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Task 4.9
Have a go,
with a partner, in a group, or on your own, at ‘SMARTing’ the exploratory research
questions you wrote down
at the end of section 4.5 (in Task 4.7) above. How can you make them more Study-focused, Measurable,
Accurate, Realistic,
Topic-focused? Write down your revised questions here:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Task 4.11
Leave your own questions in 4.9 above to ‘rest’ for 24 hours. Then, look at the questions and ‘SMART’ them again. Also, this
time, ask a critical friend or a mentor to look at them and SMART them as well. Write down your revised questions here:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Summary and follow-up
This chapter took you,
step by step, through a process from having various concerns in your mind to deciding on one of
them to focus on (via MUSE); to devising research questions which explore your own perceptions, others’ perceptions and/
or
behaviour; and then to making your questions as ‘SMART’ as they can be. Deciding on research questions is one of the
most difficult, and yet most important parts of the (teacher-)research process. Questions are never ‘perfect’, though, and
it’s probably time to move on.
We will move forward, in the next chapter, to deciding on what kinds of information, or ‘data’,
will help you answer the research questions you have come up with.
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