When to use it
Grant proposals, master's theses in education and classroom-based teacher research all need a figure that shows how the study will proceed. This one stacks six stages, and the intervention stage shows the act, reflect, act again cycle of action research.
Make it yours
- If you are not doing action research, replace the intervention stage with "Treatment and comparison classes" or "Survey administration".
- Write your own specifics in each box, such as the name of the instrument.
- Add dates to stage titles, such as "Research design, March to April".
Mermaid code
flowchart TB
subgraph P1[Problem]
direction LR
A1[Survey current practice] --> A2[Define research questions]
end
subgraph P2[Literature and theory]
direction LR
B1[Literature review] --> B2[Key concepts] --> B3[Theoretical framework]
end
subgraph P3[Research design]
direction LR
C1[Select participants] --> C2[Design the intervention] --> C3[Develop instruments]
end
subgraph P4[Intervention]
direction LR
D1[First action cycle] --> D2[Observe and reflect] --> D3[Revised second cycle]
end
subgraph P5[Data analysis]
direction LR
E1[Compare pre-test and post-test] --> E2[Analyze interviews and observations]
end
subgraph P6[Conclusions]
direction LR
F1[Findings] --> F2[Implications for teaching]
end
P1 --> P2 --> P3 --> P4 --> P5 --> P6Ask an AI for one with this structure
Send the prompt below to ChatGPT or Claude, then paste the whole reply into the editor; the code inside is detected automatically.
Draw an education research design diagram with Mermaid flowchart TB syntax. Use six subgraphs for the stages Problem, Literature and theory, Research design, Intervention, Data analysis, and Conclusions. Inside each subgraph use direction LR with two or three steps, and show two action cycles with reflection in the Intervention stage. Connect the stages top to bottom with arrows. Do not use parentheses in node text. Output only the mermaid code block.
FAQ
- How is this different from a conceptual framework?
A design diagram shows what you do in what order and with which methods. A conceptual framework shows how variables or ideas relate. Proposals often include both.
- What do reviewers look for in this figure?
Complete stages, named methods, and a match with the text. Method names on the figure should be the same as in your methodology section.
- How do I get it into a Word proposal?
Export Word or SVG. The Word file contains the figure as a high-resolution image you can copy into your document.
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Updated 2026-11-11