An investigation of the role and use of the different kinds of assessment used in a Chinese senior school

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I would like to thank my supervisor for supporting me throughout my project and giving his valuable suggestions. Finally thanks to all my friends and family for their utmost support and inspiration.

DECLARATION

I (name of the student) hereby declare that the contents of this dissertation stand for the individual work of mine and does not include any aid and also that this study has neither been presented earlier for any academic examination nor at any professional level. The study is based on own ideas and does not involve only the ideas presented by the professors at university.

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Table of Contents

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTII

DECLARATIONIII

CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY1

Introduction1

Mixed Methodology1

Description of the Research2

Benefits and Problems of the Research Study4

Research design4

Research Approach5

The Research Process5

Rationale for the Qualitative Research6

Search for and compilation of empirical information6

Primary Data6

Secondary Data7

Presentation of Data8

Data Analysis Methods8

Sources of Data8

Literature Review9

Analysis, Conclusion and Recommendation10

Scope of the Research10

Ethical Issues and Measures11

Underlying Assumption12

Possible alternative to your proposed methods13

Any difficulties and uncertainties13

Explanation of the rationale for your proposed methods13

Informed Consent14

Confidentiality14

CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY

Introduction

There is no single method that can be adopted for performing the research study and termed as the perfect one. There are flows in every research method. The importance of research methodology cannot be ignored as it is an important part of the research study and undertakes the whole research design on which the study is based (Drew, 2000, Pp. 470).

Mixed Methodology

The present research study is based on the investigation of the role and use of different kinds of assessment used in a Chinese senior school. The research method that has been adopted for this topic is mixed methodology as the data used has qualitative and quantitative nature. There are many reasons for choosing the mixed methodology in this research study. The research methodology is quantitative because it takes into account the graphical analysis of the data regarding the assessment of the Chinese schools. However, the qualitative data has also been used for some chapters of the research study like literature review chapter.

The data for the Chinese senior school assessment has been collected through the interviews of the teachers that were based on the structured and open ended questions. Similarly, the observation of the researcher also played great role in the assessment of the Chinese senior schools (Vogt, 2001, Pp. 143).

Description of the Research

The research study is based on the assessment used in the Chinese senior schools in order to analyze the methods and techniques used by such schools for educating students. The research approach that is used in the present research study includes several steps. The topic of the research study that is investigating the role and use of different kinds of assessment used in the Chinese senior schools has been analysed through the qualitative and the quantitative research studies. The data collected for the literature review section is based on the qualitative study and was collected through the online web sources for taking into ...