Dr. Jeff M. Allen gave a presentation to career and technology educators about classroom research techniques. The presentation covered generating research problems, ensuring reliable and valid research methods, maintaining subject confidentiality, and disseminating findings. Dr. Allen emphasized that conducting research allows educators to answer their own questions, obtain funding, and contribute to the field by presenting results at conferences.

1. Dr. Jeff M. AllenDepartment of Technology and Cognition
ClassroomClassroom
ResearchResearch
TechniquesTechniques
For
Career and Technology
Educators

2. Dr. Jeff M. AllenDepartment of Technology and Cognition
My ObjectivesMy Objectives
 To Discuss
 Generating research problems
 Reliable and valid research
 Confidentiality
 Dissemination
To Get You Interested in Research

3. Dr. Jeff M. AllenDepartment of Technology and Cognition
Your Expectations?Your Expectations?
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4. Dr. Jeff M. AllenDepartment of Technology and Cognition
What is a Theory?What is a Theory?
A theory is like
a road map...
It shows you
the basics,
but your really need to ask the locals.

5. Dr. Jeff M. AllenDepartment of Technology and Cognition
Types of ResearchTypes of Research
Revelations start here!

6. Dr. Jeff M. AllenDepartment of Technology and Cognition
Types of ResearchTypes of Research

7. Dr. Jeff M. AllenDepartment of Technology and Cognition
Types of ResearchTypes of Research

8. Dr. Jeff M. AllenDepartment of Technology and Cognition
Research ProblemsResearch Problems
 Are you interested!?
 Is it important?
 Will it help future efforts?
 Why should your school
support it?
 How do you ask the
question?

9. Dr. Jeff M. AllenDepartment of Technology and Cognition
Reliability and ValidityReliability and Validity
 Reliability
 Do you get the same results
each time?
 Could you get the same
results again?

10. Dr. Jeff M. AllenDepartment of Technology and Cognition
Reliability and ValidityReliability and Validity
 Validity
 Are you measuring what you
should be measuring?
 What do the results mean for
the consumer?

11. Dr. Jeff M. AllenDepartment of Technology and Cognition
SubjectsSubjects (Good Practices)(Good Practices)
 Confidentiality
 Risk are Minimize
 Provided Informed Consent
 Maintain Rights and Welfare
 Subjects under 18 must
have parental consent.
 Represent the Population

12. Dr. Jeff M. AllenDepartment of Technology and Cognition
But I don’t Know . . .But I don’t Know . . .
 Partner with someone who’s
done research before:
 colleagues,
 researchers
 industrial
partner
 Others?

13. Dr. Jeff M. AllenDepartment of Technology and Cognition
What’s in it for me?What’s in it for me?
 The ability to:
 Generate your own questions
 answer your questions
 support your answers
 obtain funding from
State/Federal Agencies

14. Dr. Jeff M. AllenDepartment of Technology and Cognition
Present your ResultsPresent your Results
 ACTE needs presenters!
 Your state and regional
Associations need
Presenters.
 THE FIELD GROWS
THROUGH RESEARCH!

15. Dr. Jeff M. Allen
University of North TexasUniversity of North Texas
Department of Technology
and Cognition
P.O. Box 311337
Denton, Texas 76203-1337
Email: Jallen@unt.edu
Phone: (940)565-4918
To Download Presentation:
http://www.coe.unt.edu/Allen/download.htm
(Available until February 2000)