Friday, November 28, 2008
Today, we were reminded of the importance of remembering the various researchers in the field of educational psychology such as John Elliot for action research, Piaget, Vygotsky, Skinner and Pavlov.
We also looked at how to modify instruments to assess the learning environment and some of the considerations to bear in mind when doing so. One key consideration is not to make too drastic a change but to retain the original meaning and structure of the question as far as possible to ensure its validity. If many changes are made to the instrument, as in the case of the CLES used in the research by Yip Meng Fai and Quek Choon Lang's Conference paper "Validation of An Instrument to monitor My Students' Face-to-face Philosophy", then the instrument needs to be tested to ensure its validity. The importance and relevance of the scales used to address the research question needs to be considered carefully.
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