PEM

By MSc Maria Nella Padilla Martinez

Clarifying research topic and evaluating the validity of a source

Goal: You will clarify (narrow if needed) your research topic and will learn to evaluate the
validity of a source for your own project

Students´ names: Ernesto Bayardo Romero Cano.

Research topic:

Strategies to improve speaking skills in high school students.

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For narrowing and focusing your research topic, answer the following questions:

1. What specific learning problem(s) do we want to help solve?

I want to solve the problems that students have at the time of speaking

2. How do we know our topic has currency?

We know that you are currently because they are frequent problems in high school.

3. Is this a research topic we want to further explore in the future?

in effect we must explore this topic, since there is so much problem of the ability to speak

For evaluating the validity of the source, answer the following questions:

1. What is the name of the publication source?

Teenagers to Improve Speaking Skills.

2. Are the author’s credentials or organizational affiliations listed? Is contact information

available? What is their specialism?
Of course the information is William Urrutia Leó
Esperanza Vega Cely
*willy_urrutia@yahoo.com.

3. Is the source reputable? Has it been through a peer review process?

Yes , This article was received on July 17, 2009 and accepted on January 15, 2010.
4. When was the information published or posted?
This information was published on July 17, 2009.

5. Does the time period that the information was published matter in relation to your topic?
Could be ,but this topic is nothing new.

6. Where the information does presented come from? Are the sources listed? What evidence
do they use?
 The information presented come from of scielo .
7. Have they undertaken original research? Can this be replicated?
Yes they are based in The School Institutional Project.

8. Is the information provided central to your topic or does the source obliquely refer to your
topic? Is the information unique?
Not necessarily, but this article will be very helpful for the information I want to find.
9. Who is the intended audience? Is it too simple or advanced for your needs?
Well, the planned audience is for young people who are studying and have serious
problems in the ability to speak.
10. Is better information available in another source?

Really all the sources are excellent, the only thing is that one speaks perhaps more specific
and others in general.

Cite the article using APA. Strictly follow this format.

Urrutia W (2010). Teenagers to Improve Speaking Skills.Profile issues in teachers’ Professional

development ,vol 12 ,N 1. http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?
script=sci_arttext&pid=S1657-07902010000100002.

(one author, with DOI)

Author’s last name, Author’s first initial. Author’s middle initial (if known). (year). Title
of article. Title of Journal, volume(issue), page number–page number. doi: xxxxxxx

Go to the following website for more help:

https://www.svcc.edu/departments/learning-commons/library/research-guides/online-article-
citation-apa.html