USING ANALYTICAL THOUGHT PROCESS TO DEVELOP INSTRUCTIONAL RUBRICS IN WRITING DOCTORAL DISSERTATION RESEARCH PROBLEM STATEMENTS – A FOLLOW-UP STUDY

Abstract

Aim/Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop instructional rubrics that help in writing and evaluating doctoral dissertation research problem statements. Background This is a follow up study. In the first paper (Ali & Pandya, 2021), we introduced a model for writing a research problems statement that takes the students through four phases to complete their writing. In this paper, we introduce an instructional rubric to be used for helping to writing the research problem statement. Methodology This paper builds on the previous model, adding to it Socratic questions to trigger critical thinking to help with writing of research problem statement. Contribution Developing the instructional rubrics is the contribution of this study. The instructional rubrics can help with the writing of a research problem statement.