Tuesday, June 24, 2008

So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, adieu...


The fruits of my labor...

Research Question: How does teacher positivity affect student attitudes?

Methodology: For my sample, I will obviously be utilizing the students and teachers we have access to (accessible population) in the classes we observe. I will use Likert-scale surveys (of both teachers and students), coded observation, and audio tape-recorded interviews to collect data. I will make use of an adapted version of the “Mac Method” to chunk and analyze (divide and conquer?) the data I collect.

...and I hope this works out!

1 comment:

Brianna said...

Ok, after some serious introspection, I am adding a couple more questions to my larger "Question" because I think they are all relevant issues I will need to address:

How do teachers and students perceive teacher positivity?
How frequently do teachers believe they use positivity?
How frequently do teachers actually use positivity?