EDF
5481 METHODS OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
HINTS
TO FORMULATE YOUR RESEARCH PROBLEM STATEMENT
|
DID YOUR INSPIRATION RUN DRY?
CAN'T THINK OF A TOPIC?
HERE'S SOME WAYs TO GET SOME IDEAS.
What are you most curious about?
Why it is harder for adults to learn
a new language than children?
What's the most effective way to communicate
with students in an online course (obviously, besides online)?
Check out what's known about this topic
at Google Scholar.
Check out major journals in your disciplinary
area.
What do they write about the most?
What don't they seem to write about
that you believe they SHOULD research and write about?
What's your favorite sport or hobby?
Why?
What are some of the biggest challenges
of your sport or hobby?
What do professionals know about it
(Google Scholar again)?
Visit the website of your discipline's
professional association (e.g., AERA
or APA).
Follow the links on the association's
home page to sections and publications:
Jot down ideas for research projects
while you explore.
Locate the next conference that this
organization will sponsor. Many organizations post the immediate prior
program from their last conference to their WEB sites.
Find out how to submit a paper for
the next conference or otherwise be considered for participation in that
conference.
-
What will your topic be?
-
How does it advance the current research
literature?
-
Might this topic be an educational, psychological
or social problem that needs to be addressed?
Maybe the excitement of visiting San Francisco,
Madrid, New Orleans, Seoul, London or Montreal will get those creative
ideas flowing!
We're a diverse group. Here are just
some of our majors that have taken this course:
-
Counseling/School Psychology
-
Distance Learning
-
Foreign and Second Language Education
-
Foreign Language Teaching
-
Higher Education
-
International Development Education
-
Learning and Cognition
-
Measurement and Statistics
-
Mental Health Counseling
-
Special Education
-
Sports Psychology
Share your discipline's association with
us by posting the URL to our discussion board.
This page was built with Netscape Composer
Susan Carol Losh
 TO
GUIDE 1
|