Cognitive information processing theory.

OVERVIEW Following is a road map that briefly outlines the contents of an entire thesis for which you will model your final paper. Reminders

• Your paper must adhere to my requirements for final papers for my class. Any papers that are not formatted to my specifications will receive a failing grade.

• The entire paper must be APA formatted and double spaced (per APA specifications). See the APA guide I sent you for help.

• Your study may be qualitative, quantitative or a stand-alone comprehensive literature review. • If using quantitative data, you must also have the questionnaire and/or code book included in the Appendix.

You need do a research plan like this example.

Research Plan example

PLEASE NOTE: This is just an example or template to help you write your own plan. Do not copy.

Research Topic

Investigation of the Effectual Instructional Method in High

Research Question

What is an effective instructional method that could be used in the classroom environment to improve Mathematics scores of Grade 10 learners in NY.

Research Purpose.

The purpose of this study is to determine whether gamification or online methodologies are suitable for use as classroom instructional alternatives to a traditional pedagogy to improve Mathematics scores of Grade 10 learners in NY public schools?

Research Theory

Cognitive information processing theory.

The theory is based on the idea that humans processes information they receive, rather than just responding to stimuli. Cognitive information processing is used when the learner play an active role in seeking ways to understand and process information that he receives and relate it to what is already known and stored within memory (Piaget,1970)

Hypothesis

Gamification is the effective classroom instructional method to positively improve Grade 10 learners’ Mathematics grades.

Variables

Independent Variables

Gamification, Online and Traditional groupings.

Data type: Categorical data (Nominal)

Dependent Variables:

Mathematics scores

Data Type: Continuous Data (Ratio)

Target Population

NY Public Schools from all districts.

Sampling Plan

Sample size – 30 participants Within group design (i.e. participants are related (same) in each group)

Cluster Random Sampling – These participants will be selected from all NY Districts using cluster random sampling method.

Research Design

Within Group Experimental Design

Short design Description

I am going to recruit 30 Grade 10 Mathematics learners from NY public schools using cluster random sampling as participants in this study. The participants will receive treatment of a classroom instructional method each week i.e. Gamification, Online and Traditional method respectively. After each instructional exposure, the participants will be served with a standardised Mathematics test. In each iteration, the test administered will be different but the level of difficulty will not vary.

Test Statistics

Repeated Measures ANOVA

PAPER CHAPTERS ,

1. Introduction(4pages)

Introduction requirement

Review Literature only from 2010 unless it is a landmark study (Only two Landmark studies before 2010 can be reviewed or cited).

You must review papers published in English

Review a minimum of 15 studies that are relevant to your topic and the core theory in your research.

Review at least two studies that are contradictory to each other.

Review only the work that is directly related to the hypotheses, core theories and, the topic.

Write a minimum of 3 pages but not more than 4 pages. (Introduction +/- 3 pages excluding reference pages).

Include the References.

Be sure to include all the content as was discussed in class: i.e. The importance of the study topic; Theories that your topic is based on; Background studies on the topic; Existing gaps on the topic in the body of knowledge; The gaps that going to be filled in by your research; Purpose statement and Hypotheses.

2. Method and Results （10pages）

Research method requirement

Collect data

Perform reliability test on instruments used (If self-designed).

Write the Method section exactly as discussed in class. Remember to include subsections: Participants/Samples, Materials and Procedure.

Finally, write the Results section.

4. Discussion (3pages)

This chapter synthesizes and discusses the results considering the study’s research questions, literature review, and conceptual framework. Finding patterns and themes is one result of analysis. Finding ambiguities and inconsistencies is another. Overall, this chapter offers the researcher an opportunity to reflect thoroughly on the study’s findings, and the practical and theoretical implications thereof. This chapter also presents a set of concluding statements and recommendations. Conclusions are assertions based on findings and must therefore be warranted by the findings. With respect to each finding, you are asking yourself, “Knowing what I now know, what conclusion can I draw?” Recommendations are the application of those conclusions. In other words, you are now saying to yourself, “Knowing what I now know to be true, I recommend that