ProblemToSolution

=**From Problem to Solution**=


 * Step 1: A problem that needs to be solved**


 * Step 2: Collect data**


 * Step 3: Refine/narrow/widen investigation**


 * Step 4: Compare/contrast information**


 * Step 5: Summarize and analyze outcomes**


 * What are problems?** Problems can be generated from questions, focus-groups, surveys, social concerns, growth potential.


 * Solutions include results and conclusions** and //can generate new questions//.

Research needs to //**begin with identifying a problem or asking a question**//. An example: What is the affect of working mothers on adolescent daily experience?

In this study four hundred thirty-six (436) fifth - ninth (5-9) graders were studied focusing on their overall affect (happy-sad; cheerful-irratable; friendly-angry) and arousal (alert-drowsy; strong-weak and excited-bored, with a scale rating of 1-7.

The **investigation was widened** to identify differences between single parent and dual parent families and mothers who worked full-time, part-time or were unemployed.


 * The information was compiled, and the conclusion found** that: Children of working single mothers benefit in ways other than income; maternal employment is related to positive parent-child interactions; and children of single mothers employed full-time had positive relationships with their fathers.