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RESEARCH
EDUC. 201
MELODY B. BALTAZAR
MAED Student
MERCEDES F. BACTOL,Ph.D
Professor
What is expected in a thesis?
• Awareness and understanding of important current
work in the field.
• Ability to plan a research activity.
• Knowledge and motivation to carry out the planned
research activity.
• Ability to analyze the results of the research.
• Ability to draw reasonable conclusions from the
research.
• Ability to complete a written description of the work
in the form of a well-written, properly organized
thesis.
• Ability to complete a thesis with potential for
presentation at and/or participation in professional
meetings and/or publication in scholarly journals.
Two types of Thesis
QUALITATIVE OR CREATIVE THESIS
QUANTITATIVE THESIS
APPLIED RESEARCH
Phenomenon observed.
Question(s) asked.
Problem(s) established.
Draws upon larger research community.
Seeks to legitimize the field and
profession.
Employs accept research methods
(i.e.,rigorous methods)
APPLIED RESEARCH MAIN CATEGORIES:
descriptive
experimental
quasi - experimental
PURPOSES OF RESEARCH:
exploration
description
explanation
Steps in Guiding you through the Process of
Selecting a Research Topic
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REFERENCES
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ABSTRACT
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BASIC RULES
All lines after the first line of each entry in
your reference list should be in hanging
indentation.
Author’s name are inverted
Reference list entries should be alphabetized