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EdAd 202 B

EdAd 202 B. Literature Review And your RESEARCH PROJECT Spring 2010. Basic Structure of your Research Project. Chapter I – Background, setting, problem & purpose, research questions. Chapter II – Literature Review Chapter III – Methodology Chapter IV – Data Analysis (facts)

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EdAd 202 B

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  1. EdAd 202 B Literature Review And your RESEARCH PROJECT Spring 2010

  2. Basic Structure of your Research Project • Chapter I – Background, setting, problem & purpose, research questions. • Chapter II – Literature Review • Chapter III – Methodology • Chapter IV – Data Analysis (facts) • Chapter V – Conclusions (based on data analysis) & Recommendations and/or Implications

  3. Chapter IIThe Literature Review • What does the literature tell us about the history of the problem, current issues, possible solutions, etc.? • This becomes the foundation – it supports your research. • Eg. New teacher needs – what does the research tell us? Now what do you want to study? * Note – As you skim & read the research – some will contribute to developing Chapter I.

  4. Chapter IWhat is it? • Introduction • Background (to the problem) • Setting • Problem Statement • Purpose of the Study • Research Question

  5. Problem Statement- (states the need to know) • Explain why your specific problem is important to education (so what?) • Specify what we don’t know about your specific problem…The problem is … For example: New teachers in California are faced with ….The problem is new teachers in private schools are not provided with coaching and support during their first years of teaching.

  6. Purpose of the Study • Identifies and describes who or what individuals, groups, programs, etc. will be studied (your variables) For example: The purpose of this study is to identify new teachers perceptions of their needs during the first years of teaching. The second purpose of the study is or, The purpose of the study is to determine whether student’s attitudes … (Note: These may not be found in the same study.)

  7. Alignment • The Purpose of the Study and the Research Questions (RQs) must be aligned! Note: these RQs are aligned w/previous purpose For example: • What are new teachers perceptions of …? • Will students attitudes towards education be affected after …? Note: These may or may not be found in the same study.

  8. Research Questions • This is not your literature review! The lit review is the foundation…think – this is what the research says so now what questions do I have and what can I study? • These Research Questions will drive the rest of your study & they must be related directly to your purpose.

  9. Organizational Chart • Research Questions • Part of Chapter 1 • Related to Purpose Statement • Methodology (c. 3) • Describes your research design • Instrument • Survey or interview questions address each RQ • Literature Review (c.2) • What does the research tell us about this topic? • Each variable of RQs are researched & addressed

  10. Variables • That which is being studied The purpose of this study is to identify new teachers perceptions of their needs during the first years of teaching. The variables are: __________

  11. Independent Variables • (input, manipulated, treatment, stimulus) • so-called because they are “independent” of the outcome itself; instead, they are presumed to cause, effect or influence the outcome • The variable that is manipulated by the researcher

  12. Dependent Variables • (output, outcome, or response) • so-called because they are “dependent” on the independent variables; the outcome presumable depends on how these input variables are managed or manipulated. • It changes as a result of the independent variable being changed.

  13. Variables Activity • What is the impact of site based management on school morale? • What is the effect of an altered curriculum on student achievement in reading? What is the independent variable? What is the dependent variable?

  14. So Now What? • Tell me – • What is your Research Topic? (not too broad) • What is your conceptual framework? (look @ your concept map – what are you researching?) • What are your initial Research Questions? (what do you want to know?) • Who are the participants? (teachers, principals, parents, students?) • Setting? (where will this study take place?)

  15. Later … • Later we’ll discuss: • Methodology – (How will you conduct your study? – What kind of research design?)

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