In Educational Research, a structured “funnel” approach is explained as a best practice to narrow the scope of research (Creswell and Guetterman, 2024).
Then, the broad areas of interest are condensed into a clear, specific purpose statement (Creswell and Guetterman, 2024). The research purpose statement identifies and distills the major intent of the study.

To practice the Creswell and Guetterman’s funneling approach, here is a short game ….

Note: Content by Dr. Helen Teague, game design by Claude Ai.

Here is the link for larger screen resolution: drteagueresearchtopicsquiz.netlify.app

The next topic for my educational research course, is the essential stage of refining a broad area of interest further into a specific, manageable Action Research question.

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Creswell, J. W., & Guetterman, T. C. (2024). Educational research: Planning, conducting, and evaluating quantitative and qualitative research (7th ed.). Pearson.