Innovative Approach to Social Science Research Methods
Explore the paperless classroom experiment in PSYC 2205 led by Dr. Michelle Oja. Dive into research hypotheses, device assignments, and student preferences on laptops, tablets, and handwriting. Discover insights into the effectiveness of devices for APA Style, ETUDES, and in-class responses.
Download Presentation
Please find below an Image/Link to download the presentation.
The content on the website is provided AS IS for your information and personal use only. It may not be sold, licensed, or shared on other websites without obtaining consent from the author. Download presentation by click this link. If you encounter any issues during the download, it is possible that the publisher has removed the file from their server.
E N D
Presentation Transcript
PSYC 2205:Paperless Classroom Experiment Michelle Oja, Ph.D. Faculty Reports, Fall 2015
Background PSYC 2205 is Introduction to Research Methods in the Social Sciences This course is an introduction to research methodology commonly used in social science disciplines including history, psychology, sociology, anthropology, and criminal justice. Fundamental elements of empirical research and the ways behavioral scientists think critically are examined. This course includes attention to the nature of theory, hypotheses, variables, and ethics of research in the behavioral sciences. Qualitative and quantitative analytical tools are covered. Topics may include logic and research design, survey, observation, case study, focus groups, ethnographic methods, linguistic analysis, and historical/comparative research methods. Laboratory sessions include experimental and non-experimental research in a variety of areas of psychology. Actual data collected from research conducted during laboratory sessions will be analyzed with statistical software. Daniel Hall is inspiring.
Research Hypotheses Examined APA Style will be easier with laptops than tablets. ETUDES will be easier with laptops than tablets. Students will prefer to answer in-class questions: Hand-written rather than laptops Tablet rather than hand-written.
Groups (N=9) Device Assigned 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 0 iPad Laptop Writing
4.0 How well does the device work with APA Style? 3.7 3.5 3.0 2.5 1=unacceptable to 4=excellent 2.0 2.0 1.5 What do you think? iPad average? Laptop average? 1.0 0.5 0.0 iPad Average Laptop Average
4.0 How well does the device work with ETUDES? 3.7 3.5 3.3 3.0 2.5 1=unacceptable to 4=excellent 2.0 1.5 What do you think? iPad average? Laptop average? 1.0 0.5 0.0 iPad Average Laptop Average
6 Handwritten, 5 5 Preference? 4 No preference, 3 3 What do you think? iPad? Laptop? Hand-written? 2 Online, 1 1 0
Comments Glad I did not have to try APA format on an iPad. I wish there was a keyboard on my iPad, it would have made me like it more. I prefer handwriting over any kind of device. I use devices for other activities and its nice for a break. If I needed to use a device, i would prefer a device with a keyboard.
Conclusion What do you think I should conclude? I think: We re not ready for a paperless classroom. Yet. Next steps: They wanted to compare their work quality when having snacks versus not. Next year!
