Research Methods

4180 Eng.

instructor

Dr. Fatima Abdelrahman MuhammedZein

•Email:

https://faculty.sau.edu.sa/f.zein

The book

Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for writers of

Research Papers .

New York: The Modern Language Association of America, 1999 .

5 .Schedule of Assessment Tasks for Students   Assessment task (e.g. essay, test,

group project, examination, speech, oral presentation, etc.)

Week Due

Proportion of Total Assessment

1 

Classroom tasks, exercises, assignments

2-11 15%

2 

Mid-term exam 8 15%

3 

Research proposal 11 15%

4 

Proposal presentation 13 5%

  Final exam 16 505 

Total   100

What is a Research

Research is an investigation to a natural phenomenon.

Research is an organized and systematic way of finding answers

to questions .

The Research Paper as a Form of Exploration

Selection a topic

Lect

Research outline(components:)

Problem statement, objectives, research

questions, significance ,

literature review),methodology (instrumentation, sampling),data analysis, conclusion & recommendations, bibliography