EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH IIESCUELA DE CIENCIAS DE LA EDUCACION

Mención Inglés

Mgs. Alba Vargas Saritama

Primer Bimestre

ABRIL – AGOSTO 2011

What is the goal?Goal

Didactic materialsPrinted didactic materials

• Guide• Book

Technological didactic materials• EVA• e-mail• videoconference• telephone

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What is Research?

What is educational research?

Educational research

Systematic application of the scientific method

for addressing

Educational issues topics problems (phenomena)

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Different types of researchMertler & Charles (2008) classifies Educational Research considering: practicality, method employed and questions addressed

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Key terms

Research article – presents some research a person has performed about a particular topic

Research proposal –plan designed in order to investigate a specific topic, phenomenon or issue

study - written document that presents findings of research (research report)

Research Report – piece of academic writing which contains a detailed description of a study.

Journal – publish articles which have passed arigorous editing and review process

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Ethical issues in research in research involving subjects

Any research must guarantee human rights.

Guarantee that participants will not be harm in any way.

In research the ends do not justify the means

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

Code of ethics

Informed consent

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HOW TO CONDUCT THE RESEARCH (STUDY)

Data collectionResearch tools (instruments) = collection

measuresSurvey InterviewQuestionnaire Observation

formsFormal models for language research:

- Acceptability judgments- Elicited imitation- Magnitude Estimation- Truth-Value judgements and other interpretation tasks- Sentence matching

Elicitation measures in language research

Validity

Reliability

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• The final stage is to report the results gotten in the study

• The research report must be written based on the standard principles of research and the format set by the institution which sponsors the research

• Each institution and organization adapts its own research report format

Third Stage: Report the research

Formats for research reportREAEARCH REPORT FORMAT (TEXTBOOK) UTPL RESEARCH REPORT FORMAT

TITLE PAGEPRELIMINARY PAGESABSTRACTBODY1. IntroductionA. Statement of the topicB. Statement of general issuesC. General goal of paperD. Literature reviewII. Method• Participants• Materials• Procedures• AnalysisIII. Results Charts, tables, and /or figures

accompanied by verbal descriptions.IV. Discussion / conclusion (often two

separate sections)NOTESREFERENCESAPPENDIXES

Title Page

Preliminary Pages: – Certification– Contrato de Cesión de Derechos– Authorship– Dedication (optional)– Acknowledgment (optional) – Contents

AbstractIntroductionMethodologyDiscussion

– Literature Review– Results– Description, Analysis, and

Interpretation of Results – Conclussions

ReferencesAnnexes

RESEARCH REPORT

Introduction

A study

Abstract

Title

Methodology

Results

Discussion

References

Annexes

Literature Review

Analysis and Interpretation of results Conclusions

The Title

The title should reflect content and emphasis of the project in the report (essential key words)

Single page

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Example To illustrate a report of a study I have taken an example from ASIAN EFL JOURNAL: http://www.asian-efl-journal.com/PDF/Volume-12-Issue-4-Cheng.pdf

Example of a study

Chang. M.Ch., Jui-Chuan. Ch., Yi-Chen. Ch., & Ying-shu. L. (2010).Do They Want the Same Thing?” Learner Perspectives on Two Content- Based Course Designs in the Context of English as a Foreign Language. Asian EFL Journal 12 (4). From http://www.asian-efl-journal.com/PDF/Volume-12-Issue-4-Cheng.pdf

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Do They Want the Same Thing?” Learner Perspectives on Two Content- Based Course Designs in the Context of

English as a Foreign Language

Abstract• Presents a summary of the topic and the

major finding of the research.• They are usually 100- 150 but in the UTPL

format it is one page long.• It must contain:

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- The researched topic - The place - Population and sample

- Methods and instruments

- Major results

Abstract

(Chang. M.Ch., Jui-Chuan. Ch., Yi-Chen. Ch., & Ying-shu. L., 2010)

IntroductionThe introduction describes clearly but briefly

the background of the problem, highlights the importance of the study and the purpose of the study.

It must be well-written and be attractive to motivate the reader to continue reading.

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The introduction must contain:

MethodologyThe methodology represents the “how” of a study (research).

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History of the research done

Place and participants (characteristics)

Research design and detailed description of the procedures

How the data was tabulated, processed and analyzed

Techniques and instruments, materials

METHODOLOGY

Results The results section has relevant data

and findings summarized in qualitative and quantitative charts.

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DISCUSSION

Steps to follow in order to write the Literature review of a study:

Identify key terms

Locate different literature sources

Critically evaluate

Organize the literature

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Literature Review

Important!!!!!

Follow a standard documentation style when citing sources and writing your bibliography

Social sciences follow American Psychological Association (APA) standards

Write the references in alphabetical order

Use updated bibliography (5 years )

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Plagiarism

Is the unfair use of someone else's words or ideas.

To avoid plagiarism you must Summarize, use quotations, and paraphrase the information that you take from other authors. That is, you must properly integrate and credit all quotes and paraphrases by citing authors or sources in paragraphs. In addition, you must include a reference list at the end of your written work.

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Include all the sources reviewed

Books

Journals

Magazines

Electronic sources, etc

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Include all the sources reviewed

Order the list of books, journal articles, magazines electronic sources, etc in an alphabetical way.

Use updated bibliography (5 years )

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References

QUESTIONS?????

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