Week 2 Feb.1,06

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Week 2 (Feb.1,06)

• The Scientific Approach in Education
• - Research Categories

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Agenda for Today

• Sharing life
• Group discussion and preparation on research
  categories
• Sharing each group teaches the class
• Steps/formats in doing research
• Housekeeping

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Overview
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Spice it up Lets have Some Fun!

• Lets make our group discussion and presentation
  lively and lovely!

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Role Play

• Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

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The 7 dwarfts

• 2S Snoopy and Sneezy
• 2D Dopey and Doc
• 3 emotions Happy, Bashful, and Grumpy

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Which is which?
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Quantitative Experts (Group I)

• Experimental research
• Correlational research
• Causal comparative research
• Survey Research
• 1.1

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Experimental Research

• Give an example (history teacher) and through
  this example explain
• What is experimental research?
• Buzz words
• Independent variable
• Dependent variable
• Treatment/experimental group
• Intact/control group
• Extraneous variables

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Correlational Research

• An Example (math teacher)
• Purpose of research
• How to do this?
• How to examine/interpret results?
• Manipulation/intervention
• Naturally occurring phenomena
• Cause effect causal?

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Causal-comparison Research (optional)

• Example
• Experimental (randomly/systematically)
• Quasi-experimental
• How to interpret the result?

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Survey Research

• Example
• Frequencies/percentage
• Difficulties
• Advantages
• Open-ended questions, in-depth questions,
  follow-up questions

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Knowing All Quantitative vs. Qualitative (Group
II)

• Intro give a general picture of quan quali
  (Snowwhite/Doc)
• Why qualitative give an example
• Roots of Quan vs. Quali positivism
  phonemenlogoy
• 2.1

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Debate

• Merits of Quan vs. Quali
• Categories of Quan vs. Quali
• Using flow charts, drawing, maps to chart the
  categories of both Quan vs. Quali
• Be creative in your presentation

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Qualitative Experts (Group III)

• What is it? Purpose?
• Research process?
• Characteristics?
• Case study and Phenomenological study
• Example
• How does it look like?
• Purpose
• Method of data collection
• Method of data analysis
• 2.2

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Case Study Experts (Group IV)

• Case study and Phenomenological study
• Example
• How does it look like?
• Purpose
• Method of data collection
• Method of data analysis
• 2.2

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Ethnography Experts (Group V)

• Ethnography and Grounded theory
• Example
• How does it look like? What is the difference
  between case study and ethnograph?
• Buzz words
• Entire group
• Cultural anthropology
• cultures
• Intact culture
• Gain access to a stie, gatekeeper, insider,
  outsider
• Informed consent
• Key informants
• Participant observation
• Fieldwork, fieldnotes
• 2.2

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Grumpy (Group VI)

• Action Research Expert
• Do whatever you want as long as the class can
  learn something from you about action research!
• 1.1

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Steps in Research Study
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About the Readings

• Validity Reliability (Methodology week)
• Observation Interview (Methodology week)
• Types of writing the research articles youve
  found (for next week)
• What category of research does that writing fall
  into?
• What types of writing does it belong to (types
  of writing Week 3)

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HW and ???

• Reading for next week
• Arrange for observation (week 3 HW)
• Think about your research questions