Interesting and important topic. Regards Craig Refugio

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I am sorry, but research methods for what? People, me too, sometimes forget that this genuinely an inter disciplinary platform. Asking this of a chemist or a geographer or a sociologist might bring quite legitimately bring a different type of answer.

if i had the time i would set some sort of relevant puzzle (not a puzzle like sudoku) teach the basic pros and cons of all the tools they will use, and set them free to figure it out. i'd ask them to keep detailed records, questions, observations, which then could be shared and/or adapted to the balance of the course.

any time you give a novice the tools to find out facts etc for him/herself you provide a sense of accomplishment.

i was going to say that the method would be different for the hard sciences, but why would it? the tools might be different but the process would be the same.

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I will teach them

1. Meaning of research;

2. Research importance in the society;

3. How to design research work;

4. Conduct a research; and,

5. Report and present findings.

If you are looking for something that would teach research design across the social sciences, then this is a very good book

Stephen Gorard 2013

Research Design: Creating Robust Approaches For The Social Sciences

It covers qualitative and qualitative approaches and has lots of activities that could be used in the university seminar classroom; it is particularly good at this.

Have a look at user reviews at

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Research-Design-Creating-Approaches-Sciences/dp/1446249026

Here at the contents which could form the syllabus

PART ONE: INTRODUCTION - 'DESIGN' AS DISTINCT FROM METHODS

What Is Research Design?

Introducing Designs in the Cycle of Research

PART TWO: THE PRELIMINARIES OF RESEARCH DESIGN

Identifying Researchable Questions

Warranting Research Claims

The Nature of Causal Claims

PART THREE: PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER

Identifying the Sample or Cases

Comparing for Comparative Claims

Matters of Timing and Sequence

Evaluating Controlled Interventions

PART FOUR: MORE ADVANCED CONSIDERATIONS

Further Designs for Evaluation

Challenges for Validity

How Big Is a Difference?

A Second Principle of Ethics

PART FIVE: CONCLUSION

Revisiting the Need for Robust Design

Although the school must provide a guide to what's expected to know based on the plan of the whole program, yet what's fundamental in whatever levels expected should comprise;

Ethics in research

Design of a study

Protocol in research

Good methodology and its importance

How to present data for publication

Critiquing of an article (to expose them to common errors in articles)

Among others.

Sorry I do not teach any more. But I thing in one semester al least you can give basic research method ; i.e. how to conduct a literature survey about specific topic, instrumental technique and principle , glassware: usage , handling, cleaning, and other related topics

This could be conducted as lectures, practical lessons, seminar, group discussions or tutorials!

1. Selecting a topic - what's researchable and what is not

2. Research paradigms - quantitative, qualitative, historical, ethnography etc

3. Literature search - finding a gap

4. Hypothesis or research question

5. Methodology - subject selection, inclusion / exclusion criteria, human subjects protection,

6. Data collection and analysis

7. results

8. Conclusion

9. Publication

The above are some of the typical subject headings. The outline the IRB of the university uses can also be helpful.

I believe it is important students become excited about research and not turned off from it. I taught graduate and undergraduate students research for years. If as an undergrad the student had a terrible course, it was difficult to show them how much fun and exciting research could be.

In the grad courses, where students had to write a proposal and carry it out eventually, I often used a relationship analogy to help them understand the research process. It is a creative problem solving technique of making the strange familiar.

Picking a topic was similar to the criteria one might have for dating a person. The dating criteria switches to research criteria such as feasibility, researcher's ability, time, cost etc. A favorite analogy was who to invite to the wedding based on who won't make the event an unhappy one. That's a switch to inclusion and exclusion criteria not 'inviting' a subject who will skew that data.

Good luck with this process but have fun, too.

Study the contents of the course (subject) and decide the pedagonical methods to use. you use student led discussion, group work etc.

If given the opportunity to me, I would teach the methods how to find and solve the scientific problems in one semester at a university level, because one semester at least I can give basic research methodology.

Determination of research aim and scope

Extensive and effective literature survey within the predetermined scope

Study of literatures sought earlier

Writing of facts and knowledge gotten from literatures

Developing a pattern or method for the research based on the methods used by other researchers.

Article Teaching Research Methods to Undergraduate Psychology Studen...

According to the time available for a semester, the following topics can be introduced to graduate students;

-Introduction to what is research?, types of research, e.g. quantitative and qualitative research, implementation research, health system research etc.

-Study designs

-Types of data collection methods, sampling and calculating sample sizes)

-Reliability and Validity in research: Concepts and practical tests (Cronbach alpha, CVI, Factor analysis)

-Descriptive and inferential statics (mean, median mode, normal distribution, p value, confidence interval, standard deviation, chi-square and t- tests, Correlations)

-Presentation of data

-Ethical considerations in research

-How to write a proposal and research report

-Statistical software (SPSS or Stata or epi-info etc.)

You can use Lecture with exercises, SPSS or Stata tutorial videos, and Journal reading etc.

Suggested reference: Introduction to research in the health sciences by Polgar and Thomas, HSR by WHO, Statistics at square one

I agree with the statements of my colleagues. Students need to be taught the skills of searching, analyzing and processing information. However, besides this, they need to be taught to write their own research articles. This requires practical classes, where students can submit their articles and discuss the articles of others.

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We must focus on the selection of the title has been developed a plan of research and identify the materials required to complete the work and choose the best and easiest methods of work and then choose the best statistical analysis to show the results excellent and determine the value of the research based on our findings

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I think in one semester at least you can give basic research method

yes of-course

This topic is important, and unfortunately it is only addressed to PhD students.

Every university course includes an element of research that students must carry out independently, in the form of projects, dissertations and theses, and the more advanced the degree, the greater the research content.

There is a lot of literature for this area and one possible is book

Nicholas Walliman: RESEARCH METHODS - THE BASICS

https://edisciplinas.usp.br/pluginfile.php/2317618/mod_resource/content/1/BLOCO%202_Research%20Methods%20The%20Basics.pdf

There are three important part in research . Planning the research, executing the experiment or theory development and the presentation of results in the form of paper. every where one needs skill and practice. Each aspect should be clarified to the beginner in the field.

@ Craig Refugio

yes..it is possible.

Dear Craig Refugio encourage new students to write short research reports (2 pages, 2 columns using a known format as the IEEE basic one in word) for example from a science subjects lab.

Chek the introduction, the resume, the findings and the bibliography following any reference´s styles as APA. Show students how to look for references in the internet.

Several years ago I had a very encouraged group of engineering students in a first year physics lab. I did ask for the report and it well very well.

I think that this paper might be useful for you... Markham, W. T. (1991). Research methods in the introductory course: To be or not to be?. Teaching sociology, 464-471.

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This topic is important, and unfortunately it is only addressed to PhD and Ms c students.

Every university course includes an element of research that students must carry out independently, in the form of projects, dissertations and theses, and the more advanced the degree, the greater the research content.

It would depend on the level of the course. At the undergraduate level, Virenda is spot on. Teach the students the basics and have them research a presentation for the undergraduate research symposium given each year by our university. At the graduate level more is expected. Aysar is right on this level. Have the students research and prepare an article for publication or a poster for presentation at a conference.

I use concept mapping in teaching research.

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Research (searching the reality, or to reexamine the already explored) is a natural-normal phenomenon; thus, the nature (of research) needs nurturing at all academic levels, keeping in mind the need-based technique of learners.

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Teaching them how to construct research contents and bullet points on research ethics

I will most likely be detailed.

For undergrad students, an introductory research-methodology course should be simplified and practical. It is highly recommended that a novice teacher of such a course follows a relevant textbook that renders a hands-on learning experience. I would suggest you have a look at Pajo's (2018). For the course description, you might find Dr. Webb's syllabus a good example (on this link: http://www.appstate.edu/~webbrm/5020syllabus2007.pdf).

Pajo, B. (2018). Introduction to research methods: A hands-on approach. SAGE. https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/introduction-to-research-methods/book245031

Good luck,

It would be really useful to introduce the learners (in addition to the above) to the philosophy of the educational research. They need to have some core information about the such philosophical terms as metaphysics, epistemology and pragmatism.