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Design and Implementation Issues in Surveying the Views of Young Children in Ethnolinguistically Diverse Developing Country Contexts
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Smith, Hilary A.; Haslett, Stephen J. – International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2016
This paper discusses issues in the development of a methodology appropriate for eliciting sound quantitative data from primary school children in the complex contexts of ethnolinguistically diverse developing countries. Although these issues often occur in field-based surveys, the large extent and compound effects of their occurrence in…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Elementary School Students, Student Surveys, Statistical Analysis
"Dammed Taxi Cab"--How Silent Communication in Questionnaires Can Be Understood and Used to Give Voice to Children's Experiences
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Alerby, E.; Kostenius, C. – International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2011
"Dammed taxi cab"--a 12-year-old boy wrote these words in the margins of a questionnaire, and within this paper they will serve as a point of departure for the discussion of the use of questionnaires as a way to voice children's experiences. The overall aim of this paper is to enable understanding of and discuss the use of questionnaires as a way…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Children, Experience, Research Methodology
Non-Chinese Researchers Conducting Research in Chinese Cultures: Critical Reflections
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Katyal, Kokila Roy; King, Mark Edward – International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2014
This paper addresses some fundamental methodological and ethical issues confronting non-Chinese researchers undertaking research in Hong Kong Chinese society. Among other things, it considers problems pertaining to data collection, the challenges of data interpretation, and the implication that this has for research. Whilst the issues are by no…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Researchers, Confucianism, Educational Research
Video: Modalities and Methodologies
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Hadfield, Mark; Haw, Kaye – International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2012
In this article, we set out to explore what we describe as the use of video in various modalities. For us, modality is a synthesizing construct that draws together and differentiates between the notion of "video" both as a method and as a methodology. It encompasses the use of the term video as both product and process, and as a data…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Video Technology, Educational Research, Research Design
Anxiety in Undergraduate Research Methods Courses: Its Nature and Implications
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Papanastasiou, Elena C.; Zembylas, Michalinos – International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2008
The study reported in this article examines the nature of anxiety that undergraduate students experience in a research methods course and explores some of the factors that influence their anxiety levels. Two questionnaires measuring the attitudes towards research and the anxiety level were administered to 472 students enrolled in a research…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Teacher Education Curriculum, Research Methodology, Foreign Countries
The Online or E-Survey: A Research Approach for the ICT Age
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Glover, Derek; Bush, Tony – International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2005
E-technology as a basis of research is now being more widely considered as potential respondents can be drawn from an ever widening audience. Early work by others has shown that many respondents are keen to use the medium and that response rates are generally higher than by conventional approaches. This article summarizes the experience of…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Questionnaires, Response Rates (Questionnaires), Foreign Countries