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LG 524 TERMS AND DEFINITONS

LG 524 TERMS AND DEFINITONS. Validity, Triangulation, Resonance. QUALITAtive and quantitative…….

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LG 524 TERMS AND DEFINITONS

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  1. LG 524 TERMS AND DEFINITONS Validity, Triangulation, Resonance

  2. QUALITAtive and quantitative…… • Qualitative: Starts with a question, data is rich, >reasons, opinions, words, analysis by coding, categorising, in order to find patterns and movements. Grounded threory, the theory comes from the data; Qn > Int>Classroom Obs>analysis may inform further data collection; theory as findings. • Quantitative. Starts with a theory, gathers data to prove or disprove theory. Qns, numerical, countable data, likert scales, yes/no, quantifiable, reduced to numbers. • Don’t forget…definitions are always fuzzy, wobbly…..points on a scale…….

  3. VALIDITY • Validity is another word for truth. • Description of Methods and Analysis • Findings based on critical analysis of all data • Deviants • Anecdotalism • Findings clearly linked to data

  4. COMPREHENSIVE DATA TREATMENT • All cases of data need to be included in the analysis, even deviant cases, and all should be reflected in the findings. • Everything must be accounted for. • INTERNAL VALIDITY…judges the adequacy of the complete research process, through the description. • EXTERNAL VALIDITY…how transferable, or generalisable, are the findings to similar cases outside the sample. (>>resonance<<) • Qualitative validity may also be Pragmatic, Respondent, Catalytic.

  5. TRIANGULATION OF DATA • Triangulation may add to the validity of the research process; • Data triangulation may be using different data sources to investigate the research questions. • May move from Qns>Ints>Obs>texts>respondent Qns (if gounded, from here back to where you came in…Qn>>Ints>>………………………. • May also be analysis triangulation…

  6. EXTERNAL VALIDITY • Readers’ judgments • Procedural account of the analysis • Respondent validation >>data and insight • Immersion • Replication?

  7. INTERNAL VALIDITY • The truth value of a piece of research • Context richness • Triangulation • Does the description of the research process clearly lead to the findings? • What is done and how it is done>>>from 300 pages of interviews and observations to the main conclusion. • Transcripts, analyses, printouts, stages of analysis >> the appendices (PhD more demanding than MA)

  8. RESPONDENT, Catalytic, Pragmatic validity. • Respondent: Immediate and local meanings of findings from the point of view of the participants • Catalytic: Helps subjects understand and change their environment for the better (how may your research on Vocabulary Strategies really help in the language classroom) • Pragmatic: utilisation and application of research; who benefits, who may be harmed by it?

  9. Pragmatic questions… • 1. Access • Guidance • Knowledge • Catalysing effect • Local problems • Empowerment • Ethical concerns

  10. Generalisation • Generalisation; a broad encompassing statement , drawing a wider inference from something particular. Reasoning, moving from the observed or known to something unobserved or unknown. • May be more applicable in statistical research because of the larger numbers of applicants. • A greater number or diversity of applicants may make the research more generalisable……

  11. RESONANCE • The research situation or context, as well as the process, is described in such detail, that a reader of the research could recognise and apply elements of it to another teaching situation, even one superficially very very different. • The ‘Natural History’ of the research is such that another teacher may say ‘that’s just like my class in XXX!!’

  12. RELIABILITY. • Perhaps more relevant to statistical research. If a study was carried out at another time with the same design and similar participants etc, the results may be the same or similar; related to reliability in testing. • Replicability. How replicable is the research? • More objective research may be more replicable…

  13. A note on writing • Writing as a form of thinking • Writing as a form of analysis • A method of inquiry • Poems, opera, and pagan rituals • Orphan findings and royalty…..did the Queen write up your dissertation?

  14. Some topics • 1. How teacher training affects classroom procedure in trainee teachers • 2. The teaching of grammar; NS and NNS approaches in Bilkent University, Turkey • Using the L1 in teaching young learners in a cram school in Tokyo • What makes a good teacher? Perceptions of teachers and learners in a private school in Bangkok.

  15. Readings • Richards, K. 2003. Qualitative Inquiry in TESOL. Palgrave • Miles and Huberman. 1994. Qualitative Data Analysis. Sage • Cohen, Manion, and Morrison. 2011. ResearchMethods in Education. Routledge/ • Seale, C. 1999. The Quality of Qualitative Research. Sage. • Richardson, L. 2003. Writing a Method of Inquiry. In Denzin,N and Y. Lincoln. Handbook of Qualitative Research. Sage

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