ASSIGNMENT

Assignment

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INTRODUCTION1

AN OUTLINE OF THE JOURNAL ARTICLES1

Journal Article one1

Journal Article two2

VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY3

Validity and reliability of Journal Article one4

Validity and reliability of Journal Article two5

RESEARCH METHODS6

The Research Method in Journal Article one7

The Research Method in Journal Article two10

SAMPLING AND STATISTICAL ISSUES11

Sampling and Statistical issues in Journal Article one12

Sampling and Statistical issues in Journal Article two13

ETHICAL ISSUES14

Ethical Issues in Journal Article one14

Ethical Issues in Journal Article two16

ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES17

Alternative Approaches to Journal Article one17

Alternative Approaches to Journal Article two18

CONCLUSIONS18

REFERENCES20

Assignment

Introduction

The purpose of making this assignment is to perform critical evaluation of two journal articles. The assignment has compared two journal articles, in terms of the employed research method, and the steps taken by the researchers to lead to the conclusions. The main argument emphasizes on a clear research question and the selection of a proper research methodology. In this assignment, the literature of articles has been considered in order to test the validity and reliability of the research articles. Moreover, sampling, ethical and statistical issues of each of the research article are considered. In the end of the assignment, alternate approaches for research data collection are suggested for both the journals articles.

An Outline of the Journal Articles

In this part of the assignment, the summary has been provided for two selected journal articles. In this part, there is an outline of major hypothesis for the research. In the end of this part, the findings of the research papers are provided.

Journal Article one

The title of the article is “Exploration of secondary students' creativity by integrating web-based technology into an innovative science curriculum”. It is a research conducted by Syh-Jong Jang (2009), in Taiwan. The purpose of the study is to investigate how web-based technology can be integrated and used with real-life technical materials to encourage the creativeness of secondary school students. In the beginning of the article, the researcher claims that the online activities can encourage potential thinking of students and can provide them with new opportunities and ideas.

To test the hypothesis, one certified teacher of science and 31 students from seventh grade were selected as research participants. Out of 20 classes, one class was selected, as the teacher of that class was much more willing to move towards scientific change. The class teacher was Eve, having ten years of experience in teaching.

Regarding the research method and research findings, the researcher made use of interpretive methodology, which was based on qualitative analysis. The major data for the research comprised of student's video tape recordings, interviews, online data, and the journals of teacher. The interviews were conducted in order to evaluate the impact of web-based technology on the enhancement of student's originality, flexibility, fluency, expression of sensitivity and on scientific creativities.

The researcher concluded that the creativity of students was encouraged by online interactivities and the inquiry of teacher. On the other hand, the limitations and difficulties of learning and teaching environment incorporated willingness to use internet, lack of student's ability in online discussion and word processing, utilitarianism of students because ...