Hi John, For question 1A, how specific should their statement of the aim be e.g. would “We investigated the effect of technology on learning” be too vague or should it be “we investigated the effect of the visibility of a phone on recall”? I...
Practical: The Experimentyes, that is correct. As long as they are not taking two distinct data sets and calculating a correlation coefficient.
Sample questionnaire 1Hi John and Laura, I am getting my head in a spin about correlational studies for the IA (it must be nearly the summer holidays). Several of my students have chosen a survey/questionnaire for their main research method, e.g., one...
Sample questionnaire 1They are not required to justify their study. The explanation of the "problem" is the focus of the introduction instead.
IA: IntroductionDear Elizabeth, Any potential change to practice is fine. As long as they can link it to their topic of investigation.
IA: IntroductionDear Jesse, I just answered this same question for another teacher. Here was my reply: If you think about Loftus and Palmer's study, it was an experiment that used a questionnaire as a data collection tool. A questionnaire...
Surveys and questionnaires... and another thing - is doing research on another age group enough justification for a new study, provided the real-life problem is relevant for that age group? Thanks!
IA: IntroductionDear John, if a students plans an IA about the role of sleep duration and sleep quality in performance in school and another one writes about dual coding technique for revising vocabulary in a foreign language, would it be sufficient to...
IA: IntroductionHello, I have a question about how to understand surveys as a research method. You mention that they are actually a data collection tool that can be used experimentally. I am not sure how much of this distinction they are expected to understand...
Surveys and questionnaires
Laura
Site authorDear Andrew The topic would be "the effect of technology on learning" I think, and the aim would be more like your second option. It does not matter if the variables are not fully operationalised for the aim.
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