Week 12 (Nov.14,06)

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Week 12 (Nov.14,06)

• Wrap up the Research Proposal Two Ends
  Abstract Summary
• Final

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Agenda for today

• Methodology peer review
• The two ends abstract summary/significance (
  appendix)
• Revisit research proposal research report
  envision Masters Theses
• Final submission and final presentation
• House keeping planning the last two weeks of
  classes

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Methodology Peer Review

• Form a group of 3 or 4 (25)
• Read each others writing,
• give at least 1 suggestion,
• Give grades
• Sign
• Debriefing group/individual report (15)
• One thing that youve learned from reading your
  peers writing or one thought, one idea, etc. or
  anything you want to share with the class

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3 major steps in doing a research study

• ???

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3 major steps in doing a research study

• Preparing a proposal describing the study to be
  done and its significance (EDU651)
• Collecting and analyzing data (EDU652)
• Writing a report of the complete study (EDU652)

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The process of research typical stages in doing
research

• ???
• Review/Brainstorming

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The process of research typical stages in doing
research

• Selecting a problem
• Reviewing the literature on the problem
• Designing the research
• Collecting the data
• Analyzing the data
• Interpreting the findings and stating conclusions
• Reporting results

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Research Proposal and Research Report A Revisit

• What does the structure of a research report look
  like?

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Research Report

• Introduction
• Literature review
• Methodology
• Results and discussion

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Components of the Discussion Section

• Overview/Summary of the study
• Limitations of the study
• Contributions/significance of the study
• Suggestions for future study

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Summary of the study

• Restate the general purposes and/or questions of
  the study.
• Review how the purposes were realized and
  questions were answered.

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Introduction Discussion

• Comment on larger, more significant issues.
• Whereas in the introduction your task was to move
  from general (your field) to specific (your
  research),
• In the Discussion section your task is to move
  from specific (your research) back to general
  (your field, how your research will affect the
  world). In other words, in the conclusion you
  should put your research in context

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Limitations of the study

• Two most common types of limitations
• Weakness in measurement (i.e. observation or
  instrumentation)
• Weakness in sampling
• Describe the limitations or applicability of the
  findings.
• For example, your recommendations might be
  applied only to a certain segment of the
  population. Also, were you able to look at all
  facets of the problem?

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Contributions/Significance of the study

• How might the study contribute to your personal
  learning?
• It is an action research, what will you learn as
  a result of the study and why is it worth
  knowing? How will this help improve your
  teaching?
• How might your study contribute to a larger
  community, a school, a district, or a group?
• How might the study contribute to the field or to
  theory?
• e.g. Shufangs Dissertation Proposal

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Suggestions/Recommendations for Future Study

• Point to specific areas that might be fruitful in
  future research
• Point to specific research procedures that might
  be fruitful in future research
• It is not uninformative for researchers to
  conclude with a simple phrase such as more
  research is needed

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Abstract

• Handout

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Research Report an Example

• Textbook Chapter 8
• MA Theses

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Plans for the last two weeks of classes

• Topics from syllabus
• Hot Topic Discussion Is Home Schooling a Danger
  to American Society?
• Presentation skills
• Writing for funding/presentation/publication
• Research critique
• Other topics you suggest that we cover and
  discuss?

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Choices

• Spread individual meeting into two weeks less
  content in class each week, or
• Cover all content in week 13 and set week 14 as
  individual meeting time?