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Debbie Jensen – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2017
This report considers the use of a focus group as a data collection tool in early childhood research. The report outlines one researcher's experience, analyzing the difficulties of gaining meaningful data during focused group discussions, considering in some depth the impacts of careful management on the validity of the findings, providing…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Early Childhood Education, Focus Groups, Research Methodology
Albert M. Jimenez; Sally J. Zepeda – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2017
The work presented in this case study results from a study conducted in 2012-2014 examining a newly created teacher evaluation system to determine the inter-rater reliability of the classroom observation instrument. The teacher evaluation system was the result of a partnership between the school district and the university in the same city…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Interrater Reliability, Teacher Evaluation, Observation
Marie-Louise Mares; Zhongdang Pan – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2016
Staff members at Sesame Workshop asked us to conduct a meta-analysis of their proprietary evaluation research on the effects of viewing international versions of "Sesame Street." Given global crises in early childhood education, and given the wide reach of "Sesame Street," it was of considerable interest to us whether there…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Children, Educational Television, Case Studies