Formulating an Hypothesis

During out CoL PLG's we have been asked to formulate a hypothesis around out research question. We have looked at this serval times over our last few CoL PLG's and have been asked to share thoughts, ideas and readings with our fellow CoL colleagues. I have uploaded a screenshot of my hunches and how they have changed and evolved from having conversations with CoL colleagues as well as other colleagues.

Formulating a Hypothesis

A hypothesis is a tentative answer to your research question that has not yet been tested. 

How to formulate? The simplest way is to use this form: if...then…

1. “If I encourage my students to write for real reasons, then they will be motivated to write.”

2. “If I focus on extending their 'on-task' behaviour with strategies to manage themselves then they will improve their writing.”

3. “An emphasis on behavioural and cognitive engagement as well as teaching social skills will enhance my students’ ability to focus and increase their writing skills"

The readings that I have discussed in prior posts have helped to structure this. As you can see we having been working on this since the very start of May and it is now the beginning of June and there has been a lot of reading, a lot of research and now hopefully a solid hypothesis to my CoL inquiry question.