PROCESS OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND REPORT WRITING

PROCESS OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND REPORT WRITING

INTRODUCTION

In this topic, we will examine the various processes that can be utilized for a variable educational research. We also examines research report as a plan of what you as a researcher want to do in carrying out a research project. It helps you to have a proper perspective of what is involved in executing a particular study.

OBJECTIVES

At the end of this post, a project students should be able to:

1. discuss various stages of educational research;
2. identify the main component of research; and
3. explain the major part of research methodology of a research project report

PROCESS OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND REPORT WRITING

RESEARCH PROCESSES

Any scientific research involves a number of processes or steps that are executed in a systematic manner. Educational research as a scientific investigation involves sequential; logical steps of execution. The logical steps you take when carrying out educational; research processes include:

• identifying a researchable problem area, or need worth investigating;
• reviewing or related literature to the research topic;
• formulating research questions and hypotheses: This is by formulating testable and measurable hypotheses and define the basic concepts and variable.
• Designing a study to collect pertinent data: This is by stating the underlying assumptions, which will govern the interpretations of results;

• Collecting pertinent data for answering the research questions and testing the hypotheses;
• Selecting the subjects using appropriate sampling procedures: This is by analyzing the data collected using appropriate statistics, to answer the research questions and testing the hypotheses of the study;
• Control and/or manipulate relevant variables and established criteria to evaluate the outcome, identify what variable can be measured and how to measure them;
• Drawing necessary inferences or conclusions based on the results of the analysis;
• Specify the data collection procedure that is questionnaires, test construction and administration, interview and observations;
• Select the data analysis methodology (this could be through manual or computer);
• Evaluate results, draw conclusions, and make recommendations.

ACTIVITY

List and discuss in logical order the various processes/steps to employ in educational research.

WRITING THE MAIN REPORT OF A STUDY

One of the most important aspects of any research study is communication of the results to other researchers. This important aspect can be accomplished through a well-written report. You start most reports with the title. The title is the label given to the report. You should write it in such a way that the reader could easily tell what the study is all about, even without reading the whole report.

The title should not be too long. After the title comes the abstract. The abstract should contain important ideas of the study. The abstract is a brief summary of the whole study containing the main steps in the study, statement of purpose, the types of subjects, brief statement of design, data analysis, results and findings.

Usually, the abstract should not be more than 120 – 150 words. The research report, whether it is a thesis, dissertation, or short term paper or report, usually follows a well standardized pattern. The following outline represents the usual sequence of writing a research report, (Adewumi, 1999).

FORMAT OF THE RESEARCH REPORT

Preliminary Section

Title Page

Abstract

Table of Contents

List of figures (if any)

Main Body of the Report

Introduction

Problem Statement or Statement of the Problem

Significance of the Problem

Justification of the Study

Major Study Assumptions

Hypotheses or Specific Research Questions (or both)

Delimitation (or Scope and Delimitations)

Definition of Key (or Operational) Terms.

Review of Related Literature

State previous research efforts in this area. Area of similarities and/or dissimilarities as well as possib7ie input to be drawn for the present study.

Methodology

Definition of Population

Procedure for Collecting Data

Instrumentation

Pilot Study (if any)

Findings and Analysis

Summary, Conclusion and Recommendations

Restatement of the Problem

Description of Procedures Used

Major Findings and Conclusions

Recommendations for Further Research.

Reference Section

Bibliography/References

Appendix

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