Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia

Vicerrectoría Académica y de Investigación

Course: Research project
Code: 551028

Activity Guide and Evaluation Rubric – Task 1 Identifying a problem

1. Activity Description

Type of activity: Independent

Evaluation moment: Initial
Highest score of the activity: 25 points
The activity starts on: Monday, August The activity ends on: Sunday,
23, 2021 September 5, 2021
With this activity, you are expected to achieve the following learning
outcome(s):
To identify the title of your research related to language skills, didactics of English,
pedagogy, TIC’s, or generic competences through the analysis of different sources.
The activity consists of:

To carry out this task the student must check the references from unit 1 that are in
the Knowledge Environment. Also, Look for information about research project in
foreign language learning using the internet and all material you might have from other
courses.

Step 1. Choosing your topic

First of all, you´ve to think about a problem that you have evidenced in the field of
languages teaching to carry out your research project. The problem can be related to
language skills, didactics of English, pedagogy, TIC’s, generic competences… it
doesn’t matter the topic, the most important thing is that the problem must be
related to education.

Step 2. specify
After having cleared your research problem, specify it in one paragraph, and justify it
in two paragraphs.

Step 3. Q&A

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Based on your professional field as student or as a teacher answer the following
questions:

a. What is educational research

b. What is the relation between Research Project and Education Research?
c. How can educational research and the course Research Project help you in your
professional field?
d. Which are the ECEDU research lines?
e. Why do you need to know the ECEDU research lines?
f. What are other grade alternatives the university offers you besides the research
project?
g. Which degree alternative would you choose and why?

Note: Post significant answers directly to the collaborative forum, do not send files.

For the development of the activity consider that:

In the Initial Information Environment, you must:

 Check the Course Agenda to organize your time.

 Check all available forums, introduce yourself in the General Forum.
 Verify the dates of the Web Conferences so that you can plan your
participation accordingly.
 Verify your tutors’ synchronous attention by Skype.

In the Learning Environment, you must:

 Download the Syllabus of the course to read.
 Go to the discussion forum for the task and get familiar with your group
mates.
 Participate in the forum to get feedback from e-mates and tutor.

In the Evaluation Environment, you must:

Upload a PDF file with the task’s individual evidences. Identify your file as follows:
Task 1_Identifying a problem_551028_Group_Full Name.
Evidence of independent work:

 Identification of the problem

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  Specify and justify the problem
 Questions answered
 References according to APA standards
Evidence of group work:
No collaborative evidence is required in this activity.

2. General Guidelines for the Development of Evidences to Submit.

For Independent evidence, consider the following

 Be sure to look in different sources of information about research project.

 Be sure to answer all the questions with your own conceptions.
 Be sure to revise content, structure and mechanics in everything you post
in the forums and/or sent for evaluation.
 Before submitting the requested product, student should check that it
meets all the requirements mentioned in this activity guide.
Please keep in mind that all individual or collaborative written products must comply
with the spelling rules and presentation conditions defined in this activity guide.
Regarding the use of references, consider that the product of this activity must
comply with APA Format.
In any case, make sure you comply with the rules and avoid academic plagiarism.
You can review your written products using the Turnitin tool found on the virtual
campus.

Under the Academic Code of Conduct, the actions that infringe the academic order,
among others, are the following: paragraph e) "Plagiarism is to present as your own
work all or part of a written report, task or document of invention carried out by
another person. It also implies the use of citations or lack of references, or it
includes citations where there is no match between these and the reference" and
paragraph f) "To reproduce, or copy for profit, educational resources or results of
research products, which have rights reserved for the University ". (Acuerdo 029 -
13 de diciembre de 2013, Artículo 99)

The academic penalties students will face are:

a) In case of academic fraud demonstrated in the academic work or evaluation, the
score obtained will be zero (0.0) without any disciplinary measures being derived.
b) In case of proven plagiarism in academic work of any nature, the score obtained
will be zero (0.0), without any disciplinary measures being derived.

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3. Evaluation Rubric Templete

Type of activity: Independent

Evaluation moment: Initial
The highest score of the activity is:25 points
First Evaluation High Level: Choose the problem related to language skills,
Criterion: didactics of English, pedagogy, TIC’s or generic competences.

Choosing your topic If your work is at this level, you can get between 4 points
and 5 points
This criterion
represents 5 Average Level: Partially choose the problem related to
points of the total language skills, didactics of English, pedagogy, TIC’s or generic
of 25 points of competences.
the activity.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 3 points
and 3.9 points

Low level: Poorly identify the problem related to language

skills, didactics of English, pedagogy, TIC’s or generic
competences.

If your work is at this level, you can get between 0 points

and 2.9 points
Second Evaluation High Level: Specify the research problem (problem statement)
Criterion: in one paragraph, and justify it in two paragraphs.
Specify and justify
the problem If your work is at this level, you can get between 8
points and 10 points

This criterion Average Level: Partially specify the research problem

represents 10 (problem statement) in on paragraph, and justify it in two
points of the total paragraphs.
of 25 points of
the activity. If your work is at this level, you can get between 6 points
and 7 points

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 Low level: It doesn’t show the student specify the research
problem (problem statement) in one paragraph, and justify it
in two paragraphs.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 0
points and 5 points
Third Evaluation High Level: Shows assertiveness and relevance in the answers
Criterion: given to the provided questions.

Answer to questions If your work is at this level, you can get between 8 points
related to and 10 points
educational
research and Average Level: partially shows assertiveness and relevance in
research project. the answers given to the provided questions.

If your work is at this level, you can get between 6 points

This criterion and 7 points
represents 10
points of the total Low level: Hardly shows assertiveness and relevance in the
of 25 points of answers given to the provided questions.
the activity.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 0
points and 5 points