National Open University Exam Past Question EDU 323 March/April 2014

                                           

        

                                                      National Open University of Nigeria

                                              14-16 Ahmadu Bello Way, Victoria Island Lagos 

                                                                     School of education

                                                          March/April 2014 Examination

                  ^{COURSE CODE: EDU 323}

                  ^{COURSE TITTLE: BASIC RESEARCH IN EDUCATION}

                  ^{TIME ALLOWED:2HRS}

                   ^{Instructions: ANSWER QUESTION 1 AND ANY OTHER 2}

^{1. a. Education research make use of scientific methods of research but there are several constraints to this. Enumerate and discus any 6 limitation against effective application of scientific methods to educational research                                            18marks}

^{b. what is a research hypothesis ? give three characteristics of a good hypothesis                               6marks}

^{2.a. enumerate six component of an effective research methodology                                    12marks}

   ^{b. discus four steps that are involved in a historical research                                           12marks}

^{3.a. mention three phases of observational method of research                                               6marks}

  ^{b. Discus six problems of observation as method of data collection                                          18marks} 

^{4 .a. it is one thing to carry out a research, it is another to be able to give detailed account of what the researcher had done. list and explain five component to be included in the introduction par of your research report                                  15marks}

  ^{b. differentiate between descriptive and inferential statistics                  9 marks} 



                                                              

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