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Geography · Grade 12

Frame a Spatial Research Question

Good geographic research starts with a good question. Learners refine broad topics into focused, researchable spatial questions; define the spatial extent, unit of analysis and time frame and anticipate scale effects; turn abstract concepts into measurable indicators and testable hypotheses with spatial expectations; and judge a plan's feasibility and ethics, including sampling, data, safety, consent and the researcher's own position.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 120 minutes
  • Research question check: 11 questions
  • Ways to answer: choose an answer, highlight a text, pin a map, pick map regions, match pairs and type a number
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What learners will discover

  • Evaluate and refine spatial research questions so they are focused, researchable and significant.
  • Define a study's spatial extent, unit of analysis (grain) and time frame, and anticipate scale effects.
  • Operationalise concepts as variables and indicators, and write testable hypotheses with spatial expectations.
  • Assess a research plan's feasibility and ethics, including sampling, data availability, safety, consent and positionality.

Lessons

  1. From topic to question 6 steps4 practiceabout 30 min
  2. Scope and scale 6 steps4 practiceabout 30 min
  3. Variables, indicators and hypotheses 6 steps4 practiceabout 30 min
  4. Feasibility and ethics 6 steps3 practiceabout 30 min
  5. Research question check 11 questions at the end

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