,

learncopingmechanismsstudentscanadapt,anddeterminingifthereare

solutionstotheseanxietyissuesinhighschools.Ihopetogainabetter

understandingofwhyanxietyoccurs,andthebestsolutionstohelpingstudents

withanxiety.
3. PriorBeliefs:
a. Iknowthepercentageofhighschoolstudentsstrugglingwithanxietyishigh.I

alsoknowthatanxietycanalsoleadtootherproblems,effectingmanyaspectsof

astudentslife.BeforeIbeganaworkingknowledgeonthetopic,Iwasthinking

aboutIhowIstruggledwithanxietyinhighschool,andwithmysisterjust

startinghighschool,IwanttomakesureshedoesntgothroughwhatIwent
through.Now,Ialsowanttoknowifhighschoolsandteacherscantakemeasures

toensurelessstressisputonstudentsinhighschool.