Remember the conference paper that I presented way back in 2015?
Q1. What's my Conceptual Framework? (a PhD student)
Here are some useful links and a simple definition:"The conceptual framework steers the whole research activity.
The conceptual framework serves as a “map” or “rudder” that will guide you towards realizing the objectives or intent of your study."
A conceptual framework represents the researcher’s synthesis of literature on how to explain a phenomenon. It maps out the actions required in the course of the study given his previous knowledge of other researchers’ point of view and his observations on the subject of research.In other words, the conceptual framework is the researcher’s understanding of how the particular variables in his study connect with each other. Thus, it identifies the variables required in the research investigation. It is the researcher’s “map” in pursuing the investigation.
As McGaghie et al. (2001) put it: The conceptual framework “sets the stage” for the presentation of the particular research question that drives the investigation being reported based on the problem statement.
The problem statement of a thesis presents the context and the issues that caused the researcher to conduct the study.
Source: SimpleEducateMe
Below is an example of a conceptual framework presented by Cornillie (2017) below:
...the state of affairs in the fields of second language acquisition and educational psychology shows that the effects of corrective (negative) feedback (CF) are not univocal, and suggests that the effectiveness of Corrective Feedback in digital game-based language learning is likely to depend on the following factors (see Figure 1):
i) the type of CF (‘explicit’ or ‘implicit’),
ii) how ‘learning’ is measured (as the development of explicit or implicit L2 knowledge), and
iii) individual differences related to learners’ receptivity to CF, namely perceived usefulness of CF and intrinsic motivation.
Source: SimpleEducateMe
Below is an example of a conceptual framework presented by Cornillie (2017) below:
...the state of affairs in the fields of second language acquisition and educational psychology shows that the effects of corrective (negative) feedback (CF) are not univocal, and suggests that the effectiveness of Corrective Feedback in digital game-based language learning is likely to depend on the following factors (see Figure 1):
i) the type of CF (‘explicit’ or ‘implicit’),
ii) how ‘learning’ is measured (as the development of explicit or implicit L2 knowledge), and
iii) individual differences related to learners’ receptivity to CF, namely perceived usefulness of CF and intrinsic motivation.
Q2. What's your Theoretical Framework?
(same PhD student)
The conceptual framework lies within a much broader framework called theoretical framework.The theoretical framework are the support from time-tested theories that embody the findings of many researchers on why and how a particular phenomenon occurs.
Here are more resources on how to WRITE the theoretical framework for a PhD thesis:
P/S Now I realize why I'm stumped in my graduate studies because the earlier two questions were posed by a PhD student who was fixated on his PhD dissertation but I was presenting a research paper!
The established researcher asked questions that were related to a research paper. Duh.
