Multiple methods: research methods in education projects at NSF1

Suter, Larry E.

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“…It comes as no surprise that qualitative methods were the dominant form of data analysis in these articles. Qualitative work is more common than quantitative and mixed methods in science education research [2] as well as the whole of education research [3]. Additionally, the research goals of many articles within this study involved analyzing student perspectives and interpretations of QM.…”

Section: Instructional Content and Methods Of Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

A bibliometric analysis of PER on quantum mechanics in secondary schools

Patterson¹,

Ding²

2022

2022 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings

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With the second quantum revolution and the growing need of a competent workforce in Quantum Information Science, formal instruction on contemporary physics topics such as quantum mechanics (QM) is a particularly important component of modern secondary science education. Additionally, a formal introduction to physics is incomplete without an exploration of the quantum realm and the findings of the first quantum revolution. Exposure to QM can radically alter an individual's view of the physical universe and can broadly engage secondary students. Exposure to QM in secondary schools has increased substantially in recent years yet is still an understudied area with a limited body of research on this topic. The aim of this paper is to analyze this body of research by bibliometric analysis, examining yearly output, citation index, author nationality, publishing venue, and keywords of relevant publications. The academic search engines SCOPUS and Web of Science were used to collect publications emphasizing the teaching and learning of QM at the secondary level. First, we present a quantitative analysis of the bibliometrics, followed by an assessment of publication trends in teaching and learning. Lastly, an analysis of research gaps and opportunities for further investigation is discussed.

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Section: Instructional Content and Methods Of Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

A bibliometric analysis of PER on quantum mechanics in secondary schools

Patterson¹,

Ding²

2022

2022 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings

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“…For purposes of this study, the research questions required systematically a variety of methods and techniques. Multiple methods were used in obtaining the findings [ 27 , 28 ] in this case, the sustainability of e-medicine in SSA which links well with the guiding theoretical framework of this research. The focus was on studying the impacts of key factors within specific policy implementation, infrastructural, and knowledge management, with an overall goal of constructing a model that captures the synergistic relationships among key domain factors influencing sustainable e-medicine outcomes.…”

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A Framework for Sustainable Implementation of E-Medicine in Transitioning Countries

Isabalija

Mbarika

Kituyi

2013

International Journal of Telemedicine and Applications

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Organizations in developed countries such as the United States of America and Canada face difficulties and challenges in technology transfer from one organization to another; the complexity of problems easily compounds when such transfers are attempted from developed to developing countries due to differing socioeconomic and cultural environments. There is a gap in the formation of research and education programs to address technology transfer issues that go beyond just transferring the technologies to sustaining such transfers for longer periods. This study examined telemedicine transfer challenges in three Sub-Sahara African countries and developed a framework for sustainable implementation of e-medicine. Both quantitative and qualitative research methods were used. The study findings indicate that e-medicine sustainability in Sub-Saharan Africa is affected by institutional factors such as institutional environment and knowledge management practices; technical factors such as the technological environment and technology transfer project environment; social environmental factors such as social environment and donor involvement. These factors were used to model the proposed framework.

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“…Pragmatic research, based on design and development experimentations, should provide design principles that may have practical utility for the development of future serious games authoring tools. • In pragmatism, research results are not to be considered as positivist immutable schemes for explaining the world, but as constructivist creation, useful if they help to solve practical problems [27, p. 36], [30], [31]. We hypothesize that at the current state of knowledge and technology, while authoring tools are still in their early stages, we will not be able to define definitive design principles.…”

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Design Principles for Serious Games Authoring Tool

Laurent¹,

Monnier²,

Huguenin³

et al. 2022

IJSG

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Serious game development involves a multidisciplinary team of teachers and computer scientists. But the difference in computer competencies between the team members is a recurring difficulty in this collaboration. Authoring tools, which provide interfaces adapted to users' competencies, are promising solutions to overcome this difficulty. However, existing authoring tools are either limited in their functionalities (not powerful) or too complex for non-computer scientists (not usable). A comprehensive set of design principles to address this limitation does not yet exist. The objective of this research was to define a set of design principles for the development of powerful and usable authoring tools. To achieve this objective, we first defined a set of design principles. We then developed an authoring tool corresponding to these principles. Finally, we carried out test uses of that tool through the development of twelve serious games. Results show that this authoring tool enabled the development of a wide variety of serious games (powerful) by teams with heterogeneous computer skills (usable). Design principles defined in this research integrate and extend previous works. They allow to overcome the dilemma between the power and usability of authoring tools. This could unlock new possibilities for collaborative approaches in serious games developments.

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Multiple methods: research methods in education projects at NSF1

Cited by 5 publications

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A bibliometric analysis of PER on quantum mechanics in secondary schools

A bibliometric analysis of PER on quantum mechanics in secondary schools

A Framework for Sustainable Implementation of E-Medicine in Transitioning Countries

Design Principles for Serious Games Authoring Tool

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