This is the second of two core Research Methods modules which focus on developing skills in research methodology in the field of Education. This module focuses on the practical applications that are used to carry out quantitative and qualitative research.
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Occurrence | Teaching period |
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A | Spring Term 2021-22 |
This module builds on the material taught in Research Methods for Education I: Researching Questions during the Autumn term.
The module continues to develop students' methodological knowledge, skills and understanding to a point where they will be well-equipped to formulate their research questions, find and critique the literature related to those questions, design appropriate studies to address them, gather quantitative and qualitative data, analyse that data using appropriate techniques, and write reports of empirical investigations in APA style.
Subject content
By the end of the module, students will be able to:
Academic and graduate skills
Students will have gained experience in:
Research Methods for Education II: Answering Questions
Week 2 – Introduction to the module. Developing a research proposal
Week 3 - Preparing an ethics application
Week 4 - Further methods for researching behaviour
Week 5 - Designing experimental studies
Week 6 - Quantitative Analysis: Correlation and regression
Week 7 - Quantitative Analysis: T-tests and Anova
Week 8 - Qualitative Analysis: coding and Nvivo
Week 9 - Qualitative Analysis: textbook and document analysis
Week 10 – Reporting research, replication studies, Open Science
Task | Length | % of module mark |
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Online Exam - 24 hrs (Centrally scheduled) E-Exam |
N/A | 100 |
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Students will be given the opportunity to take part in a formative task (producing a research proposal and ethics application) in week 10 of Term 1 (Autumn).
Task | Length | % of module mark |
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Online Exam - 24 hrs (Centrally scheduled) E-Exam |
N/A | 100 |
Feedback is returned to students in line with university policy. Please check the Guide to Assessment, Standards, Marking and Feedback for more information.
Barbour, R. (2014). Introducing qualitative research: A student's guide. London: Sage.
Braun, V., & Clarke, V. (2013). Successful qualitative research: A practical guide for beginners. London: Sage.
Cohen, L., Manion, L., & Morisson, K. (2007). Research methods in education. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. [Available as an e-book]
Ellis, R., & Barkhuizen, G. (Eds.) (2005). Analysing learner language. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Field, A. (2013). Discovering statistics using IBM SPSS statistics. London: Sage.
Larson-Hall, J. (2015). A guide to doing statistics in second language research using SPSS and R. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge.
SIlverman, D. (2006). Interpreting qualitative data. London: Sage.