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Using Observational Methods to Research the Student Experience
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Cotton, Debby R. E.; Stokes, Alison; Cotton, Peter A. – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2010
Much pedagogic research undertaken in geography and other disciplines relies on post-hoc methods such as surveys or interviews to investigate the student experience of higher education (often based on self-reports of behaviour). However, observation of students provides a far more direct route to obtain information about their behaviour, and there…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Observation, Student Experience, Evaluation Methods
The Use of Participant Observation in Evaluation Research.
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Kurz, Dorothy E. – Evaluation and Program Planning: An International Journal, 1983
The methodology of participant observation in evaluation research is described. The author cites examples of its use and includes references to additional sources of information. The characteristics of participant observation, appropriate circumstances for use, and specific techniques of this method are examined. (Author/DWH)
Descriptors: Ethnography, Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Field Studies
Ethnomethodological Approaches to Research and Evaluation in the Professions.
Yunker, Rose – 1979
Ethnomethodological research involves participation in the field, with some degree of social interaction, with the subjects of the study; direct observation of relevant events; some formal and a great deal of informal interviewing; systematic counting; collection of documents and artifacts; and flexibility in the direction the study takes. This…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Ethnography, Evaluation Methods, Field Experience Programs
Story Telling and Educational Understanding. Paper #12 in Occasional Paper Series.
Denny, Terry – 1978
Story telling is defined as a kind of journalistic documentation, based on directly observable referents, and used to contribute to an understanding of educational problems. In the area of educational research, story telling is part of the genre which includes case studies, ethnography, and ethnology. Story telling describes an environment in…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Caseworker Approach, Educational Anthropology, Educational Research
Academic Achievement Project: Assessment Studies 1971-72. Final Report.
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District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC. Dept. of Research and Evaluation. – 1972
The Academic Achievement Project (AAP) was conceived as a comprehensive plan for the improvement of the learning experiences of students in the public schools of the District of Columbia, primarily in the curriculum areas of reading and mathematics. A number of programs or components constituted the framework through which this project was to be…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Programs, Educational Assessment, Educational Improvement
School Evaluation Studies in Portland, Oregon: A Naturalistic Inquiry Approach to School Evaluation.
Reinstein, Barry J.; Williams, Clifford W. – 1979
A naturalistic inquiry approach was used for the collection and interpretation of information on the 138 schools in the Portland, Oregon school system. This approach was an in-person, field based, investigative method, and was nonobtrusive. Factors studied included: description of the school and its setting; the school building and facilities;…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Ancillary Services, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Environment