Research Design And Methodology

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Research Design and Methodology
Discussion of Action Research
Action research is defined as a systematic cyclical method for gathering and analyzing information to address issues of concern to seek to gain deeper insight into improving practice. “The process is one of self-study, thus a teacher engaged in action research may, for example study ways to increase student learning in his or her class, focusing on his or her intentions, methods and desired outcomes as part of the investigation” (Hendricks,2009,p.3). The purpose of the study determines whether either qualitative or quantitative methods or both will be best suited for the investigation. A timeline of five weeks will be used to conduct this study ( Refer to Appendix A).Action research …show more content…

Second, decide what data should be collected. Third, collect and analyze data which is followed by the fourth stage of describing the findings and finally, the fifth stage which reports and share the findings and plan for action with others” (Johnson,2005, p.21). As a result, it allows researchers to give reasoned justification of their education work to others (Kemmis & McTaggart, 2000).
Research Design
“A research design is the logic that links the data to be collected (and the conclusions to be drawn) ” (Yin, 2009, p24 ). The research design intended for this study is a case involving standard three students. The school is a bounded system because it has recognizable edges between the inside and outside, with different activities being conducted in different spaces therefore it is a case. This research design will involve using action research to investigate discipline strategies to improve behaviour in standard three.
Limitations
The proposed study will be limited by availability of time to accumulate the data which will be time consuming for the sole observer for this …show more content…

It was observed that the children were taught in a traditional system. Journaling and reflecting was conducted for each of the three cycles implemented and included in the appendix ( Refer to Appendix C ).The next step will be to implement a new strategy for the second cycle or continue with the previous strategy. Therefore a questionnaire was provided to acquire additional information about the children’s behavior (Refer to Appendix D).The implementation of the class rules will be the strategy included in this cycle. After completing these cycles, an analysis of the study was conducted. This determined the impact of the intervention on the classroom management strategies implemented by the

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