Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia

Vicerrectoría Académica y de Investigación

Course: Qualitative and Quantitative Research
Code: 551031

Activity Guide and Evaluation Rubric – Task 2 – What a Problem

1. Activity Description
Type of activity: Individual
Evaluation moment: Intermediate Unit 1
Highest score of the activity: 150 points
The activity starts on: Monday, The activity ends on: Sunday, March
February 15, 2021 28, 2021
With this activity, you are expected to achieve the following learning
outcomes:

- To write a research problem, its questions, its objectives, and its significance of
the study in a visual representation tool.

The activity consists of:

Step 1: Checking

- Check the following references:

Mattick, K. (1), Johnston, J. (2), & de la Croix, A. (3,4). (2018). How to

write a good research question. Clinical Teacher, 15(2), 104–108.
https://bibliotecavirtual.unad.edu.co/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.
aspx?direct=true&db=edselc&AN=edselc.2-52.0-
85044365598&lang=es&site=eds-live&scope=site
The Call Info. (2020, February 14). Significance of the Study.
https://research.thecallinfo.com/significance-of-the-study/
Loretta Asay. (2016, January 12). Research Problems, Questions, and Hypotheses
Pt 1 [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6liwaFX_Bc
Muñoz, M. (2020). How to Write Research Objectives [Video].
https://repository.unad.edu.co/handle/10596/33587

- Attend the first web conference of the course or watch the recording to make a
summary to be posted in the forum.

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Step 2: Journal on English as a Foreign Language

- Select an article from the Journal on English as a Foreign Language. Go to DOAJ,

check the Table of Contents and select an article written in English. Post the
reference in the forum so that no articles are repeated among students. For the
reference you need the Author(s) Last Name, First Initial. Second Initial. (Year).
Title of article. Name of Journal, volume(edition), pages. For example:

Zaky, H. A., Endang, F., Sri, M. (2019). Male and female students' uptake in
responding to oral corrective feedback. Journal on English as a Foreign
Language, 9(1), 107-125.
https://doaj.org/article/02e4f51496194ed5b93c796f7aa48c53

- Read your chosen article and answer the following questions:

o What are the objectives of this research?
o What are the research questions?
o What is its significance in the field of language learning?

Step 3: My Research Idea

- Go back to your research idea based on your learning-teaching experience of

English as a foreign language at UNAD. Transform it into a research problem.
- Write 2 research questions, 1 general objective, 3 specific objectives and the
significance of the study in our field for your research idea.

Step 4: Visual Diagram

- Create a visual diagram, be it clustering, webbing, mapping, to show your Step 3.

Step 5: Delivery

- Send to the Evaluation environment a PDF file with Steps 1, 2, 3 and 4.

For the development of the activity consider that:

In the Initial Information Environment, you must:

- Check the Course Agenda to organize your time.

- Check the Course News for important information.

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 - Verify the date of the First Web Conference so that you can plan your
participation accordingly.
- Verify your tutors’ synchronous attention by Skype.

In the Learning Environment, you must:

- Check the Course Contents and Bibliographic References for Unit 1

- Go to the discussion forum for the task and actively participate with your
collaborative group.
- Give feedback to your e-mates if necessary.

In the Evaluation Environment, you must:

- Upload a PDF file with the task’s individual evidences. Identify your file as follows:
551031 - Task 2 – Your Full Name.pdf

Evidences of individual work:

The individual evidence to be submitted is:

A PDF file named 551031 - Task 2 – Your Full Name.pdf with the following pages:
1. Cover Page
2. Screenshot of web conference participation or summary.
3. Step 2
4. Step 3
5. Step 4
6. APA References (Different from the ones provided in the course)
Evidences of collaborative work:

No collaborative evidence is required in this activity.

2. General Guidelines for the Development of Evidences to Submit

For Individual evidences, consider the following:

 Be sure to follow the provided instructions for APA referencing.

 Remember to post your choosing article.
 Be sure to revise content, structure and mechanics in everything you post in the
forums and/or sent for evaluation.

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Please keep in mind that all individual or collaborative written products must comply
with the spelling rules and presentation conditions defined in this activity guide.
Regarding the use of references, consider that the product of this activity must
comply with APA style.

In any case, make sure you comply with the rules and avoid academic plagiarism.
You can review your written products using the Turnitin tool found in the virtual
campus.

Under the Academic Code of Conduct, the actions that infringe the academic order,
among others, are the following: paragraph e) Plagiarism is to present as your own
work all or part of a written report, task or document of invention carried out by
another person. It also implies the use of citations or lack of references, or it
includes citations where there is no match between these and the reference and
paragraph f) To reproduce, or copy for profit, educational resources or results of
research products, which have rights reserved for the University. (Acuerdo 029 - 13
de diciembre de 2013, artículo 99)

The academic penalties students will face are:

a) In case of academic fraud demonstrated in the academic work or evaluation, the
score obtained will be zero (0.0) without any disciplinary measures being derived.
b) In case of proven plagiarism in academic work of any nature, the score obtained
will be zero (0.0), without any disciplinary measures being derived.

3. Evaluation Rubric

Type of activity: Individual

Evaluation moment: Intermediate Unit 1
The highest score in this activity is 150 points
First evaluation High Level: The student shows assertiveness and relevance in
criterion: the answers. Attends the first web conference of the course
and sends the evidence for evaluation.
Participate in the
web and in the If your work is at this level, you can get between 40
forum showing points and 50 points
assertiveness and
relevance in the Average Level: The student partially shows assertiveness
and relevance in the answers. Does not attend the first web

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answers to the conference of the course but watches the recording and makes
provided questions. a summary in the forum.

If your work is at this level, you can get between 30

This criterion
points and 39 points
represents 50
points of the total
Low Level: The student does not show assertiveness and
of 150 points of
relevance in the answers. Does not attend the first web
the activity.
conference of the course and there’s no evidence of summary
for watching the recording.

If your work is at this level, you can get between 0

points and 29 points
Second evaluation High Level: The student clearly writes a research problem, its
criterion: questions, its objectives and its significance of the study.

Write a research If your work is at this level, you can get between 56
problem, its points and 70 points
questions, its
objectives and its Average Level: The student partially writes a research
significance of the problem, its questions, its objectives and its significance of the
study. study.
This criterion
If your work is at this level, you can get between 42
represents 70
points and 55 points
points of the total
of 150 points of
Low Level: The student has difficulty writing a research
the activity.
problem, its questions, its objectives and its significance of the
study.

If your work is at this level, you can get between 0

points and 41 points
Third evaluation High Level: The student evidences creativity in the use of a
criterion: visual representation.

Evidence creativity If your work is at this level, you can get between 12
in the use of a points and 15 points
visual
representation. Average Level: The student partially evidences creativity in
the use of a visual representation.

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This criterion If your work is at this level, you can get between 9
represents 15 points and 11 points
points of the total
of 150 points of Low Level: The student has problems evidencing the use of a
the activity. visual representation.

If your work is at this level, you can get between 0

points and 8 points
Fourth evaluation High Level: The document meets the criteria for presentation
criterion: and references according to APA standards.

Present the product If your work is at this level, you can get between 12
of this activity points and 15 points
according to APA
standards. Average Level: The document partially meets the criteria for
presentation and references according to APA standards.

This criterion If your work is at this level, you can get between 9
represents 15 points and 11 points
points of the total
of 150 points of Low Level: The document does not meet the criteria for
the activity. presentation and references according to APA standards.

If your work is at this level, you can get between 0

points and 8 points