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Building blocks for developing a research question: The ABC-model

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    Abstract

    A precisely formulated research question is becoming increasingly important within the humanities. This applies not only to research funding applications, but also to articles, papers, and student theses. This article presents a tool allowing students to develop research questions on their own, which is open enough to allow for a wide variety of research questions, while still giving users sufficient guidance to formulate a precise question. It also offers a concrete roadmap for students to use in developing their research question.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)22-34
    Number of pages13
    JournalTeaching Theology & Religion
    Volume25
    Issue number1
    Early online date22 Mar 2022
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Mar 2022

    Bibliographical note

    Publisher Copyright:
    © 2022 The Authors. Teaching Theology & Religion published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

    Funding

    We would like to thank Albert Gootjes and Ayesha van der Woensel for improving our English and various colleagues from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and the Protestant Theological University for their comments on earlier versions of this paper.

    Keywords

    • developing research questions
    • practical tool
    • question-driven research

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