This week, your task is to create a presentation to graduate students inwhich you walk them through how to develop a focused researchableproblem.
The problem statement articulates a concise and focused researchproblem that is situated within your topic area. Your problem must comefrom a critical issue that must be addressed; otherwise, negativeconsequences will occur or continue. The problem statement also mustbe supported with current (published within the last five years) andrelevant scholarly research that documents the existence of a problemworthy of doctoral-level research. Note that this is a first round ofdeveloping a research problem, and you will receive feedback from yourprofessor for purposes of revision and improvement. You will eventuallyneed to take that refined problem statement from this presentation andincorporate it into the final prospectus that you submit in Week 8.
Your presentation should follow this format:
● Title slide○ This title should accurately and appropriately capture your
proposed study's keywords and give the reader a good clueas to the topic of the study.
● Overview slide○ Present the general issue, supported by relevant research
citations, that builds a case for further research.● Problem information
○ Identify the specific problem you wish to address. Thedocumented problem may be a practical problem or issue inthe profession or study context without an acceptablesolution.
○ Make sure to include relevant citations. In your speakernotes, ensure to make clear how the proposed problem willinform educational practice.
● Research gap
○ In defining the problem, a clear discrepancy must be drawnbetween what knowledge exists currently and the way/s inwhich new knowledge may contribute to better understandingthe problem. Research-worthy problems for a Ph.D. mustcarry the possibility to be documented beyond any particularstudy site. You can expand on this in your speaker notes.
● Problem statement○ For this slide, create the single sentence statement by
completing the following sentence: The problem the proposedstudy seeks to address is …
○ The statement is no more than 250-300 words. This indicatesthe need for the study and describes the issue or problem tobe studied.
○ In your speaker notes, explain your process of arriving at thisproblem statement and what factors informed your choices.
● Significance of study○ To identify and articulate a problem, you will also need to
consider the potential new knowledge that can be gained byconducting this study. This contributes to the study'stheoretical significance. Note that theoretical significance isnot the same as statistical significance which is a key aspectof quantitative research.
○ For this slide, state clearly and concisely explain how thisstudy might contribute to the current knowledge base. In yourspeaker notes, you can expand on this.
Length: Minimum 5 slides, not including title and reference slides.Speaker notes must be a minimum of 150 words per slide
References: Include a minimum of 5 scholarly resources; you mayinclude those from Week 1 assignment as well as additional scholarlyresources as relevant
