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it's been another long while since there's any update to this blog, and today marks a day worth celebrating -- the long-awaited (albeit 6 months delay) revamped version of Culture Bridge is officially launched. Culture Bridge (aka 文化桥) has been the babies of multiple webmasters, and i believe the current webmaster Tan Ying 丹盈 (and 凤琳、自金 as well) must have been through a great deal of efforts to get this revamped version go live. thank you for taking over the work and giving the Bridge a new breath of life :)
am regretted for not being able to contribute to new content much as we wished to as our current "full-time parents, part-time student" portfolio is unexpectedly overwhelming. however, i shall end this post with another great news for the future development of Culture Bridge, as on this very same day, Adobe has announced that it'll release codes needed to search engine developers to make Flash content indexable! yes, until now the Flash-based Bridge has remained a 'void' to the web spiders, so what better news can there be :)
it's been eons since i last posted anything and the examinable essays are running behind me ....... *SCREAM*
ok 言归正传, saw an article by Christopher D Sessums entitled "Internet Safety Discussion and Resources" and the topic would definitely be something of interest if i were back in school now (此 school 非彼 school). some words that came as a form of reminders: "online predators", "parental supervision", "youth victimization", "cyberbullying", and there's a link to a presentation on safety entitled "5 Dangerous Things You Should Let Your Kids Do". interesting title? but Christ reassured readers that it's a presentation on safety, but the download's very slow at my end, only clocking abt 3000bytes per second? reminds me of downloads off my good old 56kbps dial-up.
chanced upon this "Classroom Action Research" page put up by Madison Metropolitan School District, it presents a good breakdown for easy reading, and you'll be guided through the steps and processes of carrying out an AR. the content headings are as follows:
- What is Action Research?
- What Do Teacher Researchers Do?
- What Are Some Effects of Teacher Research Projects?
- Five Phases of Action Research
- Reasons to Do Action Research
- Descriptors of Action Research
- Starting Points
- Guidelines for Developing a Question
- Guidelines for Data Collection
- Data Collection: The 5 W's and an H
- Techniques for Gathering Data
- Guidelines for Analyzing Your Data
- Writing Prompts for Classroom Action Researchers
- A Process for Analyzing Your Data
- Role of Participants in a Group
- Ideas for Your Final Write-up
- Impact of Action Research
And here's an AR report entitled "Curriculum Adaptation And Literacy For Non-Auditory Learners" written by Bari Solochek, it's both a very good example and an interesting read as well. it begins with:
For as far back as I can remember, my place has been in a rocking chair. All throughout my elementary and secondary education, if I was studying, I was sitting in the living room in “my” rocking chair with the stereo on. Everyone said that I had terrible study habits. I agreed, but, I did well in school nonetheless.When I went to college, one of the first things that my father told me was that the
house seemed so empty when he walked by the silent rocking chair. Not only did that
empty rocking chair affect my father, but it also affected me ... ...
if you are interested, do read on to find out about how a teacher relates his 'own problem' to the way he carried out his teachings in class.
oh yes, i was looking for references to VAK learners when i found what's above.
was looking for a reference on Sigmund Freud's (1900) "The Interpretation of Dreams" and came upon a 3rd edition available on the web via Psych Web put up by Dr. Russell A. Dewey (PhD).
Psych Web is an excellent web site on psychology. you can find a complete, 725-pages introductory psychology textbook that's available on the site! you can find many other related resources on the left menu bar and even an apa style reference sheet called the APA Manual Crib Sheet.
explore n enjoy :)
this issue entitled "Digital Footprints" released on 16 Dec 07 looks into how people looked at personal identities in the internet, and how development of Web 2.0 has changed pple's perception of things. believe this 50-pages report would be insightful, will find time to look at it after i have completed the killing examinable assignments *arghh*
check it out ;)
As cited in Golafshani, N. (2003):
Joppe (2000) defines reliability as: …The extent to which results are consistent over time and an accurate representation of the total population under study is referred to as reliability and if the results of a study can be reproduced under a similar methodology, then the research instrument is considered to be reliable. (p. 1)Joppe (2000) provides the following explanation of what validity is in quantitative research:
Validity determines whether the research truly measures that which it was intended to measure or how truthful the research results are. In other words, does the research instrument allow you to hit "the bull’s eye" of your research object? Researchers generally determine validity by asking a series of questions, and will often look for the answers in the research of others. (p. 1)
two other websites gathered via google search:
Reliability and Validity: What's the Difference?
Colorado State University Writing Guide: Overview: Reliability and Validity
uncovered these few sources via a google search term 语料库:
