Where do research questions come from?

Where do research questions come from?

1. LERs

   • outside ourselves
     • • (LERs) tend to listen to their professors.
     • • LERs ask their professors  for research ideas, and sometimes they are able to work with professors and joint projects.
   • in the field
     • • they can: reading newspapers, going online to search for a topic, and pleasure reading to get ideas.
   • within ourselves
     • • (LER) report that they think about what they want to know.

2. MERs

   • within ourselves
     • • MERs read and reflect on current research
     • • MERs pay attention to what they are interested in, and find the research aspect of that interest.
   • outside ourselves
     • • ask the students
     • • attend professional conferences
     • • find other people to share topics of interest.
   • in the field
     • • MERs read the literature in their area.
     • • they can identify gaps in research and They know that they can research those gaps.

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