Saturday, May 30, 2009

Action Research 9

Data Collection

1. There are various way in collecting data.

2. 3 reasons in achieving high quality of action research:

  • responsibility
  • effectiveness
  • to generate knowledge

3. Criteria in measuring the quality of action research:

  • validity - refers to the degree to which a study accurately reflects or assesses the specific concept that the researcher is attempting to measure
  • reliability - refer to the extent to which an experiment, test, or any measuring procedure yields the same result on repeated trials

4. There are 5 basic steps in action research:

  • step 1: problem determination
  • step 2: action plan
  • step 3: data collection
  • step 4: data analysis
  • step 5: reflection

5. Tools in collecting data:

  • observation (videotape)
  • teachers' notes or comments
  • students' works
  • journals
  • tests
  • survey (questionnaire)
  • interviews (audio tape)

References: http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/research/relval/pop2a.cfm

Activity:

Review the proposal which had been done before and emphasize in data collection part.

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