Observation as an Essential Research Step in Undergraduate Theses

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to explore the failure of graduate theses due to lack of support for the research problem in observation and reflection, as well as in the inadequate methodological training of the research student. The methodology used was the survey of the professors-counselors of the thesis students, of the Degree in Teaching of English Language of the Juárez University of the State of Durango, Mexico who could account for the variables studied. It has been found that even though teachers know the methodology, they do not give enough importance to observation as a first step in choosing the research topic. Likewise, students are not based on the observation of their environment to identify problems and formulate their subject, which is reinforced as a hypothesis of failure and abandonment of the research.