Sample Thesis : Evaluating Tech Integration

BIBLIOGRAAPHY starts page. 66, report ends page 87.

the areas of highest leverage are often the least obvious” (p.63). By only looking at quantitative
research in the study, there may
have
be
en
somethin
g t
hat was missed from the answers that
were
provided. By only looking at qualitative data,
the big picture may not be brought into focus
even though it may provide a wealth of specific da
ta in a narrow area. By having looked
at both
types of d
ata, there
was
both focus and de
pth in a broader range that
help
ed
inform the study to a
greater level. According to Senge (1990):
There are no simple rules for finding high
-
leverage changes but there are ways of
thinking that make it more likely. Learning to see
the underlying ‘”structures” rather
than “events” s a starting point; each of the “systems archetypes” developed below
suggests areas of high
-
and low
-
leverage change. Thinking in terms of processes of
change rather than “snapshots” is another. (p.65)
Do
cuments Used in the Study
In order to conduct this s
tudy, permission was
granted and d
ocuments were
created to
be
use
d
in the study. Approv
al for the study was
submitted to the
New Jersey City University’s
Institutional Review Board (Appendix A)
and appr
oved
.
Letters of permission from district
administration (Appendix B), as well as a participant informed consent form for participants in
the study (Appendix C), also were
created
. An online survey (Appendix D) was
created to help determine the types of
professional development that are needed, the topics for the professional
development, and suggestions for improvement and acknowledgment of successes. A master
copy of interview questions (Appendix E
) that were used for those participants who were willin g
discuss their opinions on a way forward is also included.
Resources
Google Drive (powered by Google)
was used in order to create and analyze much of the
data
.
In this suite of
web
-
based tools, Google Forms was
used for survey creation and response
co
llection; Google Spreadsheets was
used to organize, sort, and manipulate quantifiab
le data