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Why Apply Yinyang Philosophy in Mixed Methods Research: Harmony Perspectives from Ancient Chinese Culture
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Meng, Lingqi; Liu, Shujie – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2023
Yinyang philosophy encompasses an essential understanding of the mechanism and laws of nature, cosmos, and human society in Chinese culture, and reaches to many other parts of Asia and around the world. The purpose of this article is to explore how yinyang philosophy can serve as a philosophical underpinning of mixed methods research (MMR). In…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Asian Culture, Mixed Methods Research, Foreign Countries
Interrogating the Use of Mixed Methods in Developmental Evaluation
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MacGregor, Stephen W.; Cooper, Amanda – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2022
We interrogate the opportunities and challenges of using mixed methods (MM) within a developmental evaluation (DE) context by drawing on two illustrative cases that investigated educational change in Canada. Methods: Multi-case design and cross-case analysis, with a focus on examining common patterns across the two cases, enabling new ways of…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Evaluation Methods, Barriers, Educational Change
Using an Iterative Mixed-Methods Research Design to Investigate Schools Facing Exceptionally Challenging Circumstances within Trinidad and Tobago
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De Lisle, Jerome; Seunarinesingh, Krishna; Mohammed, Rhoda; Lee-Piggott, Rinnelle – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2017
In this study, methodology and theory were linked to explicate the nature of education practice within schools facing exceptionally challenging circumstances (SFECC) in Trinidad and Tobago. The research design was an iterative quan>QUAL-quan>qual multi-method research programme, consisting of 3 independent projects linked together by overall…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mixed Methods Research, Research Design, Low Achievement
Instructional Decision Making and IPAs: Assessing the Modes of Communication
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Kissau, Scott; Adams, Mary Jo – Foreign Language Annals, 2016
Integrated Performance Assessments (IPAs) provide elementary, secondary, and postsecondary instructors with the opportunity to align standards-based foreign language instruction with assessment practices. While IPA guidelines make it clear that all three modes of communication are to be assessed, the limited body of research on IPAs provides few…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Introductory Courses
Examining English Language Development among English Language Learners with Specific Learning Disability
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Estrada, Karla V. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
As the population of English Language Learners (ELLs) continues to grow in schools, so does the concern for their lack of academic progress and the possible inequitable representation of this culturally and linguistically diverse population in special education (Artiles, Rueda, Salazar, & Higareda, 2005; Guiberson, 2009; Mac Swan &…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Language Acquisition, Learning Disabilities, Mixed Methods Research
Lutheran School Teachers' Instructional Usage of the Interactive Whiteboard
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Powers, Jillian R. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The purpose of this mixed methods study was twofold. First, the study assessed whether Davis' (1989) Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) was useful in predicting instructional usage of the interactive whiteboard (IWB), as reported by K-8 teachers. Second, the study set out to understand what motivated those teachers to use the IWB for classroom…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Interactive Video, Bulletin Boards, Mixed Methods Research