Qualitative Studies

ESCUELA DE EDUCACIN Y PEDAGOGA ESPECIALIZACIN EN LA ENSEANZA DEL INGLS CAMPUS MEDELLN \RESEARCH FOUNDATIONS

either at one period in time or over a long period of time Exploratory Examining relationships among variables Verifying a hypothesis by setting up situations in which the relationship between subjects or variables can be determined. Focuses on the sociology of meaning through close field observation of sociocultural phenomena. Hypothesis

Interviews Observations

Experimental

Ethnography

Question

Observation informal interviews

Is focused on a particular problem, to Action Research try to understand and perhaps solve some concrete problem in an individual teachers classroom.

Hypothesis or question

Surveys Questionnaires Interviews Students artifacts Document analysis Observations

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