Continues

After I finished my research proposal, I now have a more narrowed objective towards my research project. I realized that Lexis Nexis is an essential tool toward finding relevant information, but I can only access it when I'm logged in to the STU domain. As time allows, I'll find more documentaries, articles, and seminars on the different perspectives toward the creation theories, as well as information regarding the impact that religion and the teaching of creationism has on schools.

Research Topic in progress

I've been thinking a bit about my topic. I know it's last minute, but now's the only chance I have to start my Research Proposal. Based on the comments that Kev and Denise posted, I've been thinking about the influence that religion has towards college students in today's society and I'm hoping to start looking into the teaching of science/religion on a college/high school plateau and perhaps see the difference between college and high school teachings. I also plan to speak to some science/religion teachers at STU as well as high school instructors to compare their perspectives.

My Nebulous Research Topic

I've been sitting down and pondering about a lot of topics that would be interesting to research. The only problem has been that they are topics, not issues. Finally, I believe that I came up with a combination of the two. The issue/topic that I have in mind is still very broad, but at least I have some ground to put my feet on. Science has always been one of my main interests, and I've always had a firm belief that life (nature, the earth, the ocean, the universe) could not have turned out as perfect as it did without the help of a higher power. There are dozens of types of scientists in this word, but through my perspective, I only pigeonhole them into two categories: those who believe that the supernatural had an influence on life having been led to being the way that it is today, and those who postulate the alternative, being that no force beyond our understanding took a role in the shaping of everything that we're able to witness and study around us today. This could arouse different subtopics/issues, such as the discussion of science in schools (the study of evolution and that most public institutions are anti-creationism, prohibiting instructors to teach about the creation of the universe by an omnipotent being). I know it's a broad topic, but I'm just relieved that I have something to research and think about now. Best of luck to everyone with their research.

Research Madness

What's the problem with the standard college-level research paper? I believe that one of the many answers is this: students simply do not have the knowledge to do a full-fledged research paper without using an excessive amount of sources, especially if the instructor is the one who provides the topic. If a student is assigned a topic that he/she has no knowledge about, the most they could do is find a number of sources and elaborate on each one. Taking into consideration the average knowledge of a college student and the typical length of a research paper assigned by a college professor (10-15 pages), this leads me to the conclusion that quite the handful of sources have to be used.