CSP4801
Assignment 4
(ANSWERS)
2023
ADMIN
[COMPANY NAME]
, Question 1 Educational Psychology aims at understanding how people learn.
One of the ways to understand how people learn is to evaluate their learning,
thinking and behaviour. Two school teachers (Teacher A and Teacher B) used
two different methodologies to conduct research involving Grade 5 learners.
Teacher A Teacher A conducted a study involving 200 respondents, using a
research instrument with a scale to measure students’ behaviours. Table 1 is
the scale the teacher used to collect data; and Table 2 shows how data were
analysed. Table 1: Likert Scale Strongly disagree Disagree Strongly agree
Agree Not Sure 1. I get upset when people take my things 2. I am a moody
person 3. I always discourage negative behaviour 4. I like playing with
children older than me Table 2: Results Analysis Questions Mean Standard
Deviation Number of Respondents Q.1 Q. 2 Q. 3 Q. 4 Teacher B: Teacher B
conducted a study to explore views of 5 participants on learner behaviours.
The teacher selected information-rich students to participate in the study.
These are the examples of questions that the teacher asked: 1. How do other
learners behave when the teacher is not in the classroom? 2. What else do
they do? Critically describe the type of research conducted by each one of the
teachers and give justification for the choices they made. Use the following
research elements as headings for your answers: Research approach,
Research methods, instruments, sampling techniques and number of
participants. (20)
Teacher A conducted a quantitative research study using an educational psychology
perspective, while Teacher B conducted a qualitative research study. Let's break down
their research approaches, methods, instruments, sampling techniques, and the number
of participants:
Teacher A's Research:
Research Approach: Quantitative
Research Methods: Teacher A employed a survey method using a Likert scale
questionnaire to collect data from 200 Grade 5 learners.
Instruments: The research instrument used was a Likert scale questionnaire with four
items related to student behaviors.
Sampling Techniques: Teacher A used probability sampling, likely simple random
sampling, as they did not mention any specific criteria for selecting the respondents
other than being Grade 5 learners.
Number of Participants: 200 respondents participated in this research.
Assignment 4
(ANSWERS)
2023
ADMIN
[COMPANY NAME]
, Question 1 Educational Psychology aims at understanding how people learn.
One of the ways to understand how people learn is to evaluate their learning,
thinking and behaviour. Two school teachers (Teacher A and Teacher B) used
two different methodologies to conduct research involving Grade 5 learners.
Teacher A Teacher A conducted a study involving 200 respondents, using a
research instrument with a scale to measure students’ behaviours. Table 1 is
the scale the teacher used to collect data; and Table 2 shows how data were
analysed. Table 1: Likert Scale Strongly disagree Disagree Strongly agree
Agree Not Sure 1. I get upset when people take my things 2. I am a moody
person 3. I always discourage negative behaviour 4. I like playing with
children older than me Table 2: Results Analysis Questions Mean Standard
Deviation Number of Respondents Q.1 Q. 2 Q. 3 Q. 4 Teacher B: Teacher B
conducted a study to explore views of 5 participants on learner behaviours.
The teacher selected information-rich students to participate in the study.
These are the examples of questions that the teacher asked: 1. How do other
learners behave when the teacher is not in the classroom? 2. What else do
they do? Critically describe the type of research conducted by each one of the
teachers and give justification for the choices they made. Use the following
research elements as headings for your answers: Research approach,
Research methods, instruments, sampling techniques and number of
participants. (20)
Teacher A conducted a quantitative research study using an educational psychology
perspective, while Teacher B conducted a qualitative research study. Let's break down
their research approaches, methods, instruments, sampling techniques, and the number
of participants:
Teacher A's Research:
Research Approach: Quantitative
Research Methods: Teacher A employed a survey method using a Likert scale
questionnaire to collect data from 200 Grade 5 learners.
Instruments: The research instrument used was a Likert scale questionnaire with four
items related to student behaviors.
Sampling Techniques: Teacher A used probability sampling, likely simple random
sampling, as they did not mention any specific criteria for selecting the respondents
other than being Grade 5 learners.
Number of Participants: 200 respondents participated in this research.
