Need help in narrowing down your topic?
Begin by turning your topic into a research question
Below are some examples:
Possible Topic: Factors Influencing Academic Success
1. What is the impact of childhood stress on students' success in school?
Divide the question into concepts and synonyms
2. To what extent does environment versus perseverance play a part in students' success in school?
Divide the question into concepts:
Possible Topic: Junk Food
3. Why are fast food restaurants so popular and what affect does it have on society?
Divide the question into concepts:
Begin by turning your topic into a research question
Below are some examples:
Possible Topic: Factors Influencing Academic Success
1. What is the impact of childhood stress on students' success in school?
Divide the question into concepts and synonyms
- childhood stress/adolescent anxiety
- students
- success/achievement
- childhood stress OR adolescent anxiety AND students AND success OR achievement
2. To what extent does environment versus perseverance play a part in students' success in school?
Divide the question into concepts:
- perseverance /tenacity/strong-will
- environment/surroundings/ conditions
- students
- success/achievement
- perseverance OR Tenacity AND environment OR surroundings AND students AND success OR achievement
Possible Topic: Junk Food
3. Why are fast food restaurants so popular and what affect does it have on society?
Divide the question into concepts:
- Fast Food Restaurants/ hot dog stands/coffee shops/
- popularity/in demand/accessible
- society/community/civilization
- consequences/repercussion/reaction
- "fast food restaurants" OR "hot dog stands" AND popularity OR "in demand" AND society OR community AND consequences OR repercussions.