Teacher Development

IDENTIFYING A RESEARCH PROBLEM

Stages to define a problem

Topic

Research problem

Purpose statement

Research questions

The most important aspect of it

Take the reader into the principal idea of the problem

It shows the importance of the problem into the environment and why it should be researched.

It helps to researchers to find a deep information about something of what they would like to know.

Differences between qualitative and quantitative researches

Both functions are helpful for researches, but each one of these will direct the research as for the information needed.

Quantitative Research

Qualitative Research

It is useful for studies with a big population, also it uses measurable variables helping to researchers with all kind of data.

Also, it can be used for put on test the acquired information.

Qualitative research helps us to learn about the kind of people that we want to reseach. On the other hand, as well as quantitative research investigates large populations, it does so but with smaller populations.

Example

Topic: Why the English education in Colombia has had troubles in public institutions?

Research Problem: By mean of qualitative research we are going to see why English learners in public institutions has been affected in their performance into a classroom.

Purpose Statement:

Find the way about how we can decrease or resolve the established problem

Research Questions:

Are teachers sufficiently trained to teach into a classroom?

Goverment is providing the enough tools for the enrichment of students' knowledge?

Society does not help to students to develop their ideas?