GEN 103 Final Project: Applying Information Literacy
The University of Arizona Global Campus
GEN 103: Information Literacy
Section 1: Research as Inquiry and Scholarship as Conversation
Reflect on the importance of asking good questions in research in your own words (5–
7 sentences).
When reflecting on asking good questions one thing that I remember from week 1 of the
course was a ted talk YouTube video “Ask better questions build better connections” by
Amber Wright (Sept 2020). She discussed the importance of asking questions that can not be
answered by simply a one word answer. Asking more open ended questions and paying
attention to the answers can help research because the information given will be more in
depth. When asking research questions to yourself fi you can answer the question with a yes
or no then the question isn’t as thought provoking as it needs to be.
• Discuss how your questions impacted your research.
My questions impacted my research in a positive way, I did have one question that I
think I could have a changed but overall I think all of my research question lead to
having to find sources that were more subject matter experts vs just random popular
sources that that were opinion pieces.
o Did those research questions change at all? If so, why?
, I like the bases of my questions, but I do think I would change them in a way
where they were more open-ended to make sure they were answered with depth
and information.
o Based on what you have learned about asking good research questions, how will
your approach to creating questions be different from before taking GEN103?
Being more creative when thinking about what questions to ask, and like I said
above making sure the research questions are open-ended.
• Explain how your research questions and research add to the scholarly conversation.
Two on my sources were scholarly sources. One of the publication was authored by
four professors. They are all subject matter experts in the field of environmental
science. They had surveyed around 800 people for their research study. With that
many
The University of Arizona Global Campus
GEN 103: Information Literacy
Section 1: Research as Inquiry and Scholarship as Conversation
Reflect on the importance of asking good questions in research in your own words (5–
7 sentences).
When reflecting on asking good questions one thing that I remember from week 1 of the
course was a ted talk YouTube video “Ask better questions build better connections” by
Amber Wright (Sept 2020). She discussed the importance of asking questions that can not be
answered by simply a one word answer. Asking more open ended questions and paying
attention to the answers can help research because the information given will be more in
depth. When asking research questions to yourself fi you can answer the question with a yes
or no then the question isn’t as thought provoking as it needs to be.
• Discuss how your questions impacted your research.
My questions impacted my research in a positive way, I did have one question that I
think I could have a changed but overall I think all of my research question lead to
having to find sources that were more subject matter experts vs just random popular
sources that that were opinion pieces.
o Did those research questions change at all? If so, why?
, I like the bases of my questions, but I do think I would change them in a way
where they were more open-ended to make sure they were answered with depth
and information.
o Based on what you have learned about asking good research questions, how will
your approach to creating questions be different from before taking GEN103?
Being more creative when thinking about what questions to ask, and like I said
above making sure the research questions are open-ended.
• Explain how your research questions and research add to the scholarly conversation.
Two on my sources were scholarly sources. One of the publication was authored by
four professors. They are all subject matter experts in the field of environmental
science. They had surveyed around 800 people for their research study. With that
many
