Adapting and Merging Methodologies in Doctoral Research

Autor/inn/en	Levy, Ronit Ben-Bassat; Ben-Ari, Mordechai
Titel	Adapting and Merging Methodologies in Doctoral Research
Quelle	In: Computer Science Education, 19 (2009) 2, S.51-67 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0899-3408
Schlagwörter	Animation; Behavior Theories; Research Methodology; Social Psychology; Models; Programming; Teacher Educators; Attitudes; Correlation; Teaching Methods; Decision Making; Graduate Students + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Research method; Forschungsmethode; Sozialpsychologie; Analogiemodell; Programmierung; Teacher education; Education; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Attitude; Einstellung; Verhalten; Korrelation; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin
Abstract	This article describes how research methodologies were modified and integrated during the doctoral research conducted by the first author under the supervision of the second author. The research project concerned trying to understand why teachers do or don't use "Jeliot", a program animation system designed to facilitate teaching and learning of introductory programming by automatically generating a dynamic view of a program's execution. The research was initially carried out using a modification of the framework of "phenomenography", in order to uncover the ways of experiencing Jeliot. One result was a category of dissonant teachers who were enthusiastic about Jeliot but did not use it. To understand why, we used the "theory of planned behavior" (TPB) from social psychology to connect attitudes to behavior. The results were integrated back with the phenomenographic categories: we defined profiles of TPB scores that corresponded with categories of experiencing. These were used to predict the behavior of teachers from their TPB scores. The results highlighted the importance of "perceived behavioral control" in a teacher's decision to use the animation system. (Contains 1 note, 4 tables, and 3 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10