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Education research design diagram template

An education research design diagram in six stages: problem, literature and theory, design, intervention, analysis and conclusions, using two cycles of action research. Adapt it to your proposal or thesis, then export PNG, SVG, Word or PowerPoint free.

Conclusions

Findings

Implications for teaching

Data analysis

Compare pre-test and post-test

Analyze interviews and observations

Intervention

First action cycle

Observe and reflect

Revised second cycle

Research design

Select participants

Design the intervention

Develop instruments

Literature and theory

Literature review

Key concepts

Theoretical framework

Problem

Survey current practice

Define research questions

Previewed in the “Ink Teal” theme; you can switch themes in the editor

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

education-research-roadmap.mmd
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 --> P6

Ask 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.

prompt.txt
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