Task
Submitted by: Saima Batool
Submitted to: Dr. Saira
Article writing
Kick start questions to finalize research topics
Step:1 exploring interest and relevance
1. Which area of your field excites you the most (e.g., teaching methods,
technology integration, student motivation, assessment, curriculum,
etc.)?
Ans Socio-economic diversity because students not only gain knowledge
but they also are experiencing the societal diversity by working as the
part time employees and in these situations teachers and the
department should make such policies that can help those students who
are working as part time employees and which can improve students
mental health by not pressurizing them academic and work load
2. What specific problem or issue have you noticed in your classes,
school, or community that needs attention?
Ans. As my personal experience I noticed a problem , I face difficulty in
managing the academic tasks and my part-time work , like I and my
students sometimes have the exams at same time and I have les time to
prepare for my exams
3. Why do you personally care about this problem/topic?
Ans. Because I am a part time working student I have experience different
problems while working and studying
4. How is this issue relevant at the national or global level?
Ans. On national level
In Pakistan many students at university work as
parttime employees to cover their high university fee and also their
expenses
On global level
Same situation on glaobal level because lots of
students abroad also work as part time worker so they can manage their
dues and cover their expenses
Step 2: Narrowing the Focus
5. Who will be the main focus of your research? (e.g., teachers, students,
parents, administrators)
Ans. University students from 7 and 8th semester who are working part
time employes in the department of education and psychology
6. What specific subject, grade level, or context will you target?
Ans. Students of 7,8 semester working as part time employees how their
mental health is being effected by the workload and academic tasks
7. Can you state your topic in one sentence without being too broad or
too vague?
Ans. Effects of part time work on mental health of students
8. Does your topic connect with your future career or research goals?
Ans. Yes it does
Step 3: Feasibility Check
9. Do you have access to participants or data for this topic?
Ans. Yes
10. Will you be able to collect data within 2 months?
Ans. Yes (IA)
11. Do you already know some sources (books, articles, reports)
related to this topic?
Ans. Not yet
12. Is your topic manageable within the word/page limit of a
research article?
Ans. Yes , I think so
Step 4: Shaping the Research Purpose
13. What do you hope to achieve or discover through this research?
Ans. As my personal experience I want to explore through by research
that am I the only one who faces difficulties or its same with all those
who are part time employes from my research I want to help those
students that work as part time employees by suggesting some
strategies and policies to the department and teachers to help those
who are balancing between the part time work and studies
14. What might be the main research question(s)?
Ans. Does part timework effect the mental health of university
students
15. What tentative title would you give your article? (Write at least
2–3 options.)
Ans. Effects of part time employment /work on mental health of
university students
Par time work effecting the students academic performance
16. What kind of methodology do you think suits your topic? (Survey,
interviews, classroom observation, experiment, case study, etc.)
Ans. I think survey would suit my research topic
Step 5: Action Plan (Mini Work Plan)
17. What will you do first to start your research (e.g., read articles,
draft questions, talk to participants)?
Ans. First I will refine my topic with the help of my supervisor and then
I would read some articles for gaining an insight into the topic.
18. What challenges do you expect (time, access, data, analysis)?
Ans. I think I would face challenge in finding data because how would I
know who are working as part time employees and after that second
challenge would be analysis
19. How will you overcome these challenges?
Ans. I would take help of my teacher to find who are working as a part
time employee and make a list of them and provide them a survey
20. What timeline will you set for yourself week by week to stay on
track?
Ans. As in the fist week I would confirm all the things topics,
methodology, data [Link]
After that when I would start writing I would write as many pages as
possible of my articles everyday and will continue it