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Measuring the Metaphysical School: Using Web Crawlers and Search Engine Optimization to Evaluate School Web Metrics. Sage Research Methods: Doing Research Online
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Z. W. Taylor; Joshua Childs – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2022
This case study explains how to gather web metrics to measure the size, investment, and popularity of K-12 school system and higher education websites. This case study will first explain and define web metrics in detail, such as keywords, traffic, search engine optimization, and other terminology crucial for educational researchers to understand…
Descriptors: Search Engines, Evaluation, Web Sites, Educational Researchers
Using Collaborative Inquiry to Improve Student Engagement and Agency through Innovative Pedagogy. Sage Research Methods Cases Part 2
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Jess Harris; Val Klenowski – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2017
This case study offers an understanding of how school-university partnerships can support the development of collaborative inquiry approaches to improve student engagement. The case explores how teachers worked in collaboration with university researchers to develop and trial strategies for engaging students as active participants in their own…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Learner Engagement, Inquiry, Personal Autonomy
Easy as A, B, CCTV? Using Semi-Structured Interviews and Focus Groups in a Case Study on Surveillance Technologies in Schools. Sage Research Methods Cases Part 1
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Emmeline Taylor – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2014
In 2003, I embarked upon a PhD that aimed to explore the societal impacts of closed-circuit television. England was fast emerging as the closed-circuit television capital of the world following an aggressive, state-funded roll out of closed-circuit television systems. Surprisingly, there wasn't a huge amount of empirical research being conducted…
Descriptors: Television, School Security, Foreign Countries, Video Technology
Buddhist System of Science Education in a Tibetan Settlement in India: A Narrative Analysis. Sage Research Methods Cases Part 1
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Baiju K. Nath – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2014
This study explores the system of education in the Tibetan settlement in Bylakuppe, Karnataka, in southern India. Two prominent monasteries in the settlement are Sera Mey and Sera Jey, each attached to a school. Sera Mey was particularly well suited for the study because of the comprehensiveness of its school (grades 1-12). My own focus of…
Descriptors: Buddhism, Science Education, Collective Settlements, Land Settlement
What YouTube Vloggers Have to Say about School: A Mixed-Methods Ethnography. Sage Research Methods Cases Part 1
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Chareen Snelson – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2014
This case study presents an overview of methods used to carry out an exploratory mixed-methods ethnographic study of video bloggers, or vloggers, on YouTube. Vlogs can be used as a multimedia data source for researchers who wish to explore topics such as digital culture or self-expression in social media environments. A combination of online…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Internet, Electronic Journals, Educational Research
Documentation--INFO: A Small Computer Data Base Management System for School Applications. The Illinois Series on Educational Application of Computers, No. 24e.
Cox, John – 1979
This paper documents the program used in the application of the INFO system for data storage and retrieval in schools, from the viewpoints of both the unsophisticated user and the experienced programmer interested in using the INFO system or modifying it for use within an existing school's computer system. The opening user's guide presents simple…
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Guides, Information Retrieval, Information Storage