In this week’s Workshop, you will introduce yourself to your classmates and reflect on where you are in the preparation for your capstone.

In this Workshop you will describe the following:

• The topic as your passion
• Your topic as a research problem, purpose, and question as it stands right now
• Challenges you are experiencing in developing a good research problem, purpose, and question (or, if you are happy with them, share the research problem, purpose and research question)
• Use the “Litmus Test” document found in the Learning Resources to guide your self-reflection.

To prepare for this Workshop:

• Review the criteria outlined in the research “Litmus Test,” which can be found in this week’s Learning Resources.
• Review the qualitative checklist for Chapters 1 through 3. You can find the appropriate checklist in the Learning Resources through the links to the PhD dissertation program and EdD doctoral study web pages, as applicable to your program.

In the response, submit a brief reflection of your progress, including a proposed research question that could be used with your current research interest.

Be sure to include responses to the following:

• Reflect on how well your research problem meets the “Litmus Test.” At this point, you recognize that this is a work in progress, so identify what could be done to better reveal a research gap.
• Summarize the skills and subject matter areas you will need to master to expertly respond to the qualitative checklist for Chapters 1 through 3.
• Propose a research question to be developed throughout the rest of this course.