CST Research Project Tour: Set Goals

Set Goals

I had to decide on my goal or question. I can waste so much time on the Internet if I don't know WHY I'm searching. Before I start, I ask myself what I want to know. How will I use the information – to answer a question? create a report? produce a podcast? For this project, I wrote a goal that focused on what I wanted to learn.

Which goal do you think I wrote?

My goal is to find out whether 'swim with dolphins' tourist programs hurt or help dolphins.
My goal is to become a marine biologist and study dolphins.
My goal is to understand what dolphins need to survive.

Excellent! This goal is focused on what I want to learn. I should be able to accomplish it by searching for information on the Internet. I could also state my goal as a question: Are 'swim with dolphins' programs helpful or hurtful?

This is a great career goal, but off topic. Try again.

This goal is about dolphin conservation, which is more than I want to learn for this project. Try again.

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