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Single Sex Research: Beyond Anecdotal Records

Single Sex Research: Beyond Anecdotal Records. SETTING UP A RESEARCH DESIGN Margaret M. Ferrara, PhD University of Nevada Reno Editor - Advances in Gender/Education Peter J. Ferrara, EdD Consultant, Statistician MPAT LLC. Shopping?. Finding the research question. ?????????????.

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Single Sex Research: Beyond Anecdotal Records

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  1. Single Sex Research: Beyond Anecdotal Records SETTING UP A RESEARCH DESIGN Margaret M. Ferrara, PhD University of Nevada Reno Editor - Advances in Gender/Education Peter J. Ferrara, EdD Consultant, Statistician MPAT LLC

  2. Shopping?

  3. Finding the research question ?????????????

  4. Identifying the Questions • Is Single-Sex Education the Answer? • Does Single-Sex Teaching Enhance Academic Achievement of: • Boys? • Girls?

  5. The Learning Environment

  6. Stereotypes • Does Single-Sex Teaching Challenge the Stereotypes Associated with Females and Males?

  7. Exposure • Does Single-Sex Education Make Students Different from the Student Mainstream?

  8. Preconditions • What are the Preconditions That Need to be in Place for Single-Sex Classes to be Implemented Effectively?

  9. Unanswered Questions • Future Research

  10. Identifying the Research

  11. Other Research • “Quick Strategies” and Books of Strategies • Just OK • Consider Them Only in Light of the Research that Supports Them

  12. The Research Paradigm • Mixed Method Design is the Strongest Choice for Single-Sex Research Quantitative Qualitative

  13. Quantitative Tools

  14. Qualitative Sources

  15. Tools to Avoid • Report Card Grades • Formative Test Scores

  16. Identifying the Participants

  17. Must Have • Need data for more than one year • Avoid the Pygmalion Effect • Need follow-up data and contact with same groups of students • Need follow-up contact with teachers who started in the program

  18. Timeline

  19. Structuring the Research Design • Need schools with a commitment to single-sex learning • Need to set up design to answer research questions

  20. Structuring the Research Design

  21. Data Tools • Semi-structured interviews with teachers and students • Focus groups with students (two/three in each group) • Classroom observations • Note taking for each event for anecdotal records • PLC agenda and minutes

  22. Data Tools • Qualitative discourse analysis • Thought units • Quantitative analysis of frequency counts: • Attendance (students and teachers) • Discipline incidents • Off-task behaviors

  23. Important Points to Keep in Mind • Who has been left out of the study? • Typically parents • Who are the “Outliers” in the study? • Students out of the Mainstream • Gifted • English Language Learners • Students with Special Needs

  24. Important Question!! • How vigilant will you be to keep personal (and others’) bias out of the written report? • How willing are you to tell the whole story – the good, the bad, and yes, the ugly?

  25. Final Notes • Data tools you might want to consider using are on your CD

  26. Your Insights Never Done

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