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Document Analysis: -Journals -Communication -Report cards -Lesson plans -Portfolios -Planning documents
Interviews: Individual vs. focus groups Structured vs. semi-structured
Review: Forms of data Research as data
Qualitative inquiry... -Roots in anthropology -Researcher as instrument -Naturalistic -Focused on meaning and explanation
When do you need qualitative data? 1. To answer questions about how or why 2. When questions require you to talk to people or see what is going on 3. When the issue isn't easily measured by numbers 4. When you need to get "under the surface"
Challenges in collecting and using qualitative data: 1. Insufficient detail provided 2. Assumptions about what saw/heard 3. Bias (preconceptions, personal experience, expectations) 4. Reliability (observer effect, timing, authenticity, and representativeness)
Pre-work for this class: Read "The Other Q" and "The Process Question", review Kowalski Ch 7.
Making sense of qualitative data
Observations: Anecdotal Ethnographic
Qualitative data
EDUC 735 October 12, 2009
For next class: Please read Chapter 5 from Bernhardt; complete remaining qualitative activities
Patterns example
Triangu-lating
Negative evidence
What are some strategies for developing strong interview questions?
An example: Algebra I classroom observation
Example: understanding what happens in a PLC
What is the problem? What factors might influence problem-sovling on this topic? What questions might we ask? What data do we need to answer these questions?
Research Types
Example: Curriculum mapping
Example: Interviewing a teacher to better understand a lesson
Content analysis as one way to examine documents
an example
