Evaluation of Published Educational Research: A National Survey

This study is an evaluation of educational research articles published during 1971. It replicates a study conducted in 1962 by a committee of AERA. As in the earlier study, it was found that most published research is of mediocre quality. Articles published in journals of “related professions” were rated higher than those published in education journals. However, the discrepancy between the classes of journals was not as great as in 1962. The most frequently cited shortcomings of re search articles were in the areas of “procedures,” “data analysis,” and “summary and conclusions.”

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Genre Analysis of Accounts of Methodology in Arabic Educational Research Articles

Jordan Journal of Modern Languages and Literature ◽

10.47012/jjmll.13.2.6 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (2) ◽

pp. 281-301

Keyword(s):

Data Analysis ◽

Educational Research ◽

Academic Discourse ◽

Research Articles ◽

Analysis Approach ◽

Genre Analysis ◽

Linguistic Features ◽

Bottom Up ◽

Rhetorical Features ◽

Rhetorical Structures

Genre analysts have conducted studies on research articles (henceforth RAs) written in different languages, giving primary attention to the introduction section. The methodology has not been given similar attention although it is an essential part of empirical RAs. There are no studies, to the best of my knowledge, which have tackled accounts of methodology of Arabic RAs. This research, therefore, aims to identify the rhetorical features of accounts of methodology of Arabic educational RAs with their realisations. In pursuing this aim, 40 method sections were selected from RAs published in refereed Arabic journals in the field of Education. These were analysed based on Swales’ (1990) ‘move and steps’ analysis approach and bottom-up processing. The linguistic features, realising the moves and steps, were analysed using the transitivity framework (Halliday 1985). The findings show that there are five moves representing the methodology: 1- sample and population of study; 2- procedures of study; 3- measure; 4- variables of study; and 5- data analysis procedures. These moves are realised by a number of steps and sub-steps which are represented most often using material and relational process types. The results of this research provide insights into Arabic academic discourse. The results may also help empower beginner academic writers and enhance writing textbooks. Keywords: Methodology, Research articles, Rhetorical structures and transitivity framework.

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National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW): One Year in Foster Care Wave 1 Data Analysis Report

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e566042012-001 ◽

2003 ◽

Keyword(s):

Data Analysis ◽

Foster Care ◽

National Survey ◽

Well Being ◽

Child And Adolescent ◽

One Year

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Nano-Adsorbents for Cobalt Removal from Wastewater: A Bibliometric Analysis of Research Articles Indexed in the Scopus Database

Processes ◽

10.3390/pr9071177 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (7) ◽

pp. 1177

Author(s):

Charikleia Prochaska ◽

George Gallios

Keyword(s):

Saudi Arabia ◽

Scientific Work ◽

Research Articles ◽

Total Output ◽

King Saud University ◽

Cobalt Removal ◽

Scopus Database ◽

Prolific Authors ◽

Work Impact ◽

Published Research

In this study, a combined technique of bibliometric and social network analysis was applied on research articles, related to the application of nano-adsorbents for cobalt removal from wastewater, published in Scopus database up to 2020. The results revealed that the first relative research article appeared in the Scopus database in the year 2002. The total output of research articles reached 214 in the year 2020. Published research articles of the years 2014–2020, added up to 83.6% of total articles. King Saud University of Saudi Arabia, Chinese Academy of Science, and LUT University of Finland were found to serve as the gatekeepers who control information flows in the network of the most prolific institutions, while cooperation between China, Saudi Arabia, and United States was also identified. On average, the most prolific authors cooperated with five others, while the top 10 cited publications appeared to represent a sparse and weakly interconnected network of co-authors. Graphene oxide was the most prominent nano-adsorbent among the top 10 cited publications, and their respective co-citations network visualization helped in capturing the value of certain citations to the evolution of the research on the topic, putting thus scientific work impact assessment to a different perspective.

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If it had been conducted with a larger database…: A comparison of If-constructions in Chinese L2 learners' theses and published research articles

English for Specific Purposes ◽

10.1016/j.esp.2021.07.005 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 64 ◽

pp. 37-48

Author(s):

Hui Zhou ◽

Yongbing Liu

Keyword(s):

Research Articles ◽

L2 Learners ◽

Published Research

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The Ecuadorian Amazon: A Data Analysis of Social and Educational Characteristics of the Population

Review of European Studies ◽

10.5539/res.v9n1p120 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 120 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Gina Valdivieso ◽

Efstathios Stefos ◽

Ruth Lalama

Keyword(s):

Data Analysis ◽

Statistical Analysis ◽

Marital Status ◽

National Survey ◽

Factorial Analysis ◽

Place Of Birth ◽

The Social ◽

Ecuadorian Amazon ◽

Level Of Instruction ◽

Descriptive Statistical Analysis

The present study describes the social and educational characteristics of the Ecuadorian Amazon population. For this purpose, the data obtained from the National Survey of Employment, Unemployment and Underemployment of 2014 was used in this research. A descriptive statistical analysis presents the frequency, the percentages and the graphs of the variables related to the area in which people live, gender, age, ethnic self-identification, language spoken, marital status and level of instruction. Other variables are the use of computer and internet, place of birth, reason why they live in the Amazon region, type of activity or inactivity, how do they feel in their jobs, and groups of occupation. Also, a factorial analysis was used to show the main and most important criteria of differentiation and the the clusters of people with similar characteristics.

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Stance and modals of obligation and necessity in academic writing

10.26686/wgtn.12440507 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Jean Parkinson

Keyword(s):

Academic Writing ◽

Research Articles ◽

Student Writing ◽

Modal Auxiliaries ◽

Objective Meaning ◽

Published Research

Abstract Variation has been demonstrated in modal use between written and spoken registers and between disciplines. This article investigates variation within a discipline by comparing modals of obligation and necessity used in three science genres. Obligation modals project strong authoritative stance, thus contrasting with the tendency in academic writing towards tentativeness. The modal auxiliaries must and should and quasi-modals have to and need to are investigated using student writing from the BAWE (British Academic Written English) corpus and a corpus of published research articles. Findings include a dearth of obligation modals in the empirical genres (research articles and laboratory reports). Also a greater prominence was found of dynamic modal meaning (where necessity arises from circumstances) rather than deontic meaning (where the necessity arises from human authority or rules). A further finding is the prominence of objective meaning in the science register compared with the International Corpus of English (Collins 2009a).

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