Lesson 13: Strategy 

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Using Research as
a Teaching Strategy
What is Research?
 ✘ The word RESEARCH has its roots in the
old French word "recherche",
meaning investigate thoroughly.  "Seeking
through methodical processes to add to
one's own body of knowledge and,
hopefully, to that of others, by the
discovery of non-trivial facts and insights"
(Howard & Sharp, 1983).  
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  This definition conveys the idea that research has two
important components (Killen, 2009): ​

✘ inquiry that is carried out systematically

and purposefully ​
✘ inquiry that focuses on revealing some
new knowledge.

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 that there are several very important steps in any research.

First, there must be a clear purpose-we must

formulate a question that we will answer. Second,
there must be a detailed plan for trying to answer
that question so that the research will be
systematic. Third, data must be gathered and
analyzed in an attempt to answer the question so
that new knowledge can be revealed. Finally,
some conclusions must be reached-either to answer
the original question or to explain why we could not
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find an answer. very important steps in
 Three approaches to research that are useful for
the teachers and the students (Killen, 2009).

Research based on finding, interpreting, and

using information that has been produced by
someone else. ​​
Research based on gathering, interpreting, and
using information that did not exist before the
research was conducted. n research.
 Research based on some form of experimentation.

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 When and Why
Should Research Be Used
as a Teaching Strategy? ​
✘ Research encourages the learners to ask questions, to
investigate, to discover and to create answers for
themselves, rather than waiting for someone else to
provide answer for them.
✘ It enable the learners to develop a deeper level of
understanding.
✘ Research helps the learners to progress from what they
already understand to what they need to understand
deliberately building their existing knowledge.
✘ Research can challenge, engage and extend all the
learners, not just the more capable learners.
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 ✘ Research can help the learners to develop their organizational and
time management skills.
✘ Research can provide a meaningful context for the learners to use
and develop their communication skills, reading skills, note taking
skills, writing skills, oral communication skills.
✘ Research can be fun and motivating way to learn, particularly for the
gifted learners.
✘ Research can give the learners experience working in the way
professionals work. (e.g.) it can help the children to become young
scientist.
✘ Research can make the learners on how to make use of the sources of
information that are available in their community.

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 How to Use Research as a Teaching Strategy? ​
✘ Decide exactly what you want the students to learn. You
should have clear learning outcomes.​
✘ Develop suitable research question (or a set of questions)
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
that prior knowledge. This may involve teaching for research
(developing the students' understanding of the subject) and
teaching about research (developing the students'
10 understanding of how to do research).​
✘ Identify a 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 these approaches.​
✘ Plan the lesson in which you will introduce the students to
the research exercise. Decide how you will explain what you want
the students to learn and what you expect from them during
their research.​
✘ Make sure that you have arranged for the students to get appropriate
access to equipment, documents, or people so that they can gather the
data necessary for their research.​
✘ Plan how you will assess what the students learn from the research.​
Plan how you will evaluate the research activity.​

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 The students will need to work through eight distinct phases
in their research activity. They will have to:​

✘ Clarify the purpose of the research so that they understand exactly why they are doing
the research and what outcomes they are supposed to achieve.​
✘ Develop their research questions. ​
✘ Develop a research strategy.​
✘ Filter, organize, analyze, and evaluate the information or data.​
✘ Locate information or gather data that will be used to answer the research questions.​
✘ Develop an answer to the research question.​
✘ Report the results of their research in an appropriate way.​
✘ Evaluate the effectiveness of their research strategies, including the way their results
were presented, so that they are better prepared for their next research project.
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THANK
S!
Any questions?

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