Qualitative Research Methods for Science Education

Erickson, Frederick

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“…Also our research into learning environments is consistent with a long-standing tradition in this field of obtaining quantitative information through the administration of established questionnaires which assess students' perceptions of their classroom learning environment (Fraser, 1998b). Following recommendations made by Tobin and Fraser (1998), we also collected qualitative information based on observations and interviews and the interpretive techniques suggested by Erickson (1998).…”

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Evaluation of a K–5 Mathematics Program Which Integrates Children’s Literature: Classroom Environment and Attitudes

Mink

Fraser

2005

Int J Sci Math Educ

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ABSTRACT. This article describes a one-year study of 120 fifth grade students whose teachers participated in a program entitled Project SMILE (Science and Mathematics Integrated with Literary Experiences). The purpose of the study was to determine the extent to which the classroom implementation of Project SMILE positively influenced the classroom environment and student attitudes toward reading, writing and mathematics. This was accomplished by, first, facilitating a series of professional development workshops with the teachers and, subsequently, asking these teachers to use the strategies with their students in their elementary school classrooms. The research represents one of the relatively few studies that have employed learning environment dimensions as criteria of effectiveness in the evaluation of educational innovations. Methodologically, our study supported previous research that successfully combined qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection. The learning environment and attitude scales exhibited satisfactory internal consistency reliability and discriminant validity and, additionally, the actual form of most learning environment scales was capable of differentiating between the perceptions of students in different classrooms. The implementation of SMILE was found to have a positive impact on the students of the teachers who participated in the inservice program in that students' attitudes to mathematics and reading improved and there was congruence between students' actual and preferred classroom environment on the scales of satisfaction and difficulty. As well, prior research was replicated in that students' satisfaction was greater in classrooms with a more positive learning environment, especially in terms of student cohesiveness. Finally, qualitative data-gathering methods were used to construct a case study of the mathematics classes of a teacher who attended the SMILE professional development. This case study supported and illuminated the results from the questionnaire survey concerning the effectiveness of Project SMILE in terms of student attitudes and classroom environment.

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Evaluation of a K–5 Mathematics Program Which Integrates Children’s Literature: Classroom Environment and Attitudes

Mink

Fraser

2005

Int J Sci Math Educ

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“…En este estudio, de corte cualitativo (Erickson, 2003), se realiza un análisis de representaciones para caracterizar y operacionalizar un modelo escolar de digestión humana. Según Taylor (2015), se trata de un estudio ideográfico, dado que se orienta a comprender e interpretar lo singular de los fenóme-nos sociales dejando las explicaciones de las leyes generales para las ciencias nomotéticas (aquellas que tienen por objeto las leyes lógicas, es decir, las ciencias de la naturaleza, que buscan estudiar procesos causales e invariables).…”

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“…Este nivel permitió, en un proceso recursivo (Erickson, 2003), la operacionalización del modelo. Se generó la definición de cuatro ideas clave que posibilitaron la caracterización y clasificación de los modelos iniciales representados en los dibujos y de los modelos de arribo representados en las maquetas realizadas al final de la secuencia didáctica.…”

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Caracterización de modelos de digestión humana a partir de sus representaciones y análisis de su evolución en un grupo de docentes y auxiliares académicos

Bahamonde

Galindo

2016

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Se caracterizan las representaciones (dibujos y maquetas) de los modelos iniciales sobre la digestión humana de un grupo de profesoras, así como su evolución al finalizar un taller de capacitación. El análisis se realiza en dos niveles: descriptivo e interpretativo. En el interpretativo se generan cuatro ideas clave: continuidad, interacción, transformación e integración, que permiten la identificación de cuatro modelos iniciales y uno final. De los iniciales, el IV resulta completo únicamente para la idea de continuidad. El modelo de arribo resulta completo para las ideas de continuidad e interacción y presenta cambios parciales para la idea de transformación y ausencia de la idea de integración. Se discute la influencia del tipo de soporte semiótico, así como la utilidad de las cuatro ideas planteadas para el análisis de representaciones y el desarrollo de intervenciones didácticas sobre el modelo de digestión humana.

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“…To address any conflict of interest-since I was researcher, course teacher and assessor-and reduce the likelihood of researcher bias (Erickson, 1998)…”

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“…By showing willingness to exchange views and contribute her personal feelings and thoughts to certain aspects of the conversation, Jenny gave further evidence to the student teachers of her genuine interest in listening to and responding to their views with understanding. The non-involvement of Jenny in the delivery of the course, coupled with her genuine desire to draw out the student teachers' perceptions of their experiences, lent support to her neutral researcher role and gave me confidence that we were reducing researcher bias effects (Erickson, 1998).…”

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Using professional colleagues as interviewers in action research: Possibilities and pitfalls

Hume

Young-Loveridge

2011

Waikato Journal of Education

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Qualitative Research Methods for Science Education

Cited by 198 publications

References 5 publications

Evaluation of a K–5 Mathematics Program Which Integrates Children’s Literature: Classroom Environment and Attitudes

Evaluation of a K–5 Mathematics Program Which Integrates Children’s Literature: Classroom Environment and Attitudes

Caracterización de modelos de digestión humana a partir de sus representaciones y análisis de su evolución en un grupo de docentes y auxiliares académicos

Using professional colleagues as interviewers in action research: Possibilities and pitfalls

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