THE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH DEFINITION research is a formal ,systematic,intensive processe use in the investi!

ation of a pro"lem # In the e ucational realm, it may "e carrie on "y an in ivi ual ,team or or!ani$ation it may "e con ucte in a class,school,or community#Research is not limite to a la"oratory settin!# THE SCIENTIFIC A%%ROACH TO RESEARCH &enerally ,the 'uest for truth ta(es a person to one of five ma)or sources of evi ence tra ition * learne authority ,personal e+perience lo!icalreasonin! *scientific investi!ation a revie, of the history of the evelopment of research technolo!y ,ill reveal that theses sources are liste here chronolo!ically #-ecause the last t,o sources offer ,ill "e limite to scientific in'uirry the scientific metho involves a ou"le movement of thou!h the investi!ator irects his attention from the partially (no,n an oftentimes confuse information learne from o"servation previous investi!ations reflective thin(in! an so on to,ar a meanin!ful ,hole or !enerali$ation secon ly he moves "ac( from this su!!este ,hole or !enerali$ation to the particular parts in

or er to connect these ,ith one another in a meanin!ful pattern the first of these movements is IND.CTI/E the secon DED.CTI/E #The process of thin(in! is consi ire complete ,hen the investi!ator moves to an from a meanin! ,ith appropriates interaction of his REASONIN& %ROCESS occurrin! "et,een recollecte conse eration an far 0reachin! !eneral meanin!s On the one han in uction is a movement to,ar the iscovery of some principle ,hile on the other han e uction is a movement to,ar the testin! of this principle for e+emple confirmin!,acceptin!,mo ifyin! insofar as the investi!ator is a"le to interpret isolate etails an see them in the li!ht of or!ani$in! principle he ,ill fin vali relationships T1%ES OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ,e have three main types of research accor in! to the aim research that aims to iscover the truth this research is use in !eneral to treat social political economic pro"lems ho,ever here ,e may not fin solutions only if ,e iscover the reality of pro"lems an situations Research that !ives critical e+planations in this type the researcher tries to arrive at a results s

relyin! on lo!ic an the !athere ata The complete research inclu es "oth types AI2ES OF RESEARCH the chief purposes for con uctin! research are to etermine the status of phenomena past an present to ascertain the nature composition an processes that characteri$e selecte phenomena to trace !ro,th evelopmental history chan!e an status of certain phenomena to stu y the cause an effect relationships amon! an "et,een certain phenomena NOTE althrou!h man has not yet evise any perfect metho of fin in! solutions to pro"lems eeme ,orthy of investi!ation pro!ress has "een ma e there has "een a !ra ual transition from see(in! (no,le !e "ase purely on custom tra ition authority an personal e+perience to appealin! for evi ence "ase on reasonin! an scientific in'uiry CHARACERISTICS OF THE RESEARCHER patience (no,le !e an culture inclu in! rea in! open min mastery of the use lan!ua!e mastery of other lan!ua!es scientific ou"t

scientific spirit the researcher has to "e )ust respectin! others3 vie,s fair an honest ,or(in! har an helpin! people an oin! thin!s for nation an country o")ective avoi in! su")ectivity an "ias a"le to or!ani$e *avoi controversy "e "rave especially in confessin! mista(es