Identify the research question or method you are investigating

• What prompts this question? Why does this interest you?
• How would you design a research proposal to test this theory or hypothesis?
• What type of data collection instrument will you use?
  • Quantitative, qualitative, or a combination of the two?
  • Will you need IRB approval?
• How will the results be implemented or used?
  • Disseminated in books or articles? How do you select the appropriate journal to publish in?
  • Presentation of your findings at conferences?
  • Change the way you approach current teaching practices?
  • Share your discoveries in Pitt's institutional repository, D-Scholarship?