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RHE 309S: Critical Reading & Persuasive Writing / Burns

Contextualizing your topic with research

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Main idea

Group impacted How impact is measured Geography
 Hair black or african american academic achievement US
clothing high school test scores United States
dress codes elementary school GPA  
uniforms girls graduation  
  boys discipline  
  teen or teenager or adolescent microaggressions  

Take a moment to brainstorm keywords based on your developing ideas about your topic. The point is to open up your thinking and to be flexible.

Now try translating into a search. Open in new tab to view larger.

searching in a database that is organized by subject, like education source, allows you to leave out school-related search times. Use each line, connected by AND, to narrow your search. Try one measurable each search. Here, I am limited to the impact discipline.

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