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Ten Strategic Points for Dissertation

Ten Strategic Points for a Quantitative Correlational Study

1. Topic- Topic plays a critical role in offering a wide research issue in the area of: Influence of Cross-cultural experience on Student Leadership Development and Academic Achievement.

2. Literature review - Lists primary points for four sections in the Literature Review: a. Background of the problem/gap; Several studies have focused on the need for reforms in leadership in schools, but very few of them have focused on cross-cultural competence and how co-curricular and curricular activities would facilitate cross-cultural student leaders. Intercultural competence has grown in many fields and has become fundamental, given the unprecedented complexity that leaders are expected in the ever-interconnected world.

b. Theoretical foundations (models and theories to be foundation for study); c.

3. Review of literature topics with key theme for each one; d. Summary

a. Background of the Problem:

b. Theoretical foundations (models and theories to be foundation for study);

c. Review of literature topics with key theme for each one;

i. Methodology- The study will utilize the quasi-experimental quantitative research design to establish causes, effects, and connection between cultural biases in the education curricula and students’ performance in multicultural learning institutions. There will be a control group to be studied with varying conditions of cultural biases in educational institutions. The results for both groups will be collected and compared to determine the differences and their implications.

ii. Quasi-experimental is ideal for this study since it seeks to compare two or more variables. This will be attained by understanding and assessing the statistical relationships between them with no influences from any extraneous variable.

d. Synthesis/Summary

a. Background: There is need to close the existent literature gaps on relationship between cross-cultural experience and student performance in schools and leadership development.

b. Gap/Problem:

c. Final thoughts

3. Problem statement - Explain the phenomena to study (qualitative) or variables/groups (quantitative) to study, in one sentence:

4. Sample and location – Identify sample, needed sample size, and location (study phenomena with small numbers and variables/groups with large numbers): A total of 20 schools with heads who utilize transformational leadership models to manage their schools and students. Students will be from both high school and elementary levels. Both girls and boys across different school-going ages will be selected as participants of the study.

5. Research questions- Provide research questions to collect data to answer the problem statement:

a. Hypothesis/variables or Phenomena - Develop Hypotheses with variables for each research question (quantitative) or describe the phenomena to be better understood (qualitative):

b. Sampling Procedure- also plays a crucial role in reducing possible biases and sampling errors.

6. Methodology and design - Describe the selected methodology and specific research design to address problem statement and research questions: The study will utilize the quasi-experimental quantitative research design to establish causes, effects, and connection between cultural biases in the education curricula and students’ performance in multicultural learning institutions. There will be a control group to be studied with varying conditions of cultural biases in educational institutions. The results for both groups will be collected and compared to determine the differences and their implications. There are various reasons why this method will be utilized for research. For instance, quantitative design is more reliable and objective. In addition, it can utilize statistics to support generalization of findings. Moreover, this methodology can be helpful in reducing and restructuring complex problems to a limited number of variables. Correlational design will also be used in this study as a tool to examine the relationship between transformational leadership on student performance and engagement.

7. Purpose Statement – Provide one sentence statement of purpose including problem statement, sample, methodology, and design:

8. Data collection – Describe primary instruments and sources of data to answer research questions: Leadership questionnaire can be used as instruments to collect scores from the students to measure their leadership qualities, while Standardized Test Scores for the students who participant in cross-cultural experience such as winter/summer exchange programs, immersion programs etc. 

9. Data analysis – Describe the specific data analysis approaches to be used to address research questions: The data gathered will be analyzed and interpreted through the utilization of Quasi-Experimental Design (often referred to as Causal-Comparative) seeks to establish a cause-effect relationship between two or more variables. (Moutinho & Hutcheson, 2011). 

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