These are resources to help you with the assignments, especially the individual class project assignments.
Developing Research Questions (University of Texas Medical Branch). Very brief, but a nice introduction to how to develop a research question.
Using a Topic to Generate Questions (University of Washington Library). Gives two approaches for going from a topic to a research question.
Characteristics of Good Research Questions (University of Virginia). Very nice table at the end -- highly recommend you look at this.
DeVaus, D.A. (2001). Tools for research design. Pp. 17-33 in D.A. DeVaus. Research Design in Social Research, Thousand Oaks, CA, Sage Publications. e-reserve.
Grix, J. (2004). The types and uses of theory in research. Pp. 100-115 in J. Crix, The Foundations of Research, New York, NY, Palgrave. e-reserve
Creswell, J.W. (1994). Questions, objectives and hypotheses. Pp. 69-80 in Research Design, Qualitative & Quantitative Approaches, Thousand Oaks, CA, Sage Publications. e-reserve
Shoemaker, P.M., Tankard, J.W., Jr. & Lasorsa, D.L. (2004). Theoretical concepts, the building blocks of theory. Pp. 15-35 in Shoemaker et al., How to Build Social Science Theories, Sage, Thousand Oaks, CA. e-reserve
Booth, W.C., Colomb, G.G. & Williams, J.M. (1995). Asking questions, finding answers. Pp. 29-46 in Booth et al., The Craft of Research, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL. e-reserve