Research methods in AL (7th reading on classroom) - Research characteristics Flashcards

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Research characteristics:

o Based on preexisting rules
o Has consistency (phenomena doesn’t change with time)
o Has uniformity

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Systematic

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Research characteristics:

o Conceptual: generalizing
o Practical: information is transferred to avoid repetition

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Reductive

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Research characteristics:

can be applied with a different population

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Replicable

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Research characteristics:

o Unexpected new questions
o Implies that there’s never an end to the research of the topic

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Generative

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Research characteristics:

Also…has to make sense. I suppose.

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Logical

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 Description (ex: lang acquisition, functions of lang)
 Prediction (ex: L1 development, lang learner’s future achievement)
 Improvement (ex: lang instruction or method)
 Explanation (ex: lang achievement/failure; making holistic generalization)

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Goals of Research

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 Confirmatory: partial or complete replication of previous research
 Exploratory: studying unknown phenomenon, based on trial and error

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Kinds of Research

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 Pure: research for the sake of research

 Applied: uses the findings of pure research

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Methods of Research

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o Pure and fundamental
o Discovery of new knowledge, theoretical in nature
o Take many years to see its practical utility

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Basic Research

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o Want to solve a central problem
o Improved process/product
o Infers beyond the group or situation studied
o Interpretation of results relies on the basic research

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Applied Research

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o Phenomenological
o Exploratory
o Descriptive, inductive, discovery oriented
o Process oriented
o Naturalistic and controlled observation
o Subjective
o Valid, real, rich, deep data
o Insider perspective
o Ungeneralizable
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Qualitative Research

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o Logical positivism
o Confirmatory
o Inferential, deductive, verification oriented
o Outcome oriented
o Obtrusive and controlled measurement
o Objective
o Reliable, hard, replicable data
o Outsider perspective
o Generalizable
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Quantitative Research

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