using mapping procedure to teach writing skills to high school students
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Chapter_5-The_Introduction_to_a_Research_Study_to_post.pptxThe introduction includes . . .
an introduction paragraph – introduce the topic, justify with theory
statement of the problem – what is the problem you are trying to address?
purpose of the study – what is the reason for doing the study?
research questions – what question(s) will you try to answer?
references – in APA format
What is a theory?
A scientific prediction or explanation for what the researcher expects to find.
“I think that the IV will influence the DV in some way.” Why do I think that? Why would the IV influence or affect the DV?
Theory provides the rationale – the “why?”.
What is used in AL to provide the rationale for our predictions?
Approaches to language teaching (usually based on a set of hypotheses about how languages are learned)
The introduction paragraph
Introduce the topic
Justify the topic using theory
Why do you think there will be a relationship between your dependent and independent variables? (experimental study)
Why is the dependent variable worth studying? (survey study)
Why would the dependent variable change? (survey study with an independent variable)
The introductory paragraph
Introduce your topic – explain/define/ describe your independent variable OR dependent variable.
State your rationale for why you think the independent variable will have an effect on the dependent variable.
OR State your rationale for why the dependent variable is important to study.
Support your rationale by mentioning a theory or approach to language teaching.
OR Support your rationale by referring to the literature about your dependent variable.
[Independent variable] is . . [a few sentences]. ..
[Independent variable] may have an effect on [dependent variable] because [explain your rationale here]. OR [Dependent variable] is important in language learning because [explain your rationale here].
This relationship is supported by principles in the [mention theory/approach to language teaching here]. [Theory/ approach] suggests that [support for rationale here].
OR This importance is supported by [refer to literature about dependent variable here.
