Year: 2008
Type: article
Abstract: Using a recent study that examined the effectiveness of a particular approach to improving individual university teaching as a case study, this paper examines some of the challenges inherent in educational research, particularly research examining the effects of interventions to improve teaching. Aspects of the research design and methodology and of the analysis of results are discussed and recommendations for improvements for future research are made. In a recent study of the effectiveness of a particular approach to assisting individual university lecturers to improve their teaching (Devlin, 2007), it was necessary to attempt to measure teaching effectiveness in order to determine to what extent the approach used was successful in bringing about the desired improvement. Using this study as a basis for discussion, this current paper examines some of the issues inherent in educational research that seeks to determine the impact and/or effectiveness of interventions to improve teaching and learning. Matters related to the analysis of statistical results, aspects of the research design that may have affected the results and methodological rigour are discussed, among other research-related issues. The implications for those involved in
Author: Marcia Devlin
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1490693322