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Kennedy-Clark, Shannon – Journal of Learning Design, 2015
The article "Research by design: Design-based research and the higher degree research student" (Kennedy-Clark, 2013) appeared in the "Journal of Learning Design" Volume 6, Issue 2 in 2013. Two years on, Shannon Kennedy-Clark reflects upon her original article. Upon being asked to revisit this article the author reflected upon…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Educational Research, Design
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Murawska, Jaclyn M.; Walker, David A. – Mid-Western Educational Researcher, 2017
In this commentary, we offer a set of visual tools that can assist education researchers, especially those in the field of mathematics, in developing cohesiveness from a mixed methods perspective, commencing at a study's research questions and literature review, through its data collection and analysis, and finally to its results. This expounds…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Research Methodology, Visual Aids, Research Tools
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Walker, A. Adrienne; Engelhard, George, Jr. – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2014
"Game-Based Assessments: A Promising Way to Create Idiographic Perspectives" (Adrienne Walker and George Englehard) comments on: "How Task Features Impact Evidence from Assessments Embedded in Simulations and Games" by Russell G. Almond, Yoon Jeon Kim, Gertrudes Velasquez, and Valerie J. Shute. Here, Walker and Englehard write…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Task Analysis, Models, Educational Assessment
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Teplovs, Chris – Journal of Learning Analytics, 2015
This commentary reflects on the contributions to learning analytics and theory by a paper that describes how multiple theoretical frameworks were woven together to inform the creation of a new, automated discourse analysis tool. The commentary highlights the contributions of the original paper, provides some alternative approaches, and touches on…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Theory Practice Relationship, Instructional Design
Cohen, Jonathan – Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic, 2015
The REL Mid-Atlantic Webinar discussed the elements in a positive school climate and shared different methods for assessing school data, including the Comprehensive School Climate Inventory. The Q&A presented in this document address the questions participants had for Dr. Cohen following the webinar. The webinar recording and PowerPoint…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, School Culture, Evaluation Methods, Measurement Techniques
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Lynch, Kathleen Bodisch – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1983
The current literature is replete with instances of imprecise and conflicting usage of "qualitative" and "quantitative" evaluation. This paper presents a framework for making distinctions among several related concepts to eliminate this potential source of confusion. In the process, the terms "qualitative" and…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Definitions, Evaluation Methods, Models
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Gerber, D. Timothy; Reineke, David M. – American Biology Teacher, 2005
Different simple and inexpensive ways of building a database using common computer software and data from local newspaper are presented. Creating one's own database provides an opportunity to discuss ethical issues in data collection as well as data integrity.
Descriptors: Databases, Computer Software, Data Collection, Database Design
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Ivanic, Roz; Edwards, Richard; Satchwell, Candice; Smith, June – British Educational Research Journal, 2007
In this report, it is argued that the most salient factor in the contemporary communicative landscape is the sheer abundance and diversity of possibilities for literacy, and that the extent and nature of students' communicative resources is a central issue in education. The text outlines the conceptual underpinnings of the Literacies for Learning…
Descriptors: Research Design, Literacy Education, Adult Education, Literacy
McAlpine, Lynn – Performance and Instruction, 1992
Presents a model for instructional design that highlights formative evaluation as the central process. Other models of instructional design are discussed; data collection methods are examined; the evaluator's role is considered; and the recursive nature of the design process is emphasized. (seven references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Data Collection, Formative Evaluation, Instructional Design, Models
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Berman, Alan L., Ed. – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 1991
Presents case consultation in which consultants respond to issues of urban planning for mass transit (subway) system and how to maximize prevention of intentional injury within subway stations. Also asks what type of research study should be used and what type of data collected once system is operating. Case is discussed by Morton M. Silverman and…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Prevention, Research Design, Suicide
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Huck, Schuyler W. – Journal of Experimental Education, 1991
This poem, with stanzas in limerick form, refers humorously to the many threats to validity posed by problems in research design, including problems of sample selection, data collection, and data analysis. (SLD)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Experiments, Poetry
Lovelace, Terry – 1982
Age is often ranked as a significant variable in research studies concerned with the measurement of intellectual and linguistic capacities, including reading. In fact, age is often cited as the cause of a decline in performance on such tasks. However, determining the social, psycho-social, and physiological status of subjects and applying…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Evaluation Methods, Gerontology, Older Adults
Newman, Denis; Torzs, Frederic – 1991
Arguing that the development of a notion of sense-making is of critical importance to improving science learning, this paper examines science teaching in four Boston (Massachusetts)-area classrooms that participated in an experiment on ways of integrating technology into a sixth-grade science curriculum on the earth's seasons. The task of the…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Computer System Design, Curriculum Design
Owens, Robert G. – 1981
Three issues must be addressed when discussing the standards needed to judge the methodological rigor of naturalistic approaches to administrative research. The first issue involves defining naturalistic inquiry. In contrast to the scientific paradigm, naturalistic inquiry emphasizes, first, the inseparability of variables or events from their…
Descriptors: Credibility, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Field Studies
Mishler, Carol; Augustin, James – Lifelong Learning, 1986
Questions are answered concerning the planning of an employer tuition aid study. Questions include: who will carry out the study, how will the information be used, how will the employers be selected, what information will be collected, how will the information be collection, and how will information be reported. (CT)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Data Analysis, Data Collection
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