In information literacy subject, to identify a problem for
investigation is not easy. Whenever I
have to find the information for my research paper, it is very difficult for
me. However, from what I have learnt in
class, if I do step by step, it will be easier.
There are four steps that I have to apply when I identify a problem such
as choose a topic, get an overview of it, narrow the topic and develop the
statement.
Firstly, when I face with a research paper, the basic thing
that I have to do is choose a topic. Like others, choosing a topic that we know
and we can understand is not easy. This subject has taught me the step to
choose a topic. I have to ask myself what I know about the topic, what I want
to know more about. Moreover, I have to answer the 5W and 1H. 5W is who, what
when, where, why. 1H is how. The
questions always play around that 5W and 1H. When I answer these questions, I
will know what I will do and need to do for that topic.
Some of the formulate questions:
·
Who does the problem affect?
·
What are the boundaries of the problem? What is
the issue? What is the impact of the issue? What happen when it is fixed?
·
When does the issue happen?
·
Where was it?
·
Why is it important that we fixed the problem?
Secondly, after we choose a topic, then we narrow the topic.
This step means that we limit the area of the topic. For example, I choose a
topic is healthy food. However healthy food is a general topic. The topic is
very wise information to search. So, I will limit the topic by using the 3W:
what? Who? Where?. The answer for these W’s will help us narrow the area of the
topic. Firstly, for who, I can relate topic like the healthy food for children
from 6 to 10 years old. Following by where it is. I can narrow it likes this
the healthy food for children from 6 to 10 years old in Kedah, Malaysia. This
topic will be specific then the healthy food. Because we just focus on the
healthy food for children from 6 to 10 years old and we can do the research
just in Kedah.
Lastly, when we already have a topic, now the time we think
to 1H is how we do it. For example, I will use the topic above. We can talk
about the nutrient in the food, which vitamin that children need in their ages,
which kind of food that combine the need of nutrients. It will be easier for us
to understand the topic and to search information.
Overall, to identify a problem we should follow step by step
and answer the 3W and 1H. find a topic that we want to know more about it and
limit the area of that topic. It is also to specific the topic with others.
From I have learnt in this topic, I found out that I followed these steps, it
helps me a lot in searching the information. It is easy way to find the
information and to limit the spam information that doesn’t relate to the topic
I choose.
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