Survey descriptive Research Problem

Learning styles is considered to have a vital role in the process of teaching and learning activities. Every learner
in a classroom receives and processes an information in a different way that makes one student distinct from the
others. In Myanmar, English status is as foreign language that people do not familiar with and , it is very obvious
that most of Myanmar students can not fluently speak to foreigners even though they study English at primarily
school level till High school level. Therefore, students in Myanmar needs more support in learning English as
foreign language. One of the most important support is learning styles. There are numerous studies on Language
fluency and language teaching methods. (General statement) However, no much of research paper is found as to
what type of learning style students use when learning English. (Gap) therefore, the purpose of this study is to
identify what type of learning style students use when they are learning English. (Specific statement)
Ex:-
Teaching style can effect on students’ academic achievement. So nowadays, teaching style becomes
much more important to students’ academic achievement and yet only one teaching style can not be
conducive to creating an effective language learning environment. Teachers must modify their teaching
styles and teach a wide repertoire of strategies (2002). Thus, for learning to take place, teachers need to
use various teaching styles to handle various learning strategies or difficulties in the classroom, and help
students develop their own learning strategies and use these effectively and efficiently (Chang, 2010).
(General statement) However, It is noteworthy that a very limited number of studies investigated
EFL teachers’ teaching styles (Gap). Therefore, this study focus on what type of teaching style EFL
teachers practice when teaching in language and if there is any difference of preference of teaching styles
among gender, teaching experiences (Specific statement).
Correlational research problem
Ex:Problem statement
Women account for an increasing percentage of adults with human immunodeficiency virus
(HIV).Most of these HIV-infected women are in their childbearing years. As a result, approximately
7,000 infants are exposed prenatally each year.All infants exposed to HIV prenatally are at risk for
developmental problems . Little is known about the quality of parental caregiving for infants of mothers
with HIV, because few studies have examined parenting in this vulnerable group.The purpose of this
report is to describe the development of infants of mothers with HIV and to determine the extent to
which child characteristics, parental caregiver characteristics, family characteristics, and parenting
quality influence development.
Ref: Polit D. F. & Beck C. T. (2004)
Problem statement
The healthcare industry is among the most dynamic and rapidly growing industries in the world economy. The composition
of private hospitals has grown in complexity. The growth in the industry will inevitably increase the competition among
private healthcare. Customer requirements and competitive dynamics continue to change. The industry is seeing more deals,
more investment, and more experiments than ever before. Healthcare organizations are rethinking every element of their
strategies, structures, and business practices to find the path to sustainable results. It is important for private healthcare to
develop a better strategy to gain more competitive advantages against their rivals. in order to increase the competitive
positions, hospitals need to understand the consumer’s attitudinal and behavioral processes that influence the hospital
patronage.Thus, creating a strong relationship with the customers; which could be consequently followed by their loyalty, is
considered to be a key factor for increasing the market share and building a sustainable competitive advantage. As customer
loyalty is considered a vital objective for a firm’s survival and growth, building a loyal customer base has not only become
a major marketing goal. However, up to my knowledge there are no known studies that have been done on factors affecting
customer loyalty on Amin general hospital. Therefore this study investigate the degree to which trust, commitment,
satisfaction, brand image and switching cost affecting the customers’ loyalty in Amin general hospital.
Ref: Fetawek Woldemeskel (2017)
Experimental research

Ex: Statement of the Problem

Physics is a compulsory subject for all students at Form One and FormTwo in Kenyan Secondary schools.
Many students choose to drop Physics as evidenced by the low student enrolment in KCSE (Wasanga, 2009).
In addition, there is poor students’ achievement in KCSE. Several studies have been done to address the
problem. Several interventions have been offered for Physics teachers through SMASSE, provision of
teaching resources through KESSP, campaigns on the importance of Physics (Nderitu, 2009). Despite these
multi-faceted interventions, there are still low enrolments in the Murang’a East sub-county and the students’
achievement in Physics in KCSE is still low. This implies that there could be other factors not yet
explored .The study contends that practical work if used as a pedagogical strategy could form part of the
solution. Therefore, the school students’ achievements in Physics in Murang’a East Sub-County. skills and
(4) Enrolment in physics at Form Three (Specific statement).
Ref: Muchai, Augustine Ngethe(2014)
Ex:
In most of the government schools, a teacher has to teach a large class in which sixty to seventy students
learn together. The teacher has no opportunity to give individual attention to all students in a large class
while using traditional learning method. There is severe curtailment of student talking time, reading
comprehension and grammatically correct writing in traditional learning method. Cooperative learning
method may be used as instructional approach to improve the reading and writing skills of the students. This
study focused to find the effect of cooperative learning and traditional learning method on the reading and
writing skills of the students of 8th class in the schools of Rawalpindi city and propose the strategy for the
affective learning of English language.

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Descriptive research: Question

 What is perception of
 What is the level of
 What is opinion of
 What extent ….?
 How much/ how many/ how often …?

Ex:
 What is the level of knowledge toward investment ?
 What is the level of attitude toward safe abortion?
 What is the level of parent engagement among 10 grade students?
 What is perception of teachers toward online teachings and using materials?
 What is the level of teaching style preference among teachers?
Correlational research :Question

Words: Correlation, relationship, association, related with,

- Is there any relationship between…/positive or negative relationship between…?

- How is there relationship/correlation/ association between…?
- How does IV on effect or influence on DV ?
- What is relationship …….? Or what is relationship of IV and DV?
- What is effect of IV on DV ?

Ex:
• Is there any relationship between financial knowledge and financial investment decision?
• How is there relationship between teaching methods and student performance ?
• How does teacher competency influence on students’ academic achievement ?
• What is relationship of study hours and exam scores?
Experimental research: Question

Words: Difference ,equal to, better than, greater than, more than, less than, fewer than

 Is there any significant difference between …..?

 What is difference between ….?
 Is ….. better than …..

Ex:

 Is there any significant difference in writing ability between group with teaching method and group
without teaching method?

 What is difference between educational levels and knowledge on safe abortion?

 What is difference in IQ scores of public and private high school students?

 Is score of performance after teaching method than score of performance before teaching methods?
Descriptive research: Objective

To identify, to describe, to assess, to examine, to evaluate, to compare

Ex:
 To identify level of knowledge toward investment

 To describe the level of attitude toward safe abortion

 To examine the level of parent engagement among 10 grade students

 To assess perception of teachers toward online teachings and using materials

 To compare difference of teaching style preference among teachers.

Correlational research :Objective

Words: To investigate, to examine, To assess

- To investigate there any relationship between…/positive or negative relationship between…

- To examine How is there relationship/correlation/ association between…
- To investigate How does IV on effect or influence on DV
- To describe What is relationship …….? Or what is relationship of IV and DV
- What is effect of IV on DV

Ex:
• To investigate relationship between financial knowledge and financial investment decision
• To examine relationship between teaching methods and student performance
• To describe how does teacher competency influence on students’ academic achievement
• To investigate relationship of study hours and exam scores
Experimental research: Objective

Words: Difference ,equal to, better than, greater than, more than, less than, fewer than

 To compare significant difference between …..

 To investigate difference between ….
 To examine ….. better than …..
 To assess

Ex:
 To compare significant difference in writing ability between group with teaching method and group
without teaching method

 To examine difference between educational levels and knowledge on safe abortion

 To investigate difference in IQ scores of public and private high school students

 To investigate score of performance after teaching method than score of performance before teaching
methods