Exploration on the promotion of small-scale research on primary school students' inquiry topics

Abstract: Small topics are accepted by primary and secondary school teachers for their practicality, flexibility and simplicity. However, teachers have various inaccurate and irregular problems in the expression of small items. Teachers should try their best to find a solution to the problem of actual declaration.

[Keywords:] Small topic; Title description; standard

In the actual promotion of small topic research, there are various problems in teachers' expression of small topics, some of which do not reflect the characteristics of small topics, some are misled by "problems are topics", and some write the topics of small topics as thesis topics.

First, the "problem is the main" small topic misunderstanding

One of the main reasons why small-scale research is easily accepted by primary and secondary school teachers is the core concept of "problem is subject". Front-line teachers have to contact with practical problems in teaching every day and find many specific practical problems in teaching. It is very easy to turn these problems into research topics.

In the expression of the topic, it is easy for teachers to go to a misunderstanding: directly express the practical problems in practice as topics. For example, how to quickly understand classical Chinese, face the senior high school entrance examination, how to reduce the phenomenon of Chinese losing points and so on. All questions or questions with interrogative words are not accurate and standardized expressions of topics. If the words "how" and "how" are used, such problems appear most frequently in project applications.

The subject of educational scientific research must be educational problems, and the problems in education may not necessarily become scientific research topics. Three conditions must be met when educational problems are transformed into scientific research topics: 1. It has research value; 2. operability; 3. There is no clear conclusion or law. Therefore, there are generally no interrogative words such as "how" and "how" in the expression of small items.

The second is the implementation of the project, which is not standardized.

1. Biased topic selection leads to nonstandard topic expression.

(1) The topic is too big. One of the characteristics of small topics is "small", that is, the research scope is small, the cycle is short, the effect is quick and the operability is strong. The research process of small topics is simple, the research methods are diverse, and the manifestations of research results are also rich and colorful.

According to the characteristics of small topics, when choosing small topics, we must overcome the problem of greed and perfection. It is best to choose a "point" to study, and the time should not be too long. Therefore, the expression of small items should also highlight these characteristics, and the expression of research scope should be limited and as small as possible. For example, "the research on English word teaching in junior high school" is a good topic, but if it involves at least three years in junior high school, it will take a long time and contain too much content, so it is difficult to determine whether "word teaching" refers to how students remember and understand or teachers' teaching strategies. It would be more appropriate to change it to "Study on the Memory Strategies of English Words in Grade Eight".

(2) Research on deviation theory. Theoretical research is not suitable for frontline teachers and cannot be the object of small-scale research. Small-scale research requires strong operability and is closer to teaching practice. When choosing a topic, it is not suitable for front-line teachers if the research process or results of the topic involve a lot of pedagogy and psychological theories.

2. The expression of the topic is inaccurate or irregular.

(1) The research object is not clear. In the expression of the subject, the research object must be clear, so that people can see it at a glance. Although teachers know what they are learning, they are often ambiguous in their expressions. For example, the teacher wants to study and summarize the situation of biology senior high school entrance examination in recent years, grasp the key problems and improve the students' performance in the senior high school entrance examination. However, there are too many "keys" in biology review for the senior high school entrance examination: for students, there are keys to understanding, memorizing, experimenting and synthesizing, as well as keys to answering questions, writing norms, ways of thinking and emotional characteristics. As far as teachers are concerned, teaching style, habits, teaching methods and teaching level are also the focus of review, and the educational environment and learning atmosphere of the school are also the key issues. Therefore, the subject expression must be clear about the research object.

(2) The research scope is not clear. The "small" topic means the research scope is small, so the research scope must be limited to the expression of the topic. The more modifiers, the more specific the research scope and the smaller the topic. However, in the teacher's presentation of the topic, the research scope of many topics is not clearly defined, such as "how to add more points to the Chinese questions in the senior high school entrance examination", which is large in content and unclear in research scope and direction.

(3) slogan or slogan expression. Some teachers' subject topics are "slogan-like" sentences, and their research objects, research scope and research methods cannot be seen from the topics, which makes readers unable to clearly understand the researcher's intentions. It is easy for people to think that it is a slogan or slogan from the topic, which is also a phenomenon that the topic is not standardized. Such as "changing dumb English and improving students' oral expression ability".

(4) the expression of "means+purpose". One of the purposes of small project research is to solve the problems in education and teaching practice and improve teaching efficiency and benefit. The expression of the topic is different from the general paper. The phrase "means+purpose" is like the title of a paper introducing experience. For example, "reading famous books can promote students' Chinese ability in reading" and "helping students with English learning difficulties and improving their English scores" are all expressions of "means+purpose", which are expressions with too much research content and unclear direction.

Third, the standardized expression of small items

The expression of scientific research topics is generally a complex phrase of less than 20 words, and the object, scope and method of research should be clearly defined in the expression. The expression of small topics should emphasize the word "small", that is, the number of research objects should be as small as possible-a class or a grade, the research scope should be as small as possible-specific and clear, the research content should be as good as possible-practical and operable, and the research methods can be single or comprehensive. The key points of biology review for senior high school entrance examination can be standardized as "Research on the experimental operation method of biology review for senior high school entrance examination", "How to get more marks in Chinese reading for senior high school entrance examination", "Analysis on the reasons of losing marks in Chinese reading for senior high school entrance examination" and "Changing dumb English to improve students' oral expression ability" can be standardized as "Research on the methods of improving seventh grade oral expression ability" and "Reading famous books". Promoting the cultivation of students' Chinese ability in reading can be standardized as "research on the teaching mode of Chinese reading in grade seven" and "helping students with English learning difficulties to improve their English scores" and can be standardized as "research on the causes and countermeasures of students with English learning difficulties in grade eight"

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