First Task

Hi it's me again,

On 22 March, we were instructed by Dr. Teoh to send our task 1 via the iLearn.  I have submitted my assignment earlier but during the last week's meeting, I met Dr Teoh and showed her my work.  She was really helpful in assisting me in my task.

This was what my first task look like:

Topic Area:
Literature Component in English SPM

Research Problem:
The effectiveness of using mind map in helping upper secondary students to write good literary essays.

Research Questions:
1.  Will mind map help students to effectively write literary essays?
2.  How does the use of mind map aid students to give their own personal respond to the text?
3.  Does the use of mind map broaden the student's outlook?

However, after discussing above matters, I realized that my research problem is not a 'problem'.  You have to ask yourself, why is it important to do the research?  The problem explored should be important to the field that you want to look into.

Searching for research questions is also a daunting task- it is not easy to write the correct questions.  I constantly ask myself whether I am asking the right questions.  From my lecturer, I learnt that a clear and appropriate research question is the foundation of a good research.  A research question identifies what we as the researcher want to know. Without a research question, we do not know what are we going to do.

So, when I came back that night, I tried to redo my work and the next day, on Sunday, I resubmitted my task 1.  It was the last day of sending the assignment and I was relieved that I could do it on time. So, this is the new edition of my task 1.

Quantitative vs Qualitative

At a glance, these two words look similar.

But, nay...

Apart from having a different spelling (obviously), these two terms have distinguishable meanings.

Lets look at the differences:

The advantages and disadvantages:

This video will really help you to understand the differences of quantitative and qualitative research.

So, bear in mind that :

QUANTITATIVE always relates with NUMBERS and

QUALITATIVE always relates with WORDS

Book to Read

Hi..I'm back..I know it's been a while since I last updated my blog..Well, life is quite hectic now.  I really have to delegate my time wisely.  However, the good news is, throughout these few months, I have learnt a lot of invaluable things especially related to research methodology .  I was not aware that there are numerous important details to be explored until.........

Luckily, my dear friends managed to purchase this book for me.   I was informed by other coursemates that it was really difficult to get a copy of this as it was sold like hot cakes.  

I must say that 'How to Design and Evaluate Research In Education' by Jack R. Fraenkel, Norman E Wallen and Helen H Hyun is a well-written and a very informative reference book.  It is a must have and must read by others who would like to conduct a research.  This thorough and step by step text provides a comprehensive introduction to educational research.


For those who are still in the dark on the issues pertaining to methodology, research and other related topics, grab this paperback as it will surely aid you.  From my own personal view, this book is really a godsend, especially for a person like myself who are still struggling in writing her research proposal!

Types of Research

Hi,

I am Hazila.

And this is my first attempt to write a blog.

Well, the direction of this blog is merely snippets of what I will learn and have learnt in my ED702 class which is Research Methodology.  As this is an educational blog (if I could say it that way), I will try to update on related issue on research matters.

My lecturer, Dr Teoh, who is teaching me Research Methodology this semester

On my first class, I learnt that there are many types of research and each research serves its own purpose.   Therefore, as we start our research, we need to ask ourselves what kind of information that we want to gather.  It is vital to determine the topic area of our research.  Then, narrow down our idea to the research problem.  A good research problem should be specific so that it is more meaningful and manageable.

If you go the library and find yourself staring at the shelves, then most probably your topic is just too broad. Try to do a mind map so that you have a better idea on what to focus on.  In addition,  I learnt that a research question will guide the purpose of our research and each research question will give clear idea of our research.  

Here, I would like to share a website that would be informative on those who want to start a research like me.

http://www.slideshare.net/Azia1980/type-of-research-methodology

Happy reading!