DEFINING A DOABLE RESEARCH STATEMENT AND ITS JUSTIFICATION
Danna Nathalia Gómez FEEDBACK ON THE RESEARCH STATEMENT-JUSTIFICATION
EVALUATION Excellent
CRITERIA 5 pts
ACTIVITY #1
Research statement and The student elaborates
justification from two to three pages to
describe: (1) the research
25 % context characteristics and
participants’ needs; (2) a
The student applies possible contribution of
strategies to select your study to both
evidences from the macroproject and
context and the subproject; (3) the
theoretical support for contribution for you as a
the elaboration of future professional English
teacher. The description
arguments that justify a
includes the relationship
research statement. between needs and
evidences according to
the macroprojects and the
subproject that best fits
the initial idea. The
student includes
evidences such as photos
of the board, the
classroom (without
registering people’s
faces), also pictures of
books, activities, student’s
evaluations, materials,
etc. It is included the
formulation of an initial
question (core question)
that evidences crucial
needs, a problem or a
Good
4 pts
About the research The justification should be
statement: explicitly written. Arguments
The student describes: should respond to:
(1) the research context
characteristics and
participants’ needs; (2) a
possible contribution of
your study to both
macroproject and
subproject.
Nevertheless, Danna,
the project should be
defined NOT on reading
comprehension, but in
terms of the English as a
Foreign Language
competences of the Test
Saber-11. I ask you not
to focus on reading
skills, but to establish
EFL evaluation as the
main concept of your
research project, which
at the same time
involves the concept of
testing through Saber-
11.
Additionally, you need to
change the question
since it includes other
Fair Poor Not submitted
3 pts 2 pts 0 pts
The student doesn't apply The student does no
properly any of the define neither a resear
strategies to select statement nor a
evidences from the justification.
• Why is it so relevant to context and the
theoretical support so the
do this study?
• What aspects will you elaboration of arguments
learn as doing this is poor and inadequate to
research project? justify a research
• What contributions will statement. There is not
the project make to the an elaboration to explain
subproject on evidences of the context
“Pedagogical Innovations and the research
statement. It is also
for English Teaching and
Learning. missing the relationship
• What pedagogical between the statement
aspects will you learn as and a subproject and
an English teacher who macroproject of the LLEI.
implements strategies for Evidences were not
Saber-11. presented as it was
required and there is not
any explanation to justify
properly the statement.
Final score: 3.5
 situation that justifies to components that are not
carry out the research study going to make essential
or microproject. part of your research
and create confusion:

What tools should be

used both pedagogically
and ICT tools that
facilitate the timely
learning of grammar
and vocabulary within a
literary context?

You do not need to

investigate about ICT
Tools, neither grammar,
nor vocabulary. If you
are the teacher in charge
of 11th graders, you will
carry out an EFL
Evaluation
implementation to
develop skills and results
with simulations for the
Test Saber Pro 11 in a
group of secondary
graders.