Reflection

My whole experience throughout the course for this whole semester is all featured in this piece of writing. Although it is personal but I believe that it is worth to be shared here :)\

So, here is the link; Reflection

Research Proposal

All of the hard work is well paid off with the completion of the assignment;

'Research Proposal'

The research is entitled;

'Anxiety in Practicing English Language as a means of Communication in ESL Classroom'

The research is attached below;


Anxiety in Practicing English Language as a Means of Communication in Esl Classroom

Group Work Presentation

 For the group work assignment, my group was assigned for the topic;

'Interviewing and Checklist'

So, these are the group members;

1) Rashidah Robani
2) Syarifah Nazurah
3) Wani Nurfahani

And here is the slides;
Interviewing

Article Review

As for the article review assignment, the class of EDU 702 is assigned for writing a review on the article,

'Teaching in the Yukon: Exploring Teachers' Efficacy Beliefs, Stress, and Job Satisfaction in a Remote Setting'

Here is the link;
Article Review

Enjoy!

-REFLECTION-

It was a long day but every minute is worthwhile. Thanks to every group who presented and not to forget, Prof Teoh for your patience in showing the path. :)

1 down, more to go. Hopefully, everything will run smoothly.

WE CAN DO IT!

Regards,
Wani Nurfahani.

-QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH-

Quantitative Research (Part 5)

Survey Research

1. Researcher asks a series of question pertaining to the areas of interest in order to find answer.

2. 3 major characteristics

>Information

>Asking questions

>Data collection from sample

3. Major purpose

            >to describe the characteristics of  population

Types of Survey

1. Cross-Sectional Surveys

>information is collected at one point in time and from the sample that has been drawn from the predetermined population

2. Longitudinal Surveys

>since it studies changes over time, information is collected at different point of time.

>3 designs: trend study, cohort study, panel study

Steps in Survey Research

>defining the problem

>Identifying the target population

>choosing the mode of data collection

>direct administration to a group, web-based survey, mail survey, telephone survey, personal interview

>selecting the samples

>preparing the instrument

            >types of questions: open-ended, closed-ended

>interview schedule

>suggestions on improving closed-ended questions:

            >Be sure the question is unambiguous

            >keep the focus simple

            >keep the questions short etc

>pretesting the questionnaires

>ensure the overall format of the questionnaires

>Preparing the cover letter

>training interviewers

>using an interview to measure ability

Nonresponse

>This is referred to those members in a sample who do not respond.

>Conditions:

>Total nonresponse-the interviewees refused to be interviewed

            >Item nonresponse-the respondents do not provide the answer to certain          

              questions.

>Suggestions on increasing the response rate feature the area of;

>administration

>format

-QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH-

Quantitative Research (Part 4)

Causal-Comparative Research

>to find out the cause or consequences of differences that already exist between or among group of individuals

>the group difference variable is either:

            >a variable that cannot be manipulated (ethnicity) or

            >a variable that cannot be manipulated due to several reasons (teaching style)

>disadvantages:

            >lack of control (threats)

Steps Involved in Causal-Comparative Research

>problem formulation

>sample selection

>instrumentation

>design

            >the basic causal-comparative design

Threats to Internal Validity in Causal-Comparative Research

>subject characteristics

            >procedures:

                        a. Matching of Subjects

                        b. finding or creating homogeneous subgroups

                        c. statistical matching

Evaluating Threats to Internal Validity in Causal-Comparative Studies

>Subject characteristics

            >SES, gender, ethnicity, marketable job skills

>Location

>Instrumentation

            >Instrument Decay

            >Data Collector Characteristics

            >Data Collector Bias

>Other treats

            >implementation, history, maturation, attitudinal and regression