Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Session 4: Sources of Data

Many people say that qualitative research is the only type of inquiry that education can support and I agree that ______________________, but I think that I could use quantitative data in this way in my action research project: _____________________.

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  1. Many people say that qualitative research is the only type of inquiry that education can support and I agree that qualitative research can be helpful when looking at what has worked in for several different subjects of a study through their opinions and feelings about the particular method, but I think that I could use quantitative data in this way in my action research:I can use a control group to help compare my results and also use different types of testing to get real statistical results.

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  2. Many people say that qualitative research is the only type of inquiry that education can support, and I agree that qualitative research could be useful in order to compare opinions or backgrounds of different subjects in a project, but I think that I could use quantitative data in this way: my action research project will require assessment before and after the intervention in order to determine it's effectiveness.

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  3. Many People say that qualitative research is the only type of inquiry that education can support and I agree that qualitative research is an excellent approach to take when you want to include personal connections via narratives or interviews but, I think I could use quantitave data in this way by administering pre and post assessemnts to determine if my thesis is correct

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  4. Many People say that qualitative research is the only type of inquiry that education can support and I agree that qualitative research can be helpful in understanding the impact your study had upon a student personally and it gives them a way to reflect on their experience. After reading many studies that used this type of approach, I feel that I was wondering if that was enough proof to support their conclusions. I think that quantitative research provides concrete results that you can use to analyze your studies effectiveness. I believe you could use some aspects of each.

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  5. Many people say that qualitative research is the only type of inquiry that education can support and I agree that qualitative research is a good approach if you want to use narration and description when collecting data, but I think that I could use quantitative data in my action research project because I will get immediate, concrete results on my research. Each time the student types into the computer I will receive immediate feedback, either negative or positive.

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  6. Many people say that qualitative research is the only type of inquiry that education can support, and I agree that qualitative research is useful because it can be used to help collect data and provides surveys or questionnaires to understand that perspectives of the participants. However, I think that I could use quantitative data in this way in my action research project by using a control and experimental group of participants to compare test results and determine if my intervention worked to improve the problem while also using surveys and questionnaires to assess participant perspectives.

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  7. Many people say that qualitative research is the only type of inquiry that education can support and I agree that this is mostly true, but I think that I could use quantitative data in this way in my action research project to show the effect of direct vocabulary instruction on ESL students.

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  8. Many people say that qualitative research is the only type of inquiry that education can support and I agree that to an extent, but I think that I could use quantitative data in this way in my action research project: through surveys of parents, teachers and students to get a better understanding of their feelings toward the control method of instruction before and after research instruction.

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  9. Many people say that qualitative research is the only type of inquiry that education can support and I agree that qualitive reasearch is useful and helps with collecting data and providing surveys. I believe that qualitative reseach is best used for accuracy, but in a controlled research situation you might need to various research techniques or methods.

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  10. Many people say that qualitative research is the only type of inquiry that education can support and I agree that surveys and interviews can help researchers understand where their subjects are coming from, but I think that I could use quantitative data in my action research as something to support my qualitative data. The challenge with using quantitative data is that there are so many variables in a classroom that it may be difficult to create a control group and an experiment group and get valid results.

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