2020 Faculty Courses School of Environment and Society Department of Technology and Innovation Management Graduate major in Technology and Innovation Management
Exercises in Research Literacy II
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Technology and Innovation Management
- Instructor(s)
- Daisuke Sahori / Kunihiko Higa
- Class Format
- Exercise (Zoom)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 3-4 Sat (CIC812)
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- TIM.D402
- Number of credits
- 010
- Course offered
- 2020
- Offered quarter
- 2Q
- Syllabus updated
- Jul 10, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
Mainly through exercises, how to choose the right research methodology, how to design research, and how to write a research report will be learned.
This course is mainly designed for students majored in Management of Technology who have no research experience. Students are expected to gain skills of how to design and proceed with research, and writing a research report.
Course description and aims
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
1. understand characteristics of different research methodologies
2. choose the right research methodology and design research aligned with the objective
3. understand how to write research reports
Keywords
research methodology, research design, writing of a research paper
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Lectures will be carried out interactively. Also two in-class exercises will be conducted, and a group work and a presentation will be required for students.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Understanding research methodologies | Understand research methodologies and how to use methodologies |
| Class 2 | How to choose the right research methodology and design research aligned with the research objective | Understand the importance of selecting the right research methodology and designing research aligned with the research objective |
| Class 3 | Exercise 1: Find mistakes in selections of research methodologies, research design and analysis, and collect mistakes | Deepen the understanding of selections of research methodologies, research design and analysis through an exercise |
| Class 4 | How to write a research report | Understand how to write a research report |
| Class 5 | Exercise 2: Find mistakes in a research report and collect mistakes | Deepen the understanding of how to write a research report through an exercise |
| Class 6 | Group presentation I | Presentation of the new research plan based on critical reading of the past project report |
| Class 7 | Group presentation II | Presentation of the new research plan based on critical reading of the past project report |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
No textbook
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Reference book：Methods for Your Project Research (Keirinkan)
All materials for the course will be available through OCWi
Evaluation methods and criteria
Attendance 20%, Groupwork 30%, Report 30%, Participation in discussion 20%
Related courses
- TIM.D401 ： Exercises in Research Literacy I
Prerequisites
TIM.E401 ： Exercises in Research Literacy I is the prerequisite for this course.
There is a limitation to the number of registration (see Misc. for more).
Other
This course requires heavy discussion and group work in Japanese; therefore, the number of students who can register to the course is limited to 25 students. The priority of registration will be given to the 2nd year MOT students, the 1st year MOT students, Innovation Science students, other course Tokyo Tech students, and any other students in this order.