Summary of Our Lesson

Summary of Our Lesson : “Methodology of Research”

Wednesday, October 17^th, 2012

In the last lesson we have discussed about the steps to write research reports, including introduction, background and problem statement.

In writing the research report, after making the problem statement the next thing to do is to write motivation of research. Motivation consists of the goals and benefits of research.

Research purpose can be determined through problem statement that has been made ​​before, see the following example :

Problem Statement	Purpose
1.      How far …….? 2.      Is …….? 3.      What percent …..?	1.      Knowing level of influence ....... 2.      Produce information ........ 3.      Resultant value ..........

The purpose of the research is to find an answer. But if there is a research that aims to solve a problem, the implementation of these studies should be accompanied by an experiment.

Benefits of the research is the contribution of the research results to the community, especially in the fields of education and science.

In doing a research there are some things to avoid, such as:

  Ø  Research biased

  Ø  Use extreme words

              ü  All

              ü  No

              ü  Never

              ü  Always

              ü  sure,

              ü  Etc.

  Ø  genderisasi

SUMMARY OF BOOK “ THE CRAFT OF RESEARCH”

SUMMARY OF BOOK “ THE CRAFT OF RESEARCH”

Chapter 1 : Research, Researchers and Readers

A researcher not only find out things that have never been there but it should also be able to develop the research that has been there before either was the result of his own research and the research of other investigators. In addition based on the quality of research, a good researcher should also be able to evaluate and report the results of his research in an honest, accurate and clear so as to be understood by the reader. As we begin to learn how to do research, we will also learn to evaluate research that others have done realistically.

To start a research project, a researcher has at least two types of plans, namely : (1) Plans that help them prepare for the research and (2) a plan to help them make these research reports. Sometimes, a researcher would change the plan that has been made in the study if he gets problems or discover new things in his research, not least the discerning researcher.

Without us knowing we have done various types of research every day. But we never write or publish it because we are not aware of the new things we've found.

By writing we will remember what we have read, to understand what we read with our own words, and can pour ideas we have into a post.

Many people think about what the researchers write research findings in a report. Actually writing the report does not just aim to publish the results of a study but also that the results of these studies can be developed in the future, it can also be useful for all parties.

Writing research reports should be made formally because writing has been recognized in the world so anyone who reads it will be able to understand the results of these studies.