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Narrowing Topics


Localizing

  • Broad topic: "Bulemia"
  • A Little Less Broad: "Bulemia Treatments"
  • Focused by Localizing: "Treating Bulemia at Eastern"

    Disagreeing with Accepted Idea

  • Broad topic: "School Violence"
  • A Little Less Broad: "Stopping School Violence"
  • Focused by Disagreeing with Accepted Idea: "De-Bunking the Myth of Increased School Violence"

    Media Coverage of . . .

  • Broad topic: "Gun Control"
  • A Little Less Broad: "Opposing Gun Control"
  • Focused by Media Coverage Strategy: "News Coverage of Gun Control: Biased towards the Gun Industry"
  • Broad topic: "Historical Movies"
  • A Little Less Broad: "A Review of Braveheart"
  • Focused by Media (in this case, Hollywood) Coverage Strategy: "Hollywood-izing William Wallace: Historical Inaccuracies in Braveheart"
  • Focused by Media (in this case, Hollywood) Coverage Strategy: "Scientific Inaccuracies in Jurassic Park"

    Overlooked / Little-Known Aspect

  • Broad topic: "Multiple Sclerosis"
  • A Little Less Broad: "MS Treatments"
  • Focused by Overlooked / Little-Known Aspect Strategy: "A Sexist Disease: How MS Strikes Women More Than Men"

    Recent Developments

  • Broad topic: "Dinosaurs"
  • A Little Less Broad: "The Tyrannosaurus Rex"
  • Focused by Recent Developments Strategy: "Recent T-Rex Discoveries Shed New Light on Old Questions"
  • Focused by Recent Developments Strategy: "Recent Developments in Asthma Treatment"

    Case Study

  • Broad topic: "Charter Schools"
  • A Little Less Broad: "In Support of Charter Schools"
  • Focused by Case Study Strategy: "Do Charter Schools Increase Student Performance? A Chicago Case Study"

    Personalizing

  • Broad topic: "Childhood Development"
  • A Little Less Broad: "Kinesthetic Learners"
  • Focused by Personalizing Strategy: "Taking My Son to the Water Treatment Plant: Kinesthetic Learning in Action"