Closed and Open-Ended Question Tools in a Telephone Survey about "The Good Teacher": An Example of a Mixed Method Study

Autor/inn/en	Arnon, Sara; Reichel, Nirit
Titel	Closed and Open-Ended Question Tools in a Telephone Survey about "The Good Teacher": An Example of a Mixed Method Study
Quelle	In: Journal of Mixed Methods Research, 3 (2009) 2, S.172-196 (25 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1558-6898
DOI	10.1177/1558689808331036
Schlagwörter	Teacher Effectiveness; Intervention; Telephone Surveys; Teacher Attitudes; Qualitative Research; Evaluation Methods; Methods Research; Research Problems; Statistical Analysis; Questioning Techniques; Multitrait Multimethod Techniques; Research Methodology; Best Practices; Foreign Countries; Israel + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Effectiveness of teaching; Instructional effectiveness; Lehrerleistung; Unterrichtserfolg; Telephone interview; Telefoninterview; Lehrerverhalten; Qualitative Forschung; Methodenforschung; Forschungskritik; Statistische Analyse; Befragungstechnik; Fragetechnik; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Ausland
Abstract	Combining diverse methods in a single study raises a problem: What should be done when the findings of one method of investigation conflict with those of another? We illustrate this problem using an example in which three study phases--quantitative, qualitative, and intervention--were applied. The findings coming from the quantitative phase did not fit those coming from the qualitative phase; there were discrepancies within the qualitative phase itself, and the findings coming from single-case evaluations of the intervention using standardized scales did not fit the findings derived from self-made scales. We explain these inconsistencies by way of the complementary approach: conflicting findings should be integrated, and consistency is restored by admitting complexity in the phenomenon under investigation. (Contains 3 tables and 4 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10