Quiz 12 Study Guide PDF

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Quiz 12 Study Guide. Given a set of questions to know and includes answers pulled from readings....

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"A systematic approach to understanding qualities, or the essential nature, of a phenomenon within a particular context.” ==> Notice how this definition aligns with the three key elements of qualitative research questions: central phenomenon, participants, and setting. And notice how the authors explain that qualitative research is intended to answer questions about “What is happening?” and “Why or how is it happening?” 1. The focus in our class will be on four types of qualitative research: case study, ethnography, grounded theory, and phenomenology. If we were to add one more type qualitative research approach, which type do you think it should be and why? (See Figure 1 for a list of possibilities.) Action Research - —researcher brings ideas for practice to fieldwork to have an impact on the setting/par- ticipants while collfctitig data. It allows for the research to explore the effects of their intervention on the subjects in a systematic appraoch 2. In quantitative research, the instrument used to collect data is typically an oral/written test or a value collected from a electrical or mechanical device. What is the “instrument” in qualitative research? Provide justification for your response. The researchers call themselves the “intrusment” - thhey come up with the suduy and research questions - we collect the data - we are pretty muc hevery part of the whole study - it is through the researcher’s lense in which everything is percieved presented 3. Is all qualitative research inherently subjective? Is that a problem? If it cannot be purely objective, what strategies can be used to enhance research validity? Yes - it is hard to eliminate because it is the researcher that is ithe instrument” - but we must make sure that it doesn;t interfere with the validity of the study - Researches try to take inventory of, attemption to control assumptions and biases whien collecting and analyzing their data - Being explicit about about personal positions perspectives and value oreinations 4. A review of three qualitative studies begins on page 203. Select one of the studies presented. For it, describe the following: a. The author - Jimenez and Gersten b. The year - 1999 c. The central phenomenon being investigated, the participants, and the setting - Once you know these, you can provide the research question! : ) - effecttive instruction of chicano students - detailed the cultural attributes of the Mexi- can American teachers and how they created culturally relevant curriculum in their classrooms d. The method(s) used to collect information - involves multiple observations and interviews to produce The authors drew from the evidence of these teachers (and nu- merous others studied) a list of nine ideas for ef- fective instruction of Chicano/a students. - The authors

impressively detailed the complexity of classroom contexts, the differences in children’s responses to teachers’ pedagogy and various nuances in their teacher participants’ way of working with children e. The findings and their implications - found that students responded distinctively to the teachers in eacb classroom....