What assistance most effectively helps members of the military return to civilian life after a stressful tour of duty?

How accurately do standardized tests measure learning?

What can be done to aid hungry children in your community?

To define a narrow research question, start with your interests and research goals. Choose a territory — a research topic that stimulates your curiosity. If you need ideas, listen to the academic exchanges around you. Perhaps the reading, writing, or discussion in your geography course alerts you to global environmental threats. Then target your research, maybe narrowing “global threats to forests” to “farming practices that threaten rain forests.”