Reflection of 5th Lecture

The instrumentation is the process of preparing to collect data. Instrument is the tool or device that we are going to use to obtain the data.The are many instruments used by researchers. The chosen instrument must be valid. In other words, it measures what is supposed to measure. Regarding to my topic, at first I thought mine would be pre-test, post-test and questionnaire. After I've read our text book, it is more practical if i replace the questionnaire with pictorial attitude scale. It is suitable to the primary school students to indicate how they feel about the intervention. I can use emoticons with sad and happy face to indicate whether they agree or disagree.

Reflection of 4th Lecture

This time we learned about quantitative and qualitative research. Then I knew that I was wrong. My topic must be a quantitative research because I would collect numerical data from the pre-test and post-test on my samples which represents the population. Obviously it would be an experimental research. Actually, I've learned more during the writing process. As I've planned to carry out an experimental research, I have to consider the EXTRANEOUS VARIABLES. These variables more or less would affect the internal validity of the experiment. I can see that the researcher could tend to be biased in marking the post-test in order to gain successful result. Regarding the population and sampling, my topic is for the Year 5 English Language students population. Due to the practicality during the intervention period, I've chosen cluster sampling plus it is useful for education research.