Research Presentation Topic
Objective: share your research topic with the class as well as how you plan to approach the topic selected
Instructions: Think about a topic related to marriage and family you would like to learn more about, present your topic, and plan for approaching the topic to the class. The approach to the topic must be sociological and needs to be different from the approach the textbook and course notes take. The intent of the research presentation is to present additional or new information on a topic relevant to marriage and family.
Successful completion of this activity requires you to:
- Review the requirements for the research presentation Presentations.
- Read any previous postings to this activity to ensure you are either researching a different topic from your classmates or, if you are researching a topic your classmate is working on, your approach to the topic is different from the approach your classmate is taking.
- Share with the class the topic you will be researching as well as the approach you will be taking when researching the topic. You want to present a clear description of your idea/plan for the research presentation. The description provided should be 150-200 words.
- Review at least one of your fellow classmates' postings, and in at least six sentences, do one of the following:
- Offer an additional point of view to help expand the idea for the topic your classmate is working on.
- Suggest ways in which an idea presented in the posting you are replying to could be more clearly expressed. For example, it the topic is too broad; how could it be narrowed down?
- Identify some resources your classmate can look at when completing their research.
- Explain to your classmates some of the requirements for the research presentation they need to consider when putting the final presentation together.
- Select a posting other than the posting(s() you have responded to and like at least one of your fellow classmate's postings.