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Anthony S. DiStefano; Joshua S. Yang – Field Methods, 2024
Despite recent methodological advances in saturation, guidelines for its estimation in more complex research designs--such as ethnographic studies--have been lacking. We present an accessible, step-by-step approach to empirical assessment of data saturation, tested on a moderately sized ethnographic study with 109 combined direct observations and…
Descriptors: Sample Size, Ethnography, Research Methodology, Research Design
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Makar, Katie – Mathematical Thinking and Learning: An International Journal, 2016
Informal statistical inference has now been researched at all levels of schooling and initial tertiary study. Work in informal statistical inference is least understood in the early years, where children have had little if any exposure to data handling. A qualitative study in Australia was carried out through a series of teaching experiments with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Children, Emergent Literacy, Numeracy
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Dolu, Gamze – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2016
Determining what students think about science, technology, and society (STS) is of great importance. This also provides the basis for scientific literacy. As such, this study was conducted with a total of 102 senior students attending a university located in western Turkey. This study utilized the survey model as a research model and the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, College Seniors, Student Attitudes
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Ellis, Robert A.; Han, Feifei; Pardo, Abelardo – Educational Technology & Society, 2017
The field of education technology is embracing a use of learning analytics to improve student experiences of learning. Along with exponential growth in this area is an increasing concern of the interpretability of the analytics from the student experience and what they can tell us about learning. This study offers a way to address some of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Data Analysis, Outcomes of Education, Observation
Lewis, Lawanna M. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this correlational quantitative study was to examine the extent to which teachers perceive the use of benchmark assessment data as effective; the extent to which the time spent teaching mathematics is associated with students' mathematics grades, and the extent to which the results of math benchmark assessment influence teachers'…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Qualitative Research, Test Results, Research Methodology
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Fazio, Claudio; Guastella, Ivan; Sperandeo-Mineo, Rosa Maria; Tarantino, Giovanni – International Journal of Science Education, 2008
The present paper reports the design process and the experimentation of a teaching-learning sequence about the concept of mechanical wave propagation and the role played by media where waves are propagating. The sequence focuses on the central issue of the relationships between observable phenomena, like macroscopic behaviours of waves, and their…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Research Methodology, Data Analysis, Experiments