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van Drie, Jannet; Dekker, Rijkje – British Educational Research Journal, 2013
In this paper we explore the value of theoretical triangulation as a methodological approach for the analysis of classroom interaction. We analyze an excerpt of a whole-class discussion in history from three theoretical perspectives: interactivity of the discourse, conceptual level raising and historical reasoning. We conclude that using…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, History Instruction, Educational Research
Mehan, Hugh – 1982
Questions about students' competence in classrooms are addressed in three parts: the suitability of ethnography as a research strategy, a summary of research that examines the social organization of classroom events, and the consequences of this organization for students' performance in the classroom. The discussion of methodology leads to the…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Communication (Thought Transfer), Cultural Context, Ethnography
Maxey, James H.
A two group-two treatment research design is presented; it allows for the assessment of the individual and the combined effects of the two treatments. Advantages include: (1) Initial evaluation represents an estimate of the stabilities of the measurements; and (2) Observation 4 compared with the average of Observation 1 and Observation 2 tests the…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, College Students, Control Groups, Evaluation Methods