Ms$.$ Crawley's seventh$-$grade social studies class is studying the battle of the Alamo. During the unit, she assigns each student a relevant historical figure and plans to work through the research process with this focus. Before visiting the computer lab, the students spend time in class, developing a research question. What will be their next step in the research process?

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Do background research.

Develop a thesis.

Determine what information is most important to their question.

Improve the research question by refining its focus.