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Running head: THE EFFECTS OF POSITIVE ASSOCIATIVE HABITS IN LEARNING

The Effects of Positive Associative Habits in Learning

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The Effects of Associative Habits in Learning

Generally, the goal of a research proposal comes in twofold. It aids to present and justify

the need to study and present the various practical solutions to an existing research problem.

Research proposals widely contain an extensive section of the literature review as they must

provide compelling evidence that a need for the proposed study genuinely exists. It is important

to compile a research proposal as the procedures and the design elements for carrying out

research usually are governed by the standards of the principal discipline in which the research

problem under question widely resides. The scope of a research proposal paper should therefore

extensively encompass the critical components within its body for it to serve its purpose

(Anderson, Anderson, & Arsenault, 1998). These components include an executive summary

covering the statement of one’s proposal, a statement of need clearly stating why the project is to

be deemed necessary, the projects` description covering the specific details concerning the

evaluation and implementation of the project, and finally, a financial description of the project

under question with the accompanying exploratory notes.

Introduction and Background to the Study

Educational research plays a vital role in the gross development of learning programs,

policy formulation, and pedagogy at large. As educational research is a spectrum that falls on

multiple fields of knowledge, it there draws from these different disciplines to constitute its

existence. Due to the multidimensional nature of these results, the effect is the findings on this

type of research adventure can be and may be restricted by the research environment and the

attributes of the research participants at large. Educational research, therefore, systematically

employs empirical techniques in solving the various hurdles prevalent within the education

sector. In order to analyze and gather data for both problem-solving and knowledge
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advancement, educational research adopts rigorous and well-defined scientific processes in its

formulation and implementation (Wallen, & Fraenkel, 2001). Educational research activity,

therefore, gets directed towards the culmination of a science of behavior in educational situations

with the ultimate target of providing an educator with the knowledge that will aid in the subtle

achievements of the desired projected goals.

With this info at hand, it is clear that educational research projects seek to address the

different challenges in schooling to help alleviate the learning and teaching practices while

expanding on the already existing vast body of knowledge. Questions bothering on classroom

management, development, and learner motivation are also addressed.

Problem of Statement

Since a good number of students generally are exposed to the same learning environment,

the wide existing discrepancies in performance between the top student(s) and the poorest

performer(s) can merely be accounted for by their assumed difference in their different levels of

intelligence quotient. Therefore, there exist factors that facilitate the existence of such a

difference in a classroom setup.

Research Questions

Several questions were formulated to aid in extracting information in the most solemn of

ways without spooking off the recipients. This was ensured to make the questionnaires bias-

proof. Samples included, “What effect does constant academic pressure have on your overall

performance?”, “How often do you receive academic rewards within a semester of school from

any concerned party(s)?”, “How many times within a week does the class patron carry an

individual background check on each student academic progress?”, “How often do you receive

and willingly submit assignments to your instructor weekly?” etc.

Purpose of the Study

Despite the providence of identical learning conditions, there exist micro and macro

factors that handily play a role in our automotive behavior towards learning over time in our

growth and development. The importance of an engaging environment full of a rewarding hand

to any depicted acts of improvement to the overall attitude and perception of a subject matter

over time in learning is therefore a non-negligible factor. With this knowledge, positive attitudes

could be embodied in students from early childhood to prepare them to blossom into self-

motivated students with a well-defined purpose and resolve in life.

Concept Clarification

The research seeks insights into the statistical relationship between the overall students

learning environment and the personal attitude of the students at large stemming from habitually

induced side effects. In this case, the researcher cross-examines two variables with the intent to

establish a direct relationship between the referenced variables. This type of research is termed

correlational research and can be negative, positive, and or non-existent. A negative correlation

is when a negative change in variable A leads to a consequential negated change in variable B,

while a positive correlation is when a positive change in variable A leads to a concurrent

tantamount change in variable B as well. However, whenever the change in any of the variables

does not initiate a superseding change in any of the others, then the correlation is termed non-

existent.

For example, the association between a student’s classroom performance and behavior

can be run from a pool of students. This would help in identifying how both positive and

negative behaviors impact the academic performance of students. The existing relationship

between a student's learning behavior and social skills could be run and reliable results collected.
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With the aid of survey questions which could be carried out using paper forms, telephone

conversations, online forums, and face-to-face discourses, accurate data can be collected to help

gain insights into the experiences and behaviors of the research target audience. Interviews

provide a qualitative method of data collection by gathering info from the respondents in a

conversation. Interview questionnaires can be structured, unstructured, or semi-structured.

Unstructured interview questionnaires are fluid and provide no directives while structured ones

tend to follow a premeditated sequence. Semi-structured interviews contain a merge of the other

two interview methodologies. Data from the interviews can be collected by a vast method of

devices such as digital cameras and audio recorders.

By systematically watching, selecting, listening, reading, and recording the behaviors and

the characteristics of the diverse students in the classrooms, instructors can understand the

different contexts subtly affecting the learners and help in terminally addressing the issue at

hand. This collected information, therefore, aids in pointing out the importance of an engaging

environment full of positive rewarding hands to acts of improvement on the overall attitude and

perception of a subject matter over time in learning.

Literature Review

Since educational research activities get directed towards the culmination of a science of

behavior in educational situations with the ultimate target of providing the educator with the

knowledge that will aid in the subtle achievements of the desired projected goals, it is important

that factors affecting it both positively and negatively be studied. The effect can be seen in the

discrepancies in student performance track records in classrooms. The side effects of these

automotive reflexes are soft cues that can best be addressed psychologically. The difference

between motivated students and non-motivated students accounts for the overt difference in the
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students` performances seen at large. Properly motivated students show a positive trend in

performance compared to their counterparts’ poorly-motivated fellow scholars. Further research

will help both instructors and parents at large to build a positive reception bridge between

academic excellence and motivation would go a long way in preparing young learners to be self-

motivated in their endeavors.

References

Anderson, G., Anderson, G. J., & Arsenault, N. (1998). Fundamentals of educational research.

Psychology Press.

Wallen, N. E., & Fraenkel, J. R. (2001). Educational research: A guide to the process.

Psychology Press.