My Experimental/Quasi-Experimental Research Design Proposal
My Name
George Mason University
Date
Statement of the Problem
_______ is becoming an increasingly significant issue in education (reference)
(reference) has demonstrated that ______ has become a more significant issue in recent years, but the solution is unresolved.
In order to address _________, it is necessary to know more about ________.
Purpose (e.g., one of these)
This study is intended to determine whether an inpatient hospitalization has long-term positive benefits on the social and academic functioning of 7th grade students with severe learning and emotional disabilities .
This study is an extension and replication of Polloway et al.’s study on the effects of homework practices on the attitudes, achievement, and motivation of high school aged students with learning and emotional disabilities. Further, this study is intended to provide insights into what happens during the completion of homework under both optimal and less optimal assignment conditions.
This study is intended to determine the effect of peer tutoring in content area instruction on the academic and social learning of middle school aged students with mild disabilities. Further, a qualitative component is intended to provide descriptive information of the social learning environment when students with disabilities function as tutors and tutees.
Literature Search Procedures
Search of relevant data bases, ERIC, PsycINFO, Dissertation Abstracts (descriptors = list).
Hand search of relevant journals ( list).
Search WRLC, Library of Congress for relevant books
Ancestry search of references
Descendant search in SSCI.
Contact "experts" on topic
Background Literature
This area of study is very important …. (Because ___ (1999 ) documented ___)
Repie, Lang, and Spencer (1999) provided some valuable insights ….
Walker, Boon and Fontana (1998) … contributing to the growing body of literature with ...
Furthermore, Hardy, Jeffs, and Jakulski (1997) concluded …..
However, little is known regarding the effect of Y on Z ….. (Problem or However Statement)
Even though some research has been conducted in this area, the findings are inconclusive due to (a) confounds in the research designs; (b) small sample sizes; and (c) short interventions (or other).
Therefore, this study is intended to (or, "the purpose of this investigation is to determine whether") provide additional information and insights into that problem by addressing previous limitations in the following ways ….
Sample (participants, subjects)
Thirty middle school aged students who meet state and federal definitions of learning disabilities and emotional disabilities and attended public schools in a large major metropolitan area in the eastern U.S. will selected as participants following district, school, parental, and individual informed consent.
List all relevant acceptable demographic data -- sometimes a supporting table is nice (see next slide) give ranges when helpful for definitions
Describe SES, school variables, individual characteristics
Demographic Data
Design Statement
A two group (peer tutoring vs no peer tutoring) by three recall measure (pretest of content area learning vs. immediate test of content area learning vs delayed test of learning) with repeated measures on the recall factor design will be used.
Students were assigned at random to one of two treatment conditions and all students will be administered pretests, immediate posttests, and one-week delayed posttests on academic measures.
Materials
Both Conditions describe common materials here ----
follow-up with condition-specific materials
Treatment A materials
Treatment B materials
Procedures
Both conditions -- All students will be seen by their regularly assigned teachers. All students ….Provide a step by step description in sequence of the events common to both conditions
Include duration, intensity, group size information
Include all the things you looked for in the studies that you just coded!!!
Treatment A condition-specific procedures
Provide step by step of Treatment B variation ..
This is where you provide an accurate description of the curriculum, instructional procedures, and such ..
Treatment A condition-specific procedures
Provide step by step of Treatment B variation ..
Dependent Measures (Data sources)
Three comparable measures of content area learning will be designed by … and evaluated for content validity by having experts in the field evaluate ..
Each measure will consist of 40 items which will be subdivided into three subtests of (a) vocabulary, (b) important facts and concepts, and (c) application items.
Include a sample from each type of item
Reliability of the measure will be established using the following procedures/criteria ….
Scoring
All tests will be scored using the following procedures
Scorers will be blind to (unaware of) experimental condition;
Scorers will be trained to use the following rubric for open ended items:
List examples of scoring rubric here
0 points =
1 point =
2 points =
3 points =
Reliability of scoring will be established by ---- and resulted in a percent of agreement of --- . When discrepancies are found, items will be discussed and resolved by...
Data Analysis
Scores from the pretest, immediate and delayed recall tests will be entered into a 2 group (A vs B) by 3 measure (pre vs immediate vs delayed recall) analysis of variance (ANOVA) with repeated measures on the recall variable. (this is a big shovel test)
Follow-up tests (e.g., Duncan’s) will be conducted to …..
If data do not meet the assumptions for ANOVA, the appropriate transformations, modifications, or nonparametric statistics will be used.
Importance
Results of this investigation are of importance because…..
My Survey Research Proposal
My Name
George Mason University
Date
Statement of the Problem
_______ is becoming an increasingly significant issue in education (reference)
(reference) has demonstrated that ______ has become a more significant issue in recent years, but the solution is unresolved.
In order to address _________, it is necessary to know more about ________.
Purpose (e.g., one of these)This study is intended to determine whether an inpatient hospitalization has long-term positive benefits on the social and academic functioning of 7th grade students with severe learning and emotional disabilities .
This study is an extension and replication of Polloway et al.’s study on the effects of homework practices on the attitudes, achievement, and motivation of high school aged students with learning and emotional disabilities. Further, this study is intended to provide insights into what happens during the completion of homework under both optimal and less optimal assignment conditions.
This study is intended to determine the effect of peer tutoring in content area instruction on the academic and social learning of middle school aged students with mild disabilities. Further, a qualitative component is intended to provide descriptive information of the social learning environment when students with disabilities function as tutors and tutees.
Literature Search Procedures
Search of relevant data bases, ERIC, PsycINFO, Dissertation Abstracts (descriptors = list).
Hand search of relevant journals ( list).
Search WRLC, Library of Congress for relevant books
Ancestry search of references
Descendant search in SSCI.
Contact "experts" on topic
Background Literature
This area of study is very important …. (Because ___ (1999 ) documented ___)
Repie, Lang, and Spencer (1999) provided some valuable insights ….
Walker, Boon and Fontana (1998) … contributing to the growing body of literature with ...
Furthermore, Hardy, Jeffs, and Jakulski (1997) concluded …..
However, little is known regarding the effect of Y on Z ….. (Problem or However Statement)
Even though some research has been conducted in this area, the findings are inconclusive due to (a) confounds in the research designs; (b) small sample sizes; and (c) short interventions (or other).
Therefore, this study is intended to (or, "the purpose of this investigation is to determine whether") provide additional information and insights into that problem by addressing previous limitations in the following ways ….
Participants
Participants will include 300 regular education students, currently teaching in public schools in grades 6-8…
Participants will be selected by...
Dependent Measures (Data sources)
A 45-item survey will be developed that will...
Three subscales will consist of 15 items each which will address areas of (a)..., (b) ..., and (c) ...
Include a sample from each type of item
Reliability of the measure will be established using the following procedures/criteria ….
Survey Development
Survey will be piloted on a sample of 40...
Reliability of survey will be established by….It is anticipated that the full scale reliability will be at least .90, and subscale reliability will be no less than .80.
Procedures
Surveys will be mailed to …..
A second mailing will be undertaken after…
A third mailing/follow-up telephone call..
Data Analysis
Means and standard deviations will be presented for each item.
Scale and subscale means will be correlated with …. Demographic variables to determine whether…
T-tests will be conducted between --- groups to determine whether there are differences on ….
Importance
Results of this investigation are of importance because…..