UNIVERSITY OF CALOOCAN CITY

GRADUATE SCHOOL

Tulip St. Area A Camarin, Caloocan City (Camarin Campus)

NAME: RODORA J. CASTRO

COURSE: MAED 301 RESEARCH METHODS APPLIED IN EDUC. MANAGEMENT

PROFFESS: DR. SALVACION MOPAZ

TITTLE OF REPORT:

INTRODUCTION TO EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Prepared By:

RODORA J. CASTRO

 What is research?

~Is the key to answering our questions, solving problems, and fostering creativity,
innovations, and advancements.

What is scientific method?

• is a scientific strategy to use to answer questions and solve problems.

• Consists of a systematic, step-by-step sets of procedures that are employed to objectively

investigate some sort of phenomena and then to answer specific questions about it.

 Why study Educational Research?

• We tend to prefer stories to statistics (& research).

• We seek to confirm ideas, not to question them.

• We misperceive the world.

• Our memories are often inaccurate or distorted

 What Research Is And What Research Is Not?
What Research Is?

• Educational research is scientific.

• Educational research begins with a question or a problem that serves as the purpose or
goal of a study

• Educational research requires the formulation of a specific plan for conducting the
research.

• Educational research requires the collection, analysis, and interpreting of data as a means
of answering the inherent question or problem under investigation.

• Educational research tends to be cyclical on helical, as opposed to linear.

• Educational research is, by its very nature, inquisitive, objective, original,.

• Educational research should be beneficial, meaningful and significant.

• Educational research does not have outcomes that are predetermined.

What Research Is Not?

• Research is not simply gathering information.

• Educational research is not conclusive.

• Educational research is not trivial.

 Approaches/Methods of Educational Research

1. Quantitative approach using the deductive reasoning which works from more general to
more specific manner

2. Qualitative Approach using the inductive reasoning works from specific to general
conclusion.
 Discovering the Discipline of Research

*Discipline

• a branch of knowledge, typically one studied in higher education

**Examples of Discipline and Their Branches

Natural and applied sciences

• Biology, chemistry, computer science, engineering, geology, mathematics, physics,

medicine

Social Sciences

• Anthropology, education, geography, law, political science, psychology, sociology

 Importance of Educational Research?

• The primary goal of Educational Research is to:

• Describe,

• Explain,

• Predict,

• Explore (Educational) phenomena

 Examples of Educational Research

1. The Classroom Environment

• The effect that the physical arrangement of the classroom has on learning.

• The impact of the environment on the psychosocial development and interactios among
students.

• The type and nature of interpersonal relationships and interactions among students.
 • The type and nature of interpersonal relationships and interactions between the teacher
and the students.

• The potential impact on learning of alternative physical arrangements, time, movement

between activities, and management of materials. 2. Instructional Materials

• The appropriateness of textbooks and other printed materials for a multicultural school.

• The effectiveness of supplementary, hands-on materials.

• The usefulness of all materials for academic achievement .

• The impact of instructional as alternatives..

 The Classroom Management

• The operational efficiency of classrooms in our school

• The efficiency of transitions within our school

• The extent to which teachers believe that they can teach as they like

• Pros and cons of our current methods of managing student behaviour

• The efficacy of classroom routines as efficient uses of time

• The extent to which students learn without undue distraction

 Instructional methods

• Factors that motivate and engage my students

• Motivational and engagement factors that differ based on ethnic groupings

• The best methods of teaching to reach our school’s instructional goals

• The nature, timing, and delivery of teaching methods and strategies

• Student’s responses to natural, timing, and delivery of teaching methods and strategies

• Effective methods for formative and summative assessment of student learning

 • Various questioning and their relative effectiveness

• The academic impact and student perceptions of "flipping" a classroom

 Human intellectual, social, physical, and emotional growth and development

• Individual interests and learning preferences

• Ideal rates of learning for individuals

• The improvement of self-discipline

• Effective strategies for students with autism

*other examples

➣Effective communication

➣Effective supervision

➣Effective public relations

➣Effective relationship

➣student affairs

➣Residence life

➣academic affairs

Copyright © 2019 by SAGE Publication, Inc.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Mertler, Craig A., author.

Title: Introduction to educational research/Craig A. Mertler, Arizona State University

Description: Second edition. | Los Angeles : SAGE Publications, Inc. [2019]| Includes
bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2017045424 | ISBN 9781506366128(pbk. : alk. paper)

Subjects: LCSH: Education—Research—Methology.

Classification: LCC LB1028 .M3968 2019| DC 370.72—dc23 LV record available at

https://lccn.loc.gov/2017045424