ilog3 Education Paper Type Router
Goal
Decide the best research path before formal drafting. Do not ask the user to call a skill; present plain-language paper routes.
Inputs
- Topic and selected direction
- Research question(s)
- Available data/access: class, students, teachers, documents, platform logs, literature only
- Expected output: course paper, thesis, journal article, proposal
- Time and feasibility constraints
Workflow
- Infer feasible paper types from the topic, RQs, and data access.
- Recommend 2-3 paths with reasons.
- Ask the user to confirm a path or ask the agent to decide.
- Store the selected path in the research brief as
paper_type. - Route internally:
| Selected Path | Next Skill |
|---|---|
| Quantitative survey/correlational/experimental | education-quantitative-study-design |
| Qualitative case/interview/grounded/phenomenology | education-qualitative-study-design |
| Mixed methods | education-mixed-methods-design |
| Teaching practice/action research | education-action-research-design |
| Design-based research | education-design-based-research |
| Systematic/scoping review | education-systematic-review-preparation |
| Meta-analysis | education-meta-analysis-preparation |
| Scale/test development | education-psychometric-scale-development |
| Learning analytics/educational data mining | education-learning-analytics-design |
| Policy/comparative education | education-policy-comparative-analysis |
| Program/curriculum/platform evaluation | education-program-evaluation |
User-Facing Prompt Pattern
现在选题和研究问题已经初步明确。接下来需要确定论文路线，因为不同路线后面的材料、方法和正文结构不一样。
根据你的主题和条件，我建议优先考虑：
A. 实证研究：适合能收集问卷、作文、测验、课堂数据
B. 教学实践/行动研究：适合你有真实教学场景
C. 文献综述/系统综述：适合暂时没有一手数据
你想走哪条？如果你不确定，我可以按“可完成性、创新性、论文规范性”帮你推荐。
Output Format
| Route | Fit | Required Data | Main Deliverables | Difficulty | Recommendation |
|---|
End with one plain-language decision question.
Quality Rules
- Do not begin formal writing before the paper path is confirmed.
- Do not expose internal skill names in normal user-facing text.
- Prefer a feasible thesis route over a flashy but impossible route.