Research Piojects
Below are groups of sentences from different structural parts
of research proposals. Try to determine from which of the
sections (listed above) they come.
1. This study should also contribute to comparative and historical studies of
education by offering insights into common problems of educational
development. Also, this exploration of how universities were developing
under the totalitarian regime could be of interest to anyone concerned about
the relationship between politics and education.
2. In several studies concerning the emergence of creationist and evolutionary
beliefs in the American Midwest, children in the middle elementary school
years (8-10 years of age) were found to be almost uniformly creationist,
regardless of parental or community beliefs (Evans, 2000a, -b, -c). Only in
the ten- to twelve-year-old age group did child beliefs resemble those of
their parents or communities, evolutionist or creationist.
3. Textual analysis will be integrated with the analysis of semi-structured
interviews I plan to conduct with Ukrainian scholars. I will interrogate ten
researchers writing in Ukrainian and another ten writing in English (or
both in English and native language). The questions will concern the writing
practices of the scholars, the self-image they create in their texts (as they
see it), the ethical values, beliefs, and attitudes that, in their opinion, affect
self-portraying, and the rhetorical strategies they consciously choose for
representation of themselves.
4. I expect to find that school students of this age group will increase their
levels of mathematical knowledge and skills, but that they will achieve
this by means that differ from those of traditional teaching and learning.
5. Today, numerical methods are of extreme importance for progress in many
areas of engineering science. There are a variety of solution procedures
available in structural mechanics, among them numerical methods, such
as finite elements, finite differences, and boundary elements. With the advent
of powerful small computers, considerable efforts have been devoted to
seeking alternative procedures, which are less expensive.
6. This study examines how language processes and sociocultural practices
constructed in educational settings shape differential opportunities fur the
students of elementary school, high school, and university to learn concepts
and methods characteristic of scientific disciplines.
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