scholarly journals Mixed or Complementary Messages: Making the Most of Unexpected Assessment Results

2016 ◽  
Vol 77 (2) ◽  
pp. 197-211 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phil Jones ◽  
Julia Bauder ◽  
Kevin Engel
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Important Research ◽  
Action Research Project ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Research Literacy ◽  
Initial Results

Grinnell College participated in ACRL’s first cohort of Assessment in Action (AiA), undertaking a mixed-methods action research project to assess the effectiveness of librarian-led research literacy sessions in improving students’ research skills. The quantitative data showed that the quality of students’ sources did not markedly improve following a research literacy session, while the qualitative data indicated that many students were able to state and describe important research concepts they learned. This article profiles the development of Grinnell’s AiA project and discusses how Grinnell’s librarians responded when the initial results led to more questions rather than to satisfactory answers.

Reflections on an Action Research Project: Improving Understanding of Art Terminology with a Low-ability Year 8 Class

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 156-170
Author(s):  
Hannah Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Formative Assessment ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Practitioner Research ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
Action Research Project ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Assessment Strategies ◽  
Low Ability

Formative assessment is known to have an impact on pupil attainment (Hattie, 2012; Black et al., 2004; Wiliam, 2011). As such it is frequently written about, and its importance was reiterated throughout my Initial Teacher Training (including a module on formative assessment) and subsequent professional development programmes. This article reports on an action research project working with my low-ability Year 8 class, many of whom have Additional Learning Needs (ALN). I developed, implemented and evaluated formative assessment strategies aimed at improving motivation, confidence and the quality of the work made by these pupils. As Bell (2010: 6) states, action research is 'carried out by practitioners who have themselves identified a need for change or improvement'. My particular concern was the gap in understanding, motivation and progress between the pupils in my low-ability Year 8 class and mainstream classes. In this article I will, first, briefly discuss my methodological approach and the key literature that informed the decisions I made. I will then discuss the findings, and give more detail on the process of the development of the intervention. In conclusion I consider the importance of practitioner research for teachers and teaching.

scholarly journals Improving quality of 'health service management' clerkship course using action research

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Azami Aghdash ◽  
Z Ostad Ahmadi ◽  
N Shahedifar ◽  
Z Abhari ◽  
J Sajjadi Khasraghi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Service Management ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Health Service Management ◽  
Management Students

Introduction: Action research is one of the important methods in medical education quality improvement. This study aims to improve quality of 'health service management' student’s clerkship course using action research. Methods: This action research study used mix method approach and was conducted in Tabriz University of Medical Science in 2018 year using Simon’s six stage model. Qualitative data was collected through in deapth interviews and focus group discussions (FGDs). Quantitative data was collected through a reliable and validated questionnaire. The participants were 17 health service management students (enrolled in 2015-2016) and the control group were 28 health service management students enrolled in 2014-2015). Qualitative data were analysed using content-analysis and quantitative data were analysed using T-test by SPSS-16 software. Result: Overall, 14 problems were identified and for 11 problems interventions were designed. The most important strengths of clerkship were;a)regular planning, b) appropriate assessment, c)scoring, high level of tutor attendance and d)more attention to management issues. Coordination problems and inappropriate headline of portfolio in some cases were weakness of this action research. The results of quantitative evaluation show that all items of questionnaire were improved. After reseach, %20.6 increase was observed in students' satisfactions level in the intervention groupcompared with the control group (80.7 vs. 60.1) (p>0.05). Conclusion: This action research significantly improved quality of clerkship course, it’s recommended that in future years same studies with aim to more quality improvement implemented.

scholarly journals PENINGKATAN KOMPETENSI GURU DALAM MENYUSUN SILABUS KURIKULUM 2013 MELALUI BINTEK PADA GURU PENDIDIKAN AGAMA HINDU DI GUGUS I KECAMATAN KINTAMANI KABUPATEN BANGLI TAHUN 2018

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 16
Author(s):  
I Wayan Miarta
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Action Observation ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Measurement Techniques ◽  
Classroom Learning ◽  
Learning Plan ◽  
Planning Action

<em>The aims of this study is to improve teacher potential through Bimtek to compile the 2013 Curriculum Syllabus in Cluster 1 of Kintamani District, and Bangli Regency. This study was Regional School Action Research (PTSW) using two cycle designs and each cycle consists of four stages, namely: planning, action, observation, and reflection. In collecting the data, this study used measurement techniques, in the form of tests to obtain quantitative data. The observation sheet is used to obtain qualitative data. The data was analyzed by using descriptive analysis. There are 11 Hinduism Teachers, in Cluster 1 with less moderate and capable criteria. The teachers are ability to compile the syllabus as a classroom learning plan. The results showed that the quality of Hindu teachers in Cluster I gets enough title and the teacher who gets a good predicate is 45% so that the increase is 17% from enough to good. Furthermore, while the first cycle received a very good predicate as much as 18% in cycle 2 to 55% so that it experienced a 37% increase in the number of syllabus compilation from cycle I to cycle II. However, based on the result of this study was effective to achieve the target.</em>

The sociology classroom as a pedagogical site of discomfort: Difficult knowledge and the emotional dynamics of teaching and learning

2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Audrey Bryan
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Economic Institutions ◽  
Action Research Project ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Sociological Knowledge ◽  
Dimensions Of Teaching ◽  
Theoretical Considerations ◽  
Affective Dimensions

While recent years have witnessed a growing recognition of the importance of attending to the complex affective dimensions of teaching and learning, emotion remains under-researched and under-theorised as an aspect of education. This paper explores what it means to engage with emotionality in the classroom, particularly in terms of how difficult (sociological) knowledge is experienced, felt and understood by learners, i.e. how they are affected by knowledge that is historically or socially traumatic and hence difficult to bear. Drawing on qualitative data gathered as part of an action research project undertaken during a postgraduate course on globalisation, it offers insights into how course participants felt, experienced and engaged with difficult knowledge about their participation in harmful global economic institutions and practices. The paper concludes by considering some of the theoretical considerations and pedagogical conditions that are necessary if we are to engage learners with difficult (sociological) knowledge which asks them to contemplate how they are implicated in their learning.

scholarly journals Improving the quality of nursing documentation: An action research project

Curationis ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elisha M. Okaisu ◽  
Florence Kalikwani ◽  
Grace Wanyana ◽  
Minette Coetzee
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Nursing Documentation ◽  
Action Research Project ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Quality Of Nursing

scholarly journals Quality of life after spinal cord injury in Thai individuals: A mixed-methods study

2019 ◽  
Vol 39 (01) ◽  
pp. 35-55
Author(s):  
Anchalee Foongchomcheay ◽  
Aitthanatt Chachris Eitivipart ◽  
Jiraporn Kespichayawattana ◽  
Monticha Muangngoen
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Qualitative Investigation ◽  
Cord Injury ◽  
Health Related

Background: Patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) face various health-related difficulties. Physical limitations and health-related complications in individuals with SCI can lead to activity restrictions and lowering their quality of life (QoL). It is important to assess the QoL in population with SCI to gain more valuable insights into aspects of health-related QoL (HRQoL) that could play a key role in improving care for persons with SCI.Objective: To quantitatively measure the QoL in persons with SCI in Thailand and expand the results through qualitative investigation to provide meaning, context and depth of “how” and “why” they rated, defined and addressed their QoL in that way.Methods: The philosophical assumption of this study was set based on the post-positivist views using mixed-methods sequential explanatory design. The quantitative data were collected and analyzed in 101 Thai individuals with SCI using standardized Thai version of the Short Form Health Survey version 2 (SF-36v2), followed by the qualitative investigation of semi-structured interviews in 11 volunteers who participated in the SF-36v2 phase. Priority is given to quantitative data. The data integration occurred at the qualitative data collection through the data interpretation and discussion stage.Results: With regard to quantitative data, a recent study found a statistically significant difference [Formula: see text] in four domains for male and three domains for the female when comparing the SF-36 Thai normative data with SF-36v2 SCI data. Qualitative data revealed that the most salient themes of HRQoL in individuals with SCI were “supporting factors toward QoL” and “driving force post injury”. The integration of the findings revealed that the qualitative data could individually explain and define QoL as well as support quantitative results. The connection of both findings indicated that the higher scores in psycho-social variables and lower scores in physical domains of SF-36v2 in Thai persons with SCI may be due to unique Thai family traditions and community values.Conclusion: The scores on SF-36v2 and the replies in the qualitative investigation of QoL themes of Thai individuals with SCI were similar to those of other research, but this study is unique in that it specifically represents the Thai socio-environmental-cultural aspects.

scholarly journals PENINGKATAN KEMAMPUAN PEMECAHAN DAN HASIL BELAJAR MATEMATIKA MELALUI PROBLEM BASED-LEARNING

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 143-154
Author(s):  
Julita Julita
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Problem Based Learning ◽  
Learning Outcome ◽  
Classroom Action Research ◽  
Written Test ◽  
Linear Equation Systems

AbstrakPenelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengkaji kualitas pengaruh pembelajaran menggunakan metode problem based-learning terhadap peningkatan kemampuan pemecahan masalah dan hasil belajar matematika peserta didik tentang sistem persamaan linear tiga variabel. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode penelitian tindakan kelas (classroom action research) yang difokuskan pada proses pembelajaran dan untuk melakukan perbaikan berdasarkan data kuantitatif dan kualitatif. Objek penelitian adalah peserta didik kelas X MIPA-1 SMAN 10 Kota Bogor. Data kuantitatif diperoleh melalui tes tertulis, sedangkan data kualitatif diperoleh melalui observasi keaktivan peserta didik dan aktifitas guru saat proses pembelajaran. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa terdapat peningkatan ketuntasan hasil belajar peserta didik yang mencapai 94% dan terdapat peningkatan keaktivan peserta didik dan guru dalam proses problem based-learning. AbstractThe aim of this research is to indentify the quality of learning influence using problem based-learning method against the increased of students problem solving ability and learning outcome in mathematics concerning linear equation systems of three variable. The methods that is used is classroom action research that focused on learning process  to upgrade it based on quantitative and qualitative data. The object of this research are students in classroom X MIPA-1 SMAN 10 Kota Bogor. Quantitative data obtained from written test, meanwhile, qualitative data from observation of students and teachers activeness when learning process conducted in the classroom. The result shows that there are increasing in students learning completeness that reach 94% and in students and teachers activeness in problem based-learning process.

Cross-disciplinary research methods to study technology use, family, and life course dynamics: lessons from an action research project on social isolation and loneliness in later life

2018 ◽  
pp. 113-132
Author(s):  
Barbara Barbosa Neves ◽  
Ron Baecker ◽  
Diana Carvalho ◽  
Alexandra Sanders
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Life Course ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Social Isolation ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Life Transitions ◽  
Action Research Project ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities

This chapter reports on the design and implementation of cross-disciplinary research methods for investigating technology adoption in later life as well as family and life course dynamics. Drawing on a mixed methods, action research project on technology and social connectedness, facilitated by a team of sociologists and human–computer interaction (HCI) researchers, it examines the use of a digital communication technology to study social isolation and loneliness in later life. The chapter first provides an overview of the deployment and feasibility design of the study, the deployment stages and procedures, data analysis and participants before discussing the lessons learned. It concludes with an assessment of the challenges and opportunities of cross-disciplinary and mixed-method research to study technologies, families, and the life course. One of the ways that cross-disciplinary mixed methods approaches can enhance family and life course studies is by capturing the immediacy of life transitions.

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