This activity for undergraduate students research course aimed to test students' initial understanding of their research
plan. It is expected to help them reflect further on their research topic so
they may have a good grasp of their research plan.
After
discussing with the students the characteristics of a good research
topic in class, I asked them to come up with a
research topic on their own, as an assignment.
The following meeting, my students were ready to submit their chosen
research topic. However, when I asked them in class to tell about their chosen research
topic, I noticed how little they know about it.
I was disappointed. So, instead of letting them just submit their
research topic, I asked them to reflect further
and answer the following questions which I titled “12 Q’s to Initial
Understanding of a Research Plan.”
Setting aside
the formality of writing a research proposal or a research report, I told my students
to write a draft of their answers to the 12 Q’s. Then, asked them to submit a
final copy of their answers the
following meeting. In this manner, the students were given more time to reflect
and improve their draft.
This
strategy worked with my students. Upon
reading their answers, I was convinced that this time, they have a better initial understanding of their research
topic/plan.
Will this work for you?
The
following are the 12 Q’s to initial understanding of a research topic/plan.
12 Q’s TO T INITIAL UNDERSTANDING OF A RESEARCH TOPIC/PLAN
Answer the following questions:
1. What is the topic of the research study I have in mind?
2. What is the purpose of my study?
3. What specific problems am I going to
answer/solve?
4. Who/what are the subjects of the study
5. What is the size of the population of my study?
6. Will I include all members of the population or
just a few/sample of it?
7. What method or technique of collecting data
shall I use?
8. What is/are my expected results or answers to
the problems?
9. What instrument shall I use to gather or to document
the data?
10. When will the study be conducted?
11. Where will the study be conducted?
12. How will the data be gathered?
I plan of trying this activity with my graduate students to set their mood and get started with their research proposal. Let's see what will happen, in my next post..
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