Lesson 13: Strategy 5 -

Using Research as a
Teaching Strategy
with Steffie Armojen
Angel Tongcua
Cristine Bernardo
Nova Tisay
1.What is Research?
The word research has its roots in the old French
word "recherche", meaning to investigate
thoroughly.
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.
There are different approaches to research, and these are used
relatively to the field of specialization of the teacher. In
general, there are 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.
3.Research based on some form of experimentation.
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.
Research can enable the learners to develop a deeper level of understanding of the subject in comparison with
using teaching strategies such as direct instruction or discussion.

Research helps the learners to progress from what they already understand to what they need to understand.

Research can challenge, engage, and extend all the learners, not just the more capable learners.

Research encourages the learners to be skeptical about ideas that others present as facts.

Research encourages critical thinking and reflection, both of which are extremely important in the context of the
increasingly extensive amounts of information that are available (especially from the Internet) without having
passed through any appraisal, censorship, or review process.
When and Why Should Research Be Used as a Teaching Strategy?
Research can provide a meaningful context for the learners to use and develop their communication skills.

Research can help the learners develop their organizational and time management skils.

Research can be a fun and motivating way to learn, particularly for the gifted learners.

Research can give the learners experience working in the way professionals work.

Research can help the learners understand the essential nature of a field of study.

Research that requires the students 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 meaningful context.

Research can teach the learners on how to make use of the sources of information that are available in their local
community.
When and Why Should Research Be Used as a Teaching Strategy?

Research can be an effective way of getting the parents involved in their child's education.
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 styles.
Research projects provide an ideal opportunity for you to help the learners develop their computing skills and their
familiarity with modern technologies such as the Internet.
 II.How to Use Research as a
Teaching Strategy?
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.

It will not be sufficient to simply give

the students a research question and
leave them to their own devices to find
the answers
You have to plan carefully for each of these things.
You might proceed as follows:
Decide exactly what you want the students to learn. You
should have clear learning outcomes.
Develop suitable research question (or a set of questions).

Identify what prior knowledge and skills the students will need in
order to conduct their 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.

Plan how you will monitor the students' progress.

 You have to plan carefully for each of these things.
You might proceed as follows:
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.
It is also important that you prepare the students for
their research. You can consider these guidelines:
Explain carefully to the students why you are using this teaching strategy and what/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
Ensure that the students have the necessary communication and social skills to work effectively.
 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 ised 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.
 The minimum guidance you will need to give the
students if you want them to learn through research is:
• A well-defined and realistic issue or problem to be investigated.
• Assistance with developing and/or refining their research questions.
• 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.
• Suggestions about the presentation of the research findings. Insist that the students
develop their research report as they gather information and interpret it, rather than
leaving it all until the research is complete.
• Guidelines about participation and collaboration so that they can effectively exchange
information through reading, writing, speaking, and/or listening.
• Details like a rubric to show the students how their learning will be assessed.
 Structuring the Learning
Experience for Students
When using student research as a teaching
strategy,you will need to give your students an
clear information about what they are required to
do and what your expectations are .If the students
are working in groups you could give them a
handout similar to the following:
 Use the following guidelines to help you
work through your research project.
• Discuss the research question and make sure that everyone in your
group understands what the research question means.
• Make a list of the things that you think you will need will need to find
out or do in order to answer the research question.

3. Arrange the list in order from the first thing you will do to the last thing you will do.
4.Decide which members of the group will be responsible for each item on your list.
5.Decide how you will help each member of your team learn about the issues that other team
members are investigating.
 Use the following guidelines to help you
work through your research project.
6. Decide how you will present the results of your research.
7.Start gathering the information you need to answer the question.
8.Share the information that you gather with other members of your group
so that everyone is satisfied that the information you have gathered is wha
the group needs.

9.Keep a simple record to show the progress your group has made.
10.Organize and/or analyze the information you gather so that you can answerthe research
question.
11.Prepare a report of the results of your research.
12. Evaluate the research efforts of your group by considering how well you were able to answer
the research question and how well the group worked as a team.
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