Overview
This course aims to teach students
how to research, and also discusses the developments of research questions,
hypotheses, quantitative and qualitative research, and validation of research
tools attributed to their research topic, and the student concludes the course
by preparing an appropriate and approved research proposal for the purpose of
implementing it as a graduation project.
Intended learning outcomes
At the end of the course, the student must be able
to:
1. The student will be familiar with
how to write a proposal and components of the graduation project.
2. Identify how to search for previous
studies and organize and write the theoretical framework of the research topic.
3. Learn how to write and tabulate references.
4. Employ his knowledge of scientific research
methods in writing a plan and a research proposal
5. Write the conclusion and references of the
research proposal.
Teaching and learning methods
Research papers, activities and assignments
Methods of assessments
Methods
of evaluating students in this course:
(class work 40% & final 60%)
Class work:
is divided into written midterm, assignments and tasks
Written
final exam
References
1. A
Manual For Writers of Term Papers, Thesis and Dissertations.1996. Kate L.
Turbian,
Main
Contents of the Course
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Scientific
topics
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Week
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Readings /
References / Notes
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Choosing the
research topic
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1
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Aims and
objectives of the research
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2
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Research
components and timeline
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3
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Intellectual properties and avoiding plagiarism
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4
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Using
references and data collection
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5
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Writing the introduction of the research
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6
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Literature review
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7
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Data
collection
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8
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Research
tools
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9
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Data
analysis
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10
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Statistics
analysis
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11
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The
conclusion
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12
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References
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13
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Presenting
full proposal
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14
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