Working Research Plan
EAP 508 Yenny Kim
As you conduct research, you will need to continually update your research plan, particularly your object of study, driving
questions, and key concepts. As you complete your Independent Analysis Forms and continue researching your object of study,
keep this plan up to date.
Your Driving Questions. Write the driving questions for your project. As your driving questions change, add new ones here.
How the exact factors of breastfeeding impact on mothers and infants?
What are the components of mother-milk which cannot be replaced by artificial formula or milk powder?
How the health of Fetus before born can impact after born? (during life time)
What are the long-term benefits of breast feeding?
Your Project. Fill in the underlined sections in the sentence below with information related to your project (i.e. object of study,
research question, and significance).
I am studying (or researching) [to find valuable components of mother-milk which can be extracted and saved for a
long time period, and to find alternative staff covering breastfeeding for babies who could not have breastfeeding /
to find a relationship between the health of fetus and the health of after born] because I want to find out [an actual
relationship between breastfeeding and health of fetus, infant and mother] in order to [I could knew that there is
little clear result to find exact mother-milk components and the relationship between breastfeeding and health of
mothers and babies. / There are a lot of debate that fetus’ health could impact on adult’s health despite a long time
past].
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Your Argumentative Edge. Li (2008) explained that argumentative academic writing "uses new evidence or new theory to
problematize, complicate, extend, reinterpret, or... challenge or even reject the existing knowledge" (p. 48). In a paragraph or two,
explain the edge of your own project (e.g. will your project problematize, complicate, or reinterpret some theory or evidence to a new
context?), giving details about what has been done, what has not yet been done (the edge), and how you plan to explore this edge.
There are a number of research on breast feeding related to view of nursing, pediatrics, but only few of nutrition. Also, even there are a
number of studies which are related to short-term benefits of breast feeding, not long-term. Especially, I want to compare the health of adults who
had breast feeding or not at long last. I really wonder about exact effects related to breast feeding in later life health or eating habits. I know it is
hard to gather the results from people who had breast feeding when he was infant because there are a plenty of factors on his health except
breast feeding. In addition, this question had been occurred by many researchers before. However, I will be able to make conclusions or findings
about it if I focus on specific region such as South Korea. This is because, I was born in South Korea, I can survey people who had breast feeding
or not, and except the general Korean environment factors that could impact on one’s health or eating habits.
Reference list
“Can breast feeding help you in later life? Evidence from German military heights in the early 20th century”( Haines Michael R, Kintner Hallie J,
Economics and Human Biology, 2008)
Systematic review and meta‐analysis investigating breast feeding and childhood wheezing illness (Bronwyn K. Brew, C. Wendy Allen, Brett G. Toelle,
Guy B. Marks, Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, 2011)
Breast Feeding Rates and Factors Influencing Breast Feeding Practice in Late Preterm Infants: Comparison with Preterm Born at Less than 34 Weeks of
Gestational Age (Jang GJ, Lee SL, Kim HM, Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing, 2012)
The Benefits of Breast Feeding across the Early Years of Childhood (Journal of Human Capital, 2012)
Fewtrell, M. (n.d.). The long-term benefits of having been breast-fed.Current Paediatrics, 97-103.
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Your Key Concepts. Fill out the matrix below with the key concepts from your project in order of relevance (e.g. the most
relevant concept should be first). Update your concepts as you learn more about them and as you add to them.
key concepts 
sources 
De Araujo
(2011)
Phillips (2014)
Strayhorn
(2012)
Li (2008)
1. adjustment issues for
international students
in U.S.
English language
proficiency, social
support, length of stay in
the U.S., perceived
discrimination and
prejudice, establishing
relationships with
Americans,
homesickness
Writing paper in English,
Resourcefulness,
proactivity,
inclusion/exclusion,
Belonging with a group
Belonging in a
community, Social
support, socialization,
bona-fide members,
participating in social
context, successful
adaptation(p. 95)
Different writing style
between Western culture
and own, A thesis with
Argumentative edge.
Evolving in a community
2. Social support for
international students
in U.S.
Traditional social
support, emotional
support, perceived social
support, online ethnic
support groups, actual
support network
3.Achievement for
graduate students
Network of proofreaders, professional
editors, faculty, native
English speaking
students
Supports from
department and
classroom, involvement,
socialization, sense of
belonging, membership
in a defined group
Academic success, better
writing, successful
writing strategies
4.
5.
Academic success,
adjustment(better
academic experience)
Good GPA, academic
success, a sense of
belonging in a
community
Finding argumentative
edge
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Özturgut and
Murphy (2009)
notes/analysis 
questions 
Across the sources, these
adjustment issues
sometimes include both
graduate and
undergraduate students,
sometimes just one or the
other, and sometimes all
students or just
international students.
What are additional
adjustment issues unique to
international students but
not covered in these
sources?
Social support is always
from outside and other
people.
Most of papers focused on
academic success for
graduate students.
Especially, GPA and writing
skills.
How can I build stronger
social support for successful
graduate life?
What are other components
to success for graduate life?
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