Methodological Challenges In Research On Student Learning

Author : Vincent Donche,Sven De Maeyer,Davd Gijbels,Huub van den Bergh
Publisher : Maklu
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2015-06-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789044132809

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Methodological challenges in research on student learning by Vincent Donche,Sven De Maeyer,Davd Gijbels,Huub van den Bergh Pdf

Research on student learning has undergone many changes in the last decade. In particular, the research methodology has advanced in many different ways on the level of complexity of data collection and rigor of data analyses. In the quantitative research perspective, many off-line and online measures and statistical analysis techniques have been further meticulously developed. In the qualitative research perspective, a broader range of data collection tools are applied. Also the use of mixed method data analysis is increasing. Although in some research strands on student learning, the mono method approach of quantitative research is still ‘the golden rule’, in other research strands we notify more methodological creativity in mixing research paradigms and designs which can be very fruitful advancements for further knowledge development. In this book we focus on the domain of research on learning patterns in which these methodological shifts are in rapid evolution. A variety of international research cases illustrating current practices of empirical research, is presented showing how different methods of research on student learning can be applied and be useful for future research. Benefits an boundaries of the research methods are critically discussed and future perspectives are proposed.

Author : Peta J. White,Russell Tytler,Joseph Paul Ferguson,John Cripps Clark
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2021-08-27
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781527574298

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Methodological Approaches to STEM Education Research Volume 2 by Peta J. White,Russell Tytler,Joseph Paul Ferguson,John Cripps Clark Pdf

The COVID-19 pandemic has likely changed the mathematics, health and environmental education research landscape in profound and long-lasting ways. As such, more than ever, there is a need to creatively and critically think about how we design research and for what purposes. This necessitates a considered and robust discussion about educational research theory, method, and methodology to ensure that our research continues to impact practice in valuable ways. This book maps out some of these key challenges and opportunities as we collectively enter a post-COVID-19 world in which method and methodology need to be appreciated as much as research findings. Topics explored here range from big-picture issues in STEM Education research, through perspectives on design-based research, to questions of analysis, complexity, the Delphi method, and ethical dilemmas.

Author : Peta J. White,Russell Tytler,Joseph Paul Ferguson,John Cripps Clark
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2020-08-13
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781527558113

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Methodological Approaches to STEM Education Research Volume 1 by Peta J. White,Russell Tytler,Joseph Paul Ferguson,John Cripps Clark Pdf

This book addresses the changing nature of the methodologies that underpin research in mathematics, science, health and environmental education. This is a constantly shifting landscape that educational researchers need to engage with in order for research to continue to impact educational practice. The novelty of this book in the context of the existing publishing landscape is that it has a singular focus on methodology and methods, not in service of research findings but as something worth considering in itself, bringing methodology to the forefront of educational research.

Author : Jo Rose,Tim Jay,Janet Goodall,Laura Mazzoli Smith,Liz Todd
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2022-01-21
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781787697393

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Repositioning Out-of-School Learning by Jo Rose,Tim Jay,Janet Goodall,Laura Mazzoli Smith,Liz Todd Pdf

The need for time, flexibility, and agility in research within out-of-school learning is highlighted throughout this multi-disciplinary edited volume, as each author reflects on how to make sense of the unknown and varied contexts in which out-of-school learning takes place.

Author : Claudio Bendazzoli,Claudia Monacelli
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2016-06-22
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781443895583

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Addressing Methodological Challenges in Interpreting Studies Research by Claudio Bendazzoli,Claudia Monacelli Pdf

Using interaction as a fundamental springboard, Addressing Methodological Challenges in Interpreting Studies Research showcases the major breakthrough in interpreting studies made by investigating community interpreting and the inherent high degree of participant interaction. The book adds a ‘reflexive’ twist, and espouses the notion of the analyst as not separate from the context under study. After looking at dialogue interpreters, cast away from the carpeted walls of sound-proof booths and deprived of the spotlighted lectern-podium position at high level fora, it has become clear that the interpreter’s invisibility, not to mention their neutrality, is uppermost in the minds of both users and providers in terms of expectations. Among all the participants in any ‘mediated’ communicative situation, it is the interpreter who is exceedingly visible and potentially most influential in shaping and coordinating the ongoing exchanges. The book proposes that a similar view be applied to researchers engaged in interpreting research, especially in empirical investigations. Different forms of ‘interaction’ between researchers and the data in their studies are inevitable. This applies to every stage of their work, ranging from all the pre-analysis activities to the analysis itself, and the post-analysis stage, in which results are disseminated in the research community and, possibly, the target population. This volume will stand to benefit all those who work with researching language issues, not only because of the various approaches covered in the volume, but also because of the ways in which they are reframed as a result of shifting contextual constraints.

Author : Annamaria Pinter,Kuchah Kuchah
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05-10
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781800411449

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Ethical and Methodological Issues in Researching Young Language Learners in School Contexts by Annamaria Pinter,Kuchah Kuchah Pdf

This book focuses on ethical and methodological issues faced by researchers working with young language learners in formal school contexts. It uncovers and explicitly discusses a range of ethical dilemmas, challenges and experiences that researchers have encountered and grappled with, in studies of all kinds from large scale, experimental studies to ethnographic studies focused on just a handful of children. The chapters are written by researchers working with children in different classroom contexts around the world and highlight how ethical dilemmas and tensions take on a complex form in child-focused research, requiring researchers to pay particular attention to the social and cultural norms of the different communities within which children are educated as well as their school-based experiences. The book comprises three sections, with the first part focused on involving children as active participants in research; part two on ethical challenges in multilingual contexts and part three on links between teacher education and researching children. The book includes a critical discussion of the opportunities and challenges associated with applying the UNCRC (1989) document in second language research with children which will be of use to any researcher working in this area.

Author : Shelley H. Billig,Alan S. Waterman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2014-04-04
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135632670

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Studying Service-Learning by Shelley H. Billig,Alan S. Waterman Pdf

This volume represents a breakthrough discussion of the research issues surrounding innovative pedagogies. Using service-learning as its focus, it explores ways in which researchers and evaluators can study a teaching and learning approach that has multiple goals, including both academic and affective development. The chapter authors show how to study a topic that is multilayered, complex, and involves the ways in which individuals make meaning of their experiences. Seven challenges that researchers need to grapple with in studying service-learning are identified and addressed: defining service-learning; basing service-learning research on strong theoretical foundations; refining service-learning research design and methodology; interpreting service-learning results; disseminating service-learning research findings; improving service-learning practice; and building funding to support service-learning research. In addition, practical recommendations are provided for professionals involved in doing research on service-learning and more broadly on any form of experiential education, community service and development, or educational reform. Studying Service-Learning: Innovations in Education Research Methodology is an essential resource for researchers who are interested in studying innovative teaching and learning strategies and for students who are learning about a range of research methodologies.

Author : Baron, Annette,McNeal, Kelly
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2019-06-28
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781522594314

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Case Study Methodology in Higher Education by Baron, Annette,McNeal, Kelly Pdf

In higher education, case studies can be utilized to have students put themselves into problems faced by a protagonist and, by doing so, address academic or career-related issues. Working through these issues provides students with an opportunity to gain applied perspective and experiences. Professors in higher education who choose this method of teaching require navigational tools to ensure that students achieve stated learning objectives. Case Study Methodology in Higher Education is an essential research publication that focuses on the history and theories relating to case study methodology including techniques for writing case studies and utilizing them in university settings to prepare students for real-life career-related scenarios. This publication features a wide range of topics such as educational leadership, case writing, and teacher education. It is essential for educators, career professionals, higher education faculty, researchers, and students.

Author : Marguerite G. Lodico,Dean T. Spaulding,Katherine H. Voegtle
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2010-05-17
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780470436806

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Methods in Educational Research by Marguerite G. Lodico,Dean T. Spaulding,Katherine H. Voegtle Pdf

Methods in Educational Research Methods in Educational Research is designed to prepare students for the real world of educational research. It focuses on scientifically-based methods, school accountability, and the professional demands of the twenty-first century, empowering researchers to take an active role in conducting research in their classrooms, districts, and the greater educational community. Like the first edition, this edition helps students, educators, and researchers develop a broad and deep understanding of research methodologies. It includes substantial new content on the impact of No Child Left Behind legislation, school reform, quantitative and qualitative methodologies, logic modeling, action research, and other areas. Special features to assist the teaching and learning processes include vignettes illustrating research tied to practice, suggested readings at the end of each chapter, and discussion questions to reinforce chapter content. Praise for the Previous Edition "A new attempt to make this subject more relevant and appealing to students. Most striking is how useful this book is because it is really grounded in educational research. It is very well written and quite relevant for educational researchers or for the student hoping to become one." -PsycCRITIQUES/American Psychological Association "I applaud the authors for their attempt to cover a wide range of material. The straightforward language of the book helps make the material understandable for readers." -Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation

Author : National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Center for Education,Board on Testing and Assessment,Board on International Comparative Studies in Education
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2002-06-14
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780309083331

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Methodological Advances in Cross-National Surveys of Educational Achievement by National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Center for Education,Board on Testing and Assessment,Board on International Comparative Studies in Education Pdf

In November 2000, the Board on International Comparative Studies in Education (BICSE) held a symposium to draw on the wealth of experience gathered over a four-decade period, to evaluate improvement in the quality of the methodologies used in international studies, and to identify the most pressing methodological issues that remain to be solved. Since 1960, the United States has participated in 15 large-scale cross-national education surveys. The most assessed subjects have been science and mathematics through reading comprehension, geography, nonverbal reasoning, literature, French, English as a foreign language, civic education, history, computers in education, primary education, and second-language acquisition. The papers prepared for this symposium and discussions of those papers make up the volume, representing the most up-to-date and comprehensive assessment of methodological strengths and weaknesses of international comparative studies of student achievement. These papers answer the following questions: (1) What is the methodological quality of the most recent international surveys of student achievement? How authoritative are the results? (2) Has the methodological quality of international achievement studies improved over the past 40 years? and (3) What are promising opportunities for future improvement?

Author : Greta Björk Gudmundsdottir,Kristin Beate Vasbø
Publisher : Springer
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2014-08-08
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789462097377

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Methodological Challenges When Exploring Digital Learning Spaces in Education by Greta Björk Gudmundsdottir,Kristin Beate Vasbø Pdf

"Over the last decade, the practices by which scholarly knowledge is produced – both within and across disciplines – have been substantially influenced by the appearance of digital information resources, communication networks and technology enhanced research tools. Viewed from a methodological perspective, the rich ICT-based environment in educational settings influences research methods, ethics and the general conduct of research. Methodological Challenges When Exploring Digital Learning Spaces in Education represents a collection of work of established academics as well as emerging early career researchers all of whom focus on various methodological challenges. From numerous perspectives, the chapters in this volume deal with three particularly demanding challenges for educational research in digital learning contexts. The first challenge concerns how research manages to explore networked learning within a multi-faceted ICT environment. What kind of research designs and forms of data collection are able to grasp this complexity of multiple learning taking place within these contexts? The second challenge deals with how researchers experience the research context and interact with various actors within these settings. How to capture and understand interaction between contexts and across different dimensions of contexts in time and space? And finally, the third challenge is about exploring how children make meaning across physical places and virtual spaces. All together, these challenges are questioning the traditional research methods that we use and are familiar with. This volume is devoted to stimulating debate about the various methodological challenges facing the researcher in the digital sphere of educational research, and furthermore, exploring what kind of new methodological approaches these challenges impose. It is aimed at students, researchers and academics within education and those working with learning across disciplines and contexts interested in methodological issues. Greta Björk Gudmundsdottir lives and works in Oslo, where she is a Researcher at the Norwegian Centre for ICT in Education. Kristin Beate Vasbø also works and lives in Oslo, where she is an Associate Professor at the Department of Teacher Education and School Research, University of Oslo. "

Author : Elton-Chalcraft, Sally,Hansen, Alice,Twiselton, Samantha
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2008-08-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780335228768

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Doing Classroom Research: A Step-By-Step Guide For Student Teachers by Elton-Chalcraft, Sally,Hansen, Alice,Twiselton, Samantha Pdf

This step-by-step guide has been designed to meet the needs of all teacher training students involved in any classroom-based research at Level 6 or M-level. It contains three sections that mirror the progression from novice researcher to practitioner researcher.

Author : Łukasz Tomczyk
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2023-11-18
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783031445811

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New Media Pedagogy: Research Trends, Methodological Challenges and Successful Implementations by Łukasz Tomczyk Pdf

This volume constitutes selected papers presented during the First International Conference on New Media Pedagogy: Research Trends, Methodological Challenges and Successful Implementations, NMP 2022, held in Kraków, Poland, in October 2022. The 20 papers presented were thoroughly reviewed and selected from the 55 qualified submissions. They present recent research in the areas of teacher education in the information society, digitally-enhanced didactics, pedagogical innovations using ICT, e-learning, blended learning, crisis e-learning, digital inclusion and exclusion, identity of media pedagogy, and more.

Author : Cosme J. Gómez Carrasco,Pilar Rivero,Álvaro Chaparro-Sainz
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2022-10-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782832503027

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Teaching History in the Era of Globalization: Epistemological and Methodological Challenges by Cosme J. Gómez Carrasco,Pilar Rivero,Álvaro Chaparro-Sainz Pdf

Author : Judith L. Green,Judith L Green,Gregory Camilli,Patricia B. Elmore,Patricia B Elmore
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1358 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2012-01-04
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135283308

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Handbook of Complementary Methods in Education Research by Judith L. Green,Judith L Green,Gregory Camilli,Patricia B. Elmore,Patricia B Elmore Pdf

Published for the American Educational Research Association by Routledge. The Handbook of Complementary Methods in Education Research is a successor volume to AERA's earlier and highly acclaimed editions of Complementary Methods for Research in Education. More than any book to date (including its predecessors), this new volume brings together the wide range of research methods used to study education and makes the logic of inquiry for each method clear and accessible. Each method is described in detail, including its history, its research design, the questions that it addresses, ways of using the method, and ways of analyzing and reporting outcomes. Key features of this indispensable book include the following: Foundations Section-Part I is unique among research books. Its three chapters examine common philosophical, epistemological, and ethical issues facing researchers from all traditions, and frames ways of understanding the similarities and differences among traditions. Together they provide a tripartite lens through which to view and compare all research methods. Comprehensive Coverage-Part II (the heart of the book) presents 35 chapters on research design and analysis. Each chapter includes a brief historical overview of the research tradition, examines the questions that it addresses, and presents an example of how the approach can be used. Programs of Research-Part III examines how research programs connected to eight specific lines of inquiry have evolved over time. These chapters examine phenomena such as classroom interaction; language research; issues of race, culture, and difference; policy analysis; program evaluation; student learning; and teacher education. Complementary Methods-As the title suggests, a central mission of this book is to explore the compatibility of different research methods. Which methods can be productively brought together and for what purposes? How and on what scale can they be made compatible and what phenomena are they best suited to explore? Flexibility-The chapters in Parts II and III are largely independent. Therefore, selected portions of the book can be used in courses devoted to specific research methods and perspectives or to particular areas of education. Likewise, established researchers interested in acquiring new techniques or greater expertise in a given methodology will find this an indispensable reference volume. This handbook is appropriate for any of the following audiences: faculty teaching and graduate students studying education research, education researchers and other scholars seeking an accessible overview of state-of-the-art knowledge about specific methods, policy analysts and other professionals needing to better understand research methods, and academic and research libraries serving these audiences.