Research methods applied to education Flashcards
What was the experiment conducted by Rosenthal and Jacobson (1968)?
They gave false information of the students IQs, mixing and changing these statistics for certain students; in hopes to prove self-fulfilling prophecies.
What was the experiment conducted by Harvey and Slatin (1976)?
They used photographs of children from different social classes and asked teachers to rate their likely performance in education.
What was the experiment conducted by Jane Elliot (1968)?
On the first day of the experiment, she told brown-eyed children that they were inferior to blue-eyed children
What was the questionnaire conducted by Alice Sullivan (2001)?
She asked 465 pupils about their parent’s education qualifications, and involvement of the children in cultural activities
What was the interview conducted by William Labov (1973)?
He used interviews with young black American children to investigate whether children from disadvantaged backgrounds had poor language skills.
What was the observation conducted by Devine (2003)?
She observed classrooms and playgrounds in three primary schools in Ireland, to see their behaviour and true-school culture.
What is the Hawthorne effect?
When people being observed in observational research or an experiment change their behaviour because they are aware that they are being monitored.
What was the experiment using official statistics conducted by Modood?
He examined data on the proportion of pupils five or more GCSEs at grades A*-C in different ethnic groups.
