Lesson Plan For Week 8-1, 8-2 "Formulating Research Questions"
Lesson Plan For Week 8-1, 8-2 "Formulating Research Questions"
Lesson Plan For Week 8-1, 8-2 "Formulating Research Questions"
1. Aim: In this lesson, the students will learn how to identify research problem based on their experience as
well as literature. They will learn the characteristics of a good research questions and practice to formulate
measurable/ researchable questions. The lectures will give feedback for the research question that the
students made.
2. Objective: After completing work for this class, students will be able to:
identify research problems by reflecting on their social context and/or by studying research reports
explain how to formulate good research questions
3. Teaching materials:
https://www.scribbr.com/research-process/research-questions/
https://www.scribbr.com/research-process/research-question-examples/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71-GucBaM8U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oJNO6PYZe4
4. Points of instruction:
Introduction: Students will brainstorm how they can use literature to narrow down their
research interest and formulate a research question.
Understanding: The lecture explains how to use the characteristics of a good research
questions. For examples, they can explain literature is useful to make research questions by
spotting the gap of the literature (spotting overlooked or under-researched area) or expand the
previous research. The lecture explains the important aspects when the students consider their
research questions: five Ws. (Dawson,C. 2019) They can also explain criteria for evaluating
good research questions (Byman.2016, 83.).
Practice 1: Students are asked to analyse the example of a research question and see how they
can improve the question. (Dawson,C. 2019: )
Practice2: Students will make their own research question and share it with course mates. The
lecture will give feedback to the some of the questions, especially how they can be improved.
5. Procedure:
Teachers’ Activities Content Students’ Activities
Phase 1: Opening
Greeting and attendance. - Teacher greets students, checks Respond and listen carefully
attendance, and hygiene. to the teacher
The purpose and the contents - Present learning theme
of the lesson - Motivate students toward lesson
Ask the students to answer Students are required to answer the following Students will answer the
the key points of the previous questions to in order to review old lesson: questions individually
lesson 1. What are the structure of the argument?
2. How can you see whether the argument in the
literature are well grounded or not?
Introduction: Students will Introduction on how literature review is narrowed Listen carefully and taking
brainstorm how we can use down and to formulate a research questions: note what the lecture is
literature to narrow down the 1) Pick a topic explaining.
research interest and 2) Narrow the topic
formulate research questions. 3) Ask some questions
4) Pick a question
Divide the students into 3 5) Focus a question
small groups to explore/
discuss through the given
questions below:
Step 4
Evaluation and wrap up
Ask the students to review : Students are asked to review the lesson what Earnestly answer the given
characteristic of good they have just learnt in order to measure their questions as individual
research question understanding.
5. Blackboard layout
The main points of the lesson will be written on the board.
6. Lesson Evaluation
The students’ participation in a discussion, the presenters’ presentation.
What did you find through the literature review? Week 5-7
What do you want to explore more based on the literature? Week 5-7
What us your research question that you would like to explore? Week 8