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DEFINITION
Research problems are educational
Ask yourself
To help locate your research problem for your thesis, ask
DEFINING TERMS
Research Problem: Educational issue/problem in a
study
Research Topic: Broad subject matter being
addressed in a study
Purpose: Major intent or object of study
in a study
OVERVIEW
General
Topic Research Problem
Research Statement
Research Questions
Specific
PROBLEM RESEARCHABILITY
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Therapy
To prove what your already know
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The research problem within this study Justification for the problem (based on past research and practice) Shortcoming of past research or practice The importance / significance of the problem
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GETTING STARTED
Write down the purpose statement of your study
that will help you to start your literature review This part of the literature review searches for core literature and it should focus almost exclusively on empirical studies Look for studies similar to your problem statement in Australia. Look for studies similar to your problem statement in other countries.
LITERATURE PRIORITY
PARENT
RELATIONAL
CORE
WHERE TO START
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Encyclopedia of educational research (Alkin, 1992) The appendix Doing library research in education is brilliant Handbooks International Handbooks of Educational Administration, Educational Leadership, Lifelong Learning etc quickly introduce you to the major players and research issues in your study Theses Overseas Dissertation abstracts, US computer disks British Dissertation abstracts Australia Cunningham library, ACER, www.acer.edu.au
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Databases ERIC (Educational Resources Information Centre) www.accesseric.org. (worlds largest source of information one million abstracts) Australian Education Index (AUSINET) Current index to journals in education and resources in education: locate through ERIC Social Science Citation Index: CDROM
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purpose statement in font size 20pt & bold & adhere to a place near your computer where your regularly see. Do not be a dilettante . You need to get a reasonably solid grasp of your proposed topic relatively quickly in order to focus or flick.
Read, categorise, file Construct a literature map (different from but a pre-