Constructing a Research Question

Alma 38:12- "Bridle all your passions that you may be filled with love." Direct my passion for something good and useful.

For research and experimentation, the question is everything.

Getting to your question:

1. Think of a question:
   
   What are Pre-service special education teachers' beliefs about effective reading instruction for students with mild to moderate disabilities when they enter teacher preparation programs?
   
2. What are the pieces of the question that are spots where we could use different words? *This can also be a place to find different topics for follow-up research, for articles/journals, etc.
   
   What are (Pre-service) (special education) (teachers') (beliefs) about (effective) (reading instruction) for students (with mild to moderate disabilities) (when they enter) (teacher preparation programs)?
   
3. Replace these with other words. Substitute variables. Look at synonyms. Consider phrases/terms/etc. (especially terms with a particular history/connotation). Be careful and consciuos about the politics of your word choices. Zoom in and zoom out.Remove parenthesis as you feel more certain about your word choices.
   
   What are (Pre-service teachers who haven't started special education coursework) (special education) [(teachers') (beliefs)] about (effective) (reading instruction) for students (with mild to moderate disabilities) (when they enter) (teacher preparation programs)?
   
   What are (Pre-service teachers who haven't taken their methods courses) (special education) [(teachers') (beliefs)] about (effective) (reading instruction) for students (with mild to moderate disabilities) (when they enter) (teacher preparation programs)?
   
   What are pre-service special education teachers who haven't taken their methods courses beliefs about (effective (will need objective definition) (reading instruction) for students (with mild to moderate disabilities) (when they enter) (teacher preparation programs)?
   
   What are pre-service special education teachers who haven't taken their methods courses beliefs about (effective (will need objective definition)) reading instruction) for students (with mild to moderate disabilities) (when they enter) (teacher preparation programs)?
   
   What are pre-service special education teachers who haven't taken their methods courses beliefs about (effective (will need objective definition)) reading instruction for students with mild to moderate disabilities (when they enter) (teacher preparation programs)?
   
   What are pre-service special education teachers who haven't taken their methods courses beliefs about (effective (will need objective definition)) reading instruction for students with mild to moderate disabilities?
   
   What are pre-service special education teachers' beliefs about effective reading instruction for students with mild to moderate disabilities?
   
4. Compare with original. Have you improved the question? Is what your going to study going to be helpful or interesting to others in the field?
   New:
   What are pre-service special education teachers' beliefs about effective reading instruction for students with mild to moderate disabilities?
   
   Original:
   What are Pre-service special education teachers' beliefs about effective reading instruction for students with mild to moderate disabilities when they enter teacher preparation programs?

* Take my topic and find the question.

Removing technology from a classroom.

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