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>> How do we start our[br]research for a term paper?

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One way is to map out our[br]ideas and identify some

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of our key concepts to develop[br]our research question.

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Let's try an example now,[br]considering the topic,

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how do college students succeed[br]and specifically get good grades?

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Let's brainstorm about[br]some of the factors that

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might affect students success at college.

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One of the things we need is money,

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and there's several things that[br]impact on how much money we

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have: jobs, loans, bursaries.

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Another factor that impacts on our[br]success at college is our outside life.

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Some of the aspects of outside[br]life are, family and friends.

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Another idea to consider is our health.

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There are several factors that can[br]impact on our health: exercise,

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sleep, and our nutrition.

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Other contributors to succeeding[br]at college are places for help.

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Where can I go for help?

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There are several of those.

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Libraries, writing or learning centers[br]are some of the places for help.

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Another important consideration[br]is our study habits.

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Time management is one[br]important consideration here.

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Now, we've mapped out[br]some of the main factors

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affecting succeeding at college[br]and in particular good grades.

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Through the process of[br]creating a concept map,

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we can see there are many factors[br]that affect college students success.

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There are many research[br]topics that we could develop.

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Let's pick one example and look at health,

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and in particular sleep and how it[br]impacts on college students success.

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Now, we can take the idea we developed in

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the concept map and create[br]a research statement.

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Let's write the research statement as,

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I want to find information on[br]whether there is a connection

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between sleep and the grades[br]obtained by college students.

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Let's look at it closer.

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The major ideas in a sentence are

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the building blocks we will[br]use to research our topic.

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Sleep, grades, college students.

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Each of these words identifies[br]a concept we will search.

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Let's now take these[br]concepts and brainstorm

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about some synonyms or words[br]that mean the same thing.

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The first concept, sleep[br]or sleep deprivation.

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We want to build that with grades.

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We could also try the word success,

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truncate it to find the[br]word success or successes.

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Why don't we also try the[br]phrase academic performance,

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which also refers to student success.

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We'll build that with an AND,

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college students or students.

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We can now take the search[br]statement and bring it to

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the database and try[br]researching for this topic.

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This gives you some[br]ideas on how you can use

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concept mapping to start[br]your term paper research.