research as a
teaching strategy
MYLIN SIBL AG
WEYTON DULNUAN
WHAT IS RESEARCH?
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the word research has
its roots in the old
French word
"recherche" meaning to
investigate thoroughly.
research
• it also define as
seeking through
methodical process to
add one's own body
of knowledge and by
discovery of non-
trivial facts and
insight (Howard and
IMPORTANT
COMPONENTS
(KILLEN 2009)
01 INQUIRY THAT
IS CARRIED
OUT
SYSTEMATICAL
LY AND
PURPOSELY
02 INQUIRY THAT
FOCUSES ON
REVEALING
SOME NEW
KNOWLEDGE
According to (Killen,2009)
there are different
approaches to research and
these are relatively to the
field of specialization of
teacher and there are three
approaches to research that
are useful for the teacher and
01
Research based on finding,
interpreting and using
information that has
produced by someone else
02
research based on gathering,
interpreting and using information
that did not exist before the
research was conducted
03
research based on some
form of experimentation
WHEN AND WHY
SHOULD RESEARCH
BE USED AS A
TEACHING
STRATEGY?
A prerequisite for using
this strategy is that your
learners must be capable
of working effectively in
groups or individually
If they can work in
groups you can use this
strategy in conjunction
with group work,
cooperative learning or
problem solving.
According to( Killen
2009) there are
advantages of using
student research as
a teaching strategy
01
research encourage learners to
ask question, to investigate, to
discover, and to create answer
for themselves, rather than
waiting for someone else to
provide the answers for them-
it helps them to become more
independent learners.
02
research can enable the
learners to develop a deeper
level of understanding of the
object in comparison with
using teaching strategies such
as direct instruction
03 Research helps the learners to
progress from what they
already understand to what
they need to understand-
deliberately building on their
existing knowledge.
04
Research can challenge,
engage, and extend all
the learners, not just the
more capable learners.
05 research encourage the
learners to be skeptical about
ideas that others presents as
facts.
06
research encourages critical thinking
and reflection, both of which are
extremely important in the context of
the increasingly extensive amount
of information that are available
without having passed through any
appraisal, censorship.
07 research can provide a meaningful
context for the learners to use and
develop their communication skills,
reading skills, note taking skills,
writing skills, and oral
communicating skills.
08
research can help the
learners develop their
organizational and time
management skills.
09
research can be fun and motivating
way to learn
10
research can give the earners
experience working in the way
professional work. For example,
it can help children to become
young scientists. (HECKMAN et,
al 1994)
11
research can help learners understand
the essential nature of a field of study.
For ex. it can help them understand
science is a process of creating laws,
models ,and theories that enable one
to predict, explain and control the
behavior of the world or that
mathematics is more about the study
of patterns and relationships that is
research that requires the students
1 2 to think in different and deeper
ways can help them understand
and remember important ideas
because the information they are
grappling with is embedded in a
13 meaningful context.
research can teach the learners
on how to make use of the
sources of information that are
available in their local
community.
14
research can be an effective way of
getting the parents involved in their
child's education.
15
research provides the teachers
with an opportunity to stand
back and observe the learners,
to analyze the ways in which
they interact with one another,
and to reflect on their learning
16
research projects provide an ideal
opportunity for you to help the
learners develop their computing skill
skills and their familiarity with modern
technology such as internet.
NOTE:
Students research is
not always
appropriate in all
occasions . There are
some limitations to
this strategy.
02
HOW TO USE
R E S E A RC H AS A
T E AC H I N G S T RAT E GY ?
research is very much a
student-centered approach
to learning, but it is not
something that you should
expect your students to do
totally independently .
• You have to plan
carefully for each of
these thing.
• Decide exactly what you want the
students to learn. You should have a
clear learning outcomes.
• develop suitable research question that will be
the focus of the students research activities
and that will help them achieve the desired
learning outcomes
• identify what prior knowledge and skills the
students will need in order to conduct their
research. If necessary teach the prior
knowledge.
• identify the number of strategies that the
students might use if they are to be successful
in their research and be prepared to recognize
and encourage the students who use the
approaches
• Plan the lesson in which you will introduce the
studentsto the research exercise.
• plan how will you monitor the student's
progress.
• Make sure that you have arranged for the
students to get appropriate access to
equipment, documents, or people so that they
can gather the date necessary for their
research.
• Plan how you will assess what the students
learn from that research.
• Plan how will you evaluate the research
activity.
GUIDELIN
ES:
• Explain carefully to the students why you are using
this teaching strategy and what or how you expect
they will learn from it.
• Spell out your expectations and
check that the students understand
such things as when they will be
doing the research, how time will it
take. that the students have a
• Ensure
necessary communications and social
skils to work effectively together.
EIGHT DISTINCT
PHASES IN RESEARCH
ACTIVITY
2. 3.
clarify the purpose of develop their develop a
the research so that research question research strategy
they understand
exactly why they are
doing the research
and what outcome
they are supposed to
EIGHT DISTINCT
PHASES IN RESEARCH
ACTIVITY
4. 5. 6.
filter, organize, locate information develop an
analyze, and evaluate or gather data answer to
the information or that will be used research question
data to answer the
research question.
EIGHT DISTINCT
PHASES IN RESEARCH
ACTIVITY
7. 8.
report the results of evaluate the effectiveness of
their research in an their research strategy
appropriate way including the way their result
were presented, so that they
are better prepared for their
next research project.
to help the students do these things, you
will have to provide a carefully structured
learning environment, particularly if your
students have not had much experience
with this learning strategy.
• this our your guides if you want them to
learn through research
• A well defined and realistic issue or problem to
be investigated
• Assistance with developing and refining their
research question
• Suggestions about how they might get started.
Teach them how to delegate tasks for each
member of the group.
• Assistance with developing a research plan.
• A clear timeframe for the research. Set
deadlines by which key parts of the research
must be completed.
• Some self checking guidelines so that they can
monitor their progress.
• Guidance on data gathering and data analysis
• Suggestion about the presentation of the
research finding.
• Guidelines about participation and
collaboration so that they can be effectively
exchange information through reading, writing,
speaking and listening
• Details like rubric to show the students how
their learning will be assessed.
THANK
YOU!