Data were gathered from a self-designed survey, semi-structured bi-weekly interviews for 14 weeks, relevant document collection, and field notes. Each interview took around sixty minutes. The survey was used to understand respondents’ general education background and select suitable participants for the further qualitative data collection. Interviews asked their English and academic learning situations in Taiwan, the processes of studying in graduate programs, present doctoral learning situations, in and out of class academic (writing) activities, academic (writing) challenges they encountered during their academic acculturation, and their perceptions of own academic acculturation. Documents comprised academic information related to …show more content…
Furthermore, they worked with different advisor(s) and/or research teams which formed unique culture. Therefore, utilizing case study to present each participant’s English academic writing situation and academic acculturation could provide more comprehensive research phenomenon. 2. Findings 4.1 Cheng-Rui 4.1.1 Cheng-Rui’s English writing and discipline-specific learning backgrounds (866 words) Cheng-Rui studied in the Material Science and Engineering (MSE) across from college to the doctoral level. When he studied in the college in Taiwan, most teaching materials related to MSE were in English. He wrote assignments and exams mainly in Chinese but occasionally wrote assignments in English to practice his English writing for studying abroad after graduation. Nevertheless, he did not receive any feedback on his English writing. During class, he took notes mostly in English because his instructors also wrote notes in English on a board. In the fourth year, he voluntarily participated in a science fair project. He viewed it as a step for studying abroad later. In this project, he conducted an experiment, presented results in the fair, and wrote a report on it. In order to practice his English, he insisted on writing the report and the poster in English. One notable impediment during his college study was the lack of exposure and training in English academic writing. He stated that “No one taught me how to write the report. I looked
Case study was research strategy adopted for this study. It is one of the types of qualitative research study (Creswell, 1998). According to Rubin and Babbie (2013) which view case study as a particular examination of phenomenon. In this study case study explore the influence e-resources has on the professional development and classroom practices of beginner teachers and providing a detailed information through multiple source of data collection methods such as semi-structured interview, observation, data analysis and research journal.However,Creswell,2007 highlighted that case study is a qualitative approach that explore bounded system of phenomenon over time. More so, Yin (2009) validates that case study is an empirical
In research the two main used approaches are qualitative and quantitative. Qualitative research represents the study of perceptions, emotions and experiences in the direction of understanding the human behaviour therefore from a subjective perspective ( R). On the other side the quantitative research is expressed numerical, measurable, appropriate for statistics defined as being objective and can be used for general public (R). Another difference, according to Moule (2015) is that qualitative approach is usually using a smaller sampling size for the study than the quantitative approach. As the qualitative research is inductive, the process is orientated and using a holistic view, allows the researcher
In L. Lennie Irvin’s What Is “Academic” Writing, this short story is written as an opening and introduction to new young college students to show them how the world of writing really is. Irvin deciphers speaking to generate a discussion and true writing. Irvin explains how college writing is a much higher educational process that is much more unique and requires research skills. Academic writing is described as analytical for most students. Irvin tells the readers about the myths that are said. The main myth is the perfect first draft, “We put unrealistic expectations on first drafts, either by focusing too much on the impossible task of making them perfect”. Irvin’s main point about writing is that It resembles having a blind fold over your
Qualitative research reflects different ways that researcher’s collect data and explore all of the information through literature review. Participant’s that are reviewing is often observed for analysis while “the role of the researcher focuses as the primary data collection instrument necessitates the identification of personal values, assumptions and biases at the outset of the study; Qualitative researchers ask at least one central question” (Creswell, 2014, which can be explored in several contexts with further questions. According to the text Research Design (2014) “the researcher’s role is typically involved in a
The title of this research study is: The internet and student research: teaching critical evaluation skills. I believe that this title is suitable for the research study because it is an overview of the information that relates the point of the study itself which indicates a connection between students and their use of the internet when it comes to utilizing the internet as a research tool. The study reflects the central phenomenon by exploring
The article I chose to discuss is: Davis, H. A., & Bowman, S. L. (2015). Examining experiences of weight-related oppression in a bariatric sample: A qualitative exploration.
Writing and reading are the two major components not only in any English course, but also in every other course such as Sociology. Thus, gaining more skills and improving on writing and reading outcomes is necessary for every student. By taking English courses, I am consistently gaining new skills and making improvements in the writing and reading outcomes. Like every other English courses, I have made some significant improvements and gained some crucial skills on writing and reading outcomes in the English 3010 course. In English 3010 course, writing and reading outcomes were related to each other in every assignment. For example,
Individuals sometimes get judged for his/her writing skills. Some individual’s skills are not as developed as others for many different reasons. In high school, a student whose English skills are not developed can have a peer review his/her paper and will be
Death is something that we all have to deal with, be it in our profession or in our daily lives. This article discusses the reasons why caring for dying patients is stressful for nurses and is a high risk for burn out. The article also gives findings related to the study and gives recommendations based on the results. The study shows that education is needed for the nurses that care for the dying patient.
Qualitative research method is a systematic strategy used for gathering information that are non-numerical, that is, they use visual and narrative words instead of using number. The data collected are from comprehensive case studies, focus groups a qualitative research approach whereby subjects answers an open-ended interview questions, likewise each others ' comments; ethnographies or field observation. (Headlessprofessor, 2012)
Research methodology generally involves qualitative research or quantitative research, or a mixture of both. A quantitative research methodology involves the analysis of data collected from a large number of surveys or interviews. On the other hand, methodologies for qualitative research often involve using surveys or interviews to collect information about people — their attitudes, experiences and behaviors.
One of the two articles reviews by me was a quantitative study to find out the incidence of sports injuries occurring in adolescents (6-18yrs) playing ball games: soccer, handball and basketball by Yde et al, where the number of sports injuries, their pattern and mechanism were quantified into numerical values to support a hypothesis. Other was to find the psychosocial status of injured players during their injury-rehabilitation phase: a qualitative research by Clement et al where the psychological state viz. cognitive appraisal, behavioral responses and emotional responses during the three main phases viz. injury, rehabilitation and returning to sports. The key difference between the researchers of the two studies was that the qualitative researchers wanted to
Identify any limitations or flaws in the research design. For example, is the study repeatable and objective?
This chapter presents the process that was undertaken to produce the project. It will discuss the selections of the participants, the materials that were used, the design utilized and the procedure taken. This process is important, since it bestows information on how the process underwent and data was collected.
girls’ body image: Gendered ideals and sociocultural influences, Body Image, Volume 10, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 591-598, ISSN 1740-1445, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2013.07.006.