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Select a topic
Select a topic
A suitable topic is crucial to producing a good research outcome.
The topic may be related to an area of personal interest, an extension of your RPr project, or a current issue.
Once you have selected a broad topic, check in with your teacher.
Explore and start to refine the topic using a mind map, lotus diagram, or rough notes.
Refine a question
Refine a question
Once you have selected a topic and checked it with your teacher, you need to turn it into a question. Note that the performance standards require evidence of refinement of the question. To demonstrate refinement there should be several drafts of the question.
Take note of the SACE Chief Assessor's comments pages 1-4 about student research topics and questions and the SACE advice Understanding P1. See also the SACE student insights videos.
Sometimes it is difficult to refine your question appropriately until you know more about the topic. It is ok to refine further as the research progresses.
Select research processes
Select research processes
The research processes include the ways in which appropriate information is located, collected, analysed and selected. For example: libraries, websites, literature review, focus groups, case studies, interviews, surveys, experiments, observations.
Consider practical matters such as time, availability of sources, budget, and ethical constraints.
Make ethical considerations. All researchers are required to make ethical considerations before conducting their research. Ethics are a type of moral code by which researchers operate. Ethical considerations are not always clear-cut and it is important that you check with your teacher if unsure of your responsibilities. Refer to the SACE Board's guidelines for students.
Select a capability
Select a capability
The assessment criteria requires ‘Understanding and development of one or more capabilities.’
The selected capability should be identified briefly in the Proposal and then referred to regularly throughout the research development.
There are seven capabilities to choose from.
See page 2-3 of the Chief Assessor's report for advice on providing evidence.
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