ACADEMIC WRITING

RESEARCH STEPS

1. Select a topic related to educational issues for your investigation. Brainstorm and/or browse the links provided below to find an interesting topic for your educational research.

Links

• http://www.ascd.org/research-a-topic.aspx
• http://www.aiaer.net/pdffiles/RESEARCHTOPICSINTEACHEREDUCATION.pdf
• http://gatorball.wordpress.com/2009/02/04/top-10-research-topics-for-education/
• http://www.edweek.org/topics/research/index.html
• http://www.edweek.org/ew/issues/
• http://www.stanford.edu/group/cubberley/node/501
• http://cie.asu.edu/ojs/index.php/cieatasu
• http://www.iier.org.au/iier.html
• http://aer.sagepub.com/content/by/year
• http://www.education-consumers.org/research.htm

     2.   Write a thesis statement. Visit the following links and watch the videos for more information.

• http://www.crlsresearchguide.org/13_Thesis_Statement.asp
• http://writingcenter.unc.edu/handouts/thesis-statements/
• http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/545/1/

VIDEOS