We do a lot of research papers in school. Is the whole point just to learn about a SPECIFIC topic in DETAIL to relate "book" world studies to "real world" dimensions?
2007-05-15 12:55:23 · 8 answers · asked by BeautifulGirl 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
It's to learn how to find your own answers. In life, most of what you need to know will hardly require the writing of a paper. But you will need to know how to learn about all kinds of topics on your own. When you come home from the doctor's office and he says your child has impetigo, and you're not sure of what the medicine is supposed to do or how to tell if your kid is having an allergic reaction, you will need to know how to find answers...on Sunday night when there's no one in the doctor's office to ask. Research is to teach you to become your own teacher.
2007-05-15 13:02:44 · answer #1 · answered by Elizabeth L 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The whole purpose of a research paper is to gather together all the available information on any given topic, arrange it, adjudicate it, and end up with a definitive statement about the topic. It's an important skill to have, especially as there is such a flood of information today, in all forms of media, about every subject under the sun. Knowing how to do a research paper gives you the tools to evaluate the information you are being given and to decide whether it is valid or not.
2007-05-15 13:21:55 · answer #2 · answered by old lady 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are tons of metal health disorders...I strongly recommend narrowing it down to one of them (say Personality Disorders...and then narrow again to Dissociative Identity Disorder or whatever) I would suggest picking a topic of interest and then writing a persuasive paper on it. For example: Anorexia Nervosa is a disorder that affects ___% of the population, mainly females between the ages of ___ and ___. It is characterized by _____. The disorder is extremely controversal and recent media stories have focused on getting rid of pro-anorexia websites (also called proana or promia), especially those found on MySpace and Facebook. blah blah...I think that ____ (state your opinion about if it is good, bad, what should be done, how should people be helped, whatever)... Or you could just do an informative paper and keep a neutral position... Or a comparison article (ie Megalomania and Narcissism) But yeah, so I'd suggest narrowing down "mental health disorder" to one or two specific disorders as classified in the DSM-IV (look it up online as your primary go to source!) and go from there... *********Just saw your edit, so here's mine******* If you have to do it on schizophrenia, I'd suggest figuring out if you want it to be a: persuasive paper (ie all schizophrenics should be institutionalized) informative paper (ie ___ schizophrenics live in America; these are the symptoms of the disease; these are the treatments) comparison paper (ie schizophrenia compared to Dissociative Identity Disorder)
2016-05-19 04:10:54 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its practice for the college and the real world. In college you have a good chance of doing real research that will be discovering new facts. In a lot of jobs you will be called on to get information together so accurate decisions can be made. Its actually pretty interesting, especially statistical theory. You can narrow down cause and effect and make pretty accurate predictions based on statistics. Learn it, you will find it very handy.
2007-05-15 13:00:54 · answer #4 · answered by jxt299 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are lots of answers:
1. Because you've been goofing off in class.
2. To learn research skills, how to use encyclopedias and whatever.
3. To understand a certain topic and how it relates to others.
That's just three, I didn't want to tire you out. ^_^.
Hope this helps!
2007-05-15 13:01:04 · answer #5 · answered by Orange Flubb 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I was in school it seemed like the teacher(s) whom were doing them wanted to know where we were at as far as how we could put things into owr own words and how we seen things we read in books/history and how we opened up to the different ideas and subjects to get us moving and reseach for our own story. It helps us learn and grow.
2007-05-15 13:01:53 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
teach you how to research, cite sources, organise and present ideas. you will do research papers in most jobs you will get in life-only they go by names such as investment reports, new and editorial articles, annotated bibliographies, etc. you also will do research on your own for hobbies, writing and even choosing a lawmaker or president.
2007-05-15 13:22:06 · answer #7 · answered by jerseydevil67 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You learn. Thats it.
2007-05-15 13:03:08 · answer #8 · answered by GEO net Correspondent 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋